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About hist-merging: I'm a bit confused (or slightly irritated perhaps) that at Qaxach Tower / Kachaghakaberd two more admins have had to perform yet more histmerges, after I did one just a month ago or so. Did you see what happened there? As far as I see, the page was originally at Qaxach Tower; then somebody did a cut-n-paste move of it to Kachaghakaberd in June; then I repaired that by merging it back to the original location on 30 June, drawing furious protests by the POV warriors who didn't get their way [1]; I told them they should do the normal thing and file an RM; instead of doing that, another editor comes out of the woodwork, does yet another cut-n-paste move, files an out-of-process AfD against the original page, fools one administrator into speedy-deleting that original page as an alleged duplicate, and then everything gets doubly hist-merged another time (or twice? Why did Explicit and you both end up having to do one?) – Pure chaos :-) I mean, I couldn't care less whether it ends up at this title or the other, but somehow it just doesn't feel right that it happens in this way. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:11, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Mr Stradivarius, I just saw you eliminating disruptive edition from a Talk Page. Do you happen to have sysop rights? There is an IP disrupting Talk: Tenedos. I removed his "shit" comment but I think he needs a more authoritative warning/measure. Arigato. -- E4024 ( talk) 09:39, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if you've noticed that I reactivated this edit request. Thanks! Klortho ( talk) 03:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey there Mr. Stradivarius, I noticed that you haven't been very active at the dispute resolution noticeboard lately where you listed yourself as a volunteer - I was hoping if you had some spare time if you could take a look there and offer some assistance. Thanks again for your help :-) Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 11:30, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my RfA and your well wishes. I look forward to maintaining your trust in me.— Bagumba ( talk) 00:17, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Haha thanks for notifying me and not biting me - I cocked up with the CSD templates. Need to learn slowly - only just really got going with it again. Porterjoh ( talk) 23:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I edited Talk:Qoma. He was a chief in Fiji, but when some article is redirected, what happens to its talk page?-- 93.136.0.50 ( talk) 11:49, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. Stradivarius. First off, thanks for keeping my talk page clean while I was gone. I do appreciate it.
Now, a question: Would it be at all possible for us to remove 99's address from the list of involved parties? I feel like this is part of why he feels the need to keep coming back; he feels that he's still legitimately part of it, when the community at large seems to have recognized him as a troll for the past month or so. I suggest we deny recognition and also remove all of his comments at the mediation page, if that is allowed by WP:RTP.
Just some thoughts. I could be completely off-base, so if I am please let me know. Thanks! Evanh2008 ( talk| contribs) 01:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from TALK2ME, which you proposed for deletion. I am leaving this message here to notify you about it. I have removed the WP:PROD tag due to the addition of secondary sources as well as my intent to continue building on the article and working to get it up to standards. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to it. Instead, feel free to list the article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessbear14 ( talk • contribs) 14:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Just a note, in case it gets lost in our current wall of text, that your input has been requested in regard to the issue of whether or not a rhesus monkey and a dishwasher can be considered the same thing. Thanks! Evanh2008 ( talk| contribs) 03:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.
In this issue:
--The Olive Branch 19:18, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Stradivarious, my name is Patricia Caicedo, my username is singerpat. I´m writing you to ask for help. A few years ago, I believe on 2007, the article with my biography was deleted and blocked after I uploaded a picture. This because the person in charge of articles thought I was selfpromoting myself and because I did not have rights for using the image. Same happen with the covers or my CDs that were rejected.
I´m a classical musician with years of experience, many concerts, a doctorate and I appear in Who´s who in America and WHo´s who in the world and Who´s Who in American Women among many other publications. I have published 4 books, 5 CDs and many articles and normally present concerts in different countries.
Other people I know also tryied to create an article about me and those were erased. The company who manages me also tried to create the article with no success.
I don´t know how to manage the Wikipedia page very well reason because I´m asking for your help and mediation. Last week I decided to ask for a mediation but did not anderstand well the procedure and Im sure I did it wrong. So please, could you help me resolve this situation?
I will be very grateful.
Thanks in advance and look forward to your news.
Cordially,
Patricia Caicedo www.patriciacaicedo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Singerpat ( talk • contribs) 17:15, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
With only the two sources from El Tiempo and Russia Today an article about you would have borderline notability, and it could face being deleted again, although this may be uncertain. I recommend waiting until there are more sources out there about you, and and then perhaps someone else will start an article about you. I don't want to leave you with a completely negative message, so here are a couple of good essays that you should read in the meantime: Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:An article about yourself is nothing to be proud of. Let me know if you have any questions ahout any of this. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius ( have a chat) 11:23, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Barely a few days after. Would've refiled, but the last report I made didn't seem to get archived yet. -- Lenin and McCarthy | ( Complain here) 06:29, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Because of your interest in dispute resolution,, I am inviting you to comment on the following RfC:
Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?
This dispute has been going on for over ten years and there have been over 1,300,000 words posted on the article talk page (by comparison, all of the Harry Potter books together total 1,084,170 words). Over the years the dispute has been through multiple noticeboards, mediators, and even the Arbitration Committee without resolving the conflict, so a lot of wisdom is needed here. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 00:53, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Thankyou very much Mr. Stradivarius for giving me those links to click on. I will try them. They are very useful, and it means a lot to me that you would help me with my talk page. Thank you Mr. Stradivarius! DEIDRA C. ( talk) 17:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)Deidra
Why are you closing the this AfD discussion?? and what do you mean "no consensus" when like only 4 editors gave their opinion, re open that AfD and allow more time or else I will do it myself. -- Camilo Sánchez Talk to me 14:41, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
I love manga! You were doing a section about manga? COOL! DEIDRA C. ( talk) 20:54, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey! You've helped out a lot, and I just wanted to ask you if you can pleae add me to your Watchlist! That would be great Mr. Stradivarius. I am trying to improve my talk page. If you can come over and help me out a little, once in a while, I would really appreciate it! Thank you! I reallly hope you have a great week. DEIDRA C. ( talk) 18:17, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks. What I was trying to do, was do my talk page perfectly so I can start to work with articles I have a higher knowledge of. Thanks anyway. Also, later I need to ask you a question about editing articles. DEIDRA C. ( talk) 20:08, 8 September 2012 (UTC) Oh, yes, I wanted you to come to my talk page and talk to me about the perfect steps to editing an article, because I really want to finally be accepted into Wikipedia. I really don't get the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy. So I would love it if you went to my talk page and told me some professional things. I want to edit Adventure Time with Finn and Jake because my knowledge of it is pretty outstanding. If you could give me some pointers on it, that would be great. Thanks. DEIDRA C. ( talk) 20:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, there were three votes for keeping the article (Kitfoxxe, Trevj and Bearian), one person had no opinion (Dbrodbeck). Two people who had voted to delete (Ipsign and S Marshall) earlier have not responded since I made substantial edits to address their concerns. So I think the result of the vote should be keep, not no consensus. Thanks. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations ( talk) 20:38, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
I think the basic issue here is that, from a Wikipedian point of view, the article has been written backwards. It was written from the main primary sources in the field, and then secondary sources were sought to provide additional views and commentary. In the academic world this is good practice, and the sign of a well-thought-out and well-written article. However, in Wikipedia, this is a tell-tale sign that an article may be based on original research, which is a big no-no. On Wikipedia, the bedrock of the article should be provided by the secondary sources, and then primary sources can be used to flesh out the details. This reminds me of a quote which Guy Macon has on his userpage:
Hopefully with this you can begin to understand the attitude to primary and secondary sources on Wikipedia, and why that attitude led to the article you wrote being nominated for deletion. With a "no consensus" close the article is not likely to be nominated again for a few months at least, and practical upshot will likely be the same as if the close had been "keep". There is a reasonable chance that the article would be kept an any future AfD debate, but there is not a lot we can do about that now unless more secondary sources are published that cover the subject in detail. There will likely be a quiet period at the article now that the AfD has been closed, so I recommend taking a break from it and concentrating on other articles you are interested in. And for next time, try starting with the secondary sources - it will save you a lot of headaches in the long run. This has been a bit tl:dr but I hope it helps. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius ( have a chat) 07:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC)"If Wikipedia had been available around the fourth century B.C., it would have reported the view that the Earth is flat as a fact and without qualification. And it would have reported the views of Eratosthenes (who correctly determined the earth's circumference in 240BC) either as controversial, or a fringe view. Similarly if available in Galileo's time, it would have reported the view that the sun goes round the earth as a fact, and Galileo's view would have been rejected as 'original research'. Of course, if there is a popularly held or notable view that the earth is flat, Wikipedia reports this view. But it does not report it as true. It reports only on what its adherents believe, the history of the view, and its notable or prominent adherents. Wikipedia is inherently a non-innovative reference work: it stifles creativity and free-thought. Which is A Good Thing." -- WP:FLAT
Sir, I have nominated Sanmarga for afd. But initially i found that it is not properly listed in afd listing. So I thought of removing the tag and nominating again. Now, This should have resulted in two nominations. I beg your pardon and am very Sorry for this. I don't know how to rectify the same. So am kindly requesting you to rectify the mistake. -- Bharathiya ( talk) 01:49, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Got an EC with you while trying to close this AFD. Are you sure it needs relisting? Der yck C. 11:24, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
I came here after noticing a Notability discussion at Talk:Falun Gong. Then I discovered Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fazhengnian. Here is an image of Falun Gong practitioners send forth righteous thoughts before the Chinese Consulate in New York. According to google books, secondary reliable sources discuss the subject of FLG "sending forth righteous thoughts". According to primary FLG sources: "Sending forth righteous thoughts is one of the three things that Master requires of us. It is very important, and every Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple must do well in this regard.". Bottom line is I am not sure why the page was deleted. AgadaUrbanit ( talk) 21:34, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Template talk:Infobox software § RfC: natural and programming languages labels is now month old. As you proposed the RfC and didn't !vote there, I wanted to ask you to close it formally and implement the result. Thanks in advance! — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 11:55, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Referring to this closed dispute, I see no progress have been made. I had to be absent since almost a year and user Chzz seems to have turned inactive meanwhile. Besides, unfortunately, I see no progress in the page. Do you have any suggestions as to how to solve this issue? Best regards, Filanca ( talk) 12:31, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
In my opinion, this article should not be deleted. Of course, it may be not fitting in your "notability guideline", but really, what exactly does it mean? And why are the articles from the community-driven pages considered as "unreliable"? Seriously, Wikipedia was meant to be "free and open encyclopedia that anyone can edit" and to gather crowdsourced information. This point has been lost since, if articles like that are being deleted. According to the policy, it seems to me, every article regarding a smaller or even bigger open source projects is a subject for a deletion. My question is: why is that? You need from the article to be "notable" and it is hard for open source projects, because the projects there, especially the less known but great games like Minetest, hardly ever win some prize or are reviewed on games websites or in magazines - just because they are free and open source, and websites and magazines like that focus on the commercial projects. In my opinion, having some information about this game on Wikipedia would not be a harm to Wikipedia itself, more - it will be an enrichenment. Please reconsider your decision. Phitherek ( talk) 14:03, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Mr. Stradivarius
Thanks for this edit. It was long overdue. I am glad it has finally come.
By the way, you needn't have used {{
nowrap}} because of |labelstyle=white-space: nowrap
that is already in the code.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
00:19, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Can you share more about why you relisted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/We Just Decided To? Something beyond the boilerplate in the discussion of "generating more discussion". Is there anything in particular you see missing from the discussion? Please be specific, I'm trying to understand why this was relisted.-- RadioFan ( talk) 03:01, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I have created an article about Radha Thomas and am contemplating it to move it to the AFC space. Before that, I'd really appreciate if you could have a look and give me some inputs, suggestions and advice and hopefully a green signal :-). Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Radha_Thomas Varunr ( talk) 09:13, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
It was a trial template that I forgot to delete - thanks for pointing it out Victuallers ( talk) 21:43, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know I mentioned your name to someone seeking advice about dispute resolution in a particular protracted article naming issue, at Tenedos/ Bozcaada. Maybe you could offer some advice on the basis of your mediation experience. Current thread here. Cheers, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, as FP mentioned I'm, and possibly few silent others, are seeking information on mediation concerning the title for Tenedos/Bozcaada article. Currently, there is a move conflict that seems to have spilled into a various sections of Wikipedia. The question I'm looking for an answer is what kind of formal actions can we consider to resolve this and avoid it for a longer amount of time. TheDarkLordSeth ( talk) 16:23, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I do understand why consensus is needed. A user requested a photo. I have one to add. Kingjeff ( talk) 15:13, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. Stradivarius - I don't think I'm quite ready to go for the mop at this time, but I am genuinely flattered that you would think enough of my contributions here to ask. If I reconsider in the future, I'd hope to still have your support. Thanks again for the nice words! Cheers, Gongshow Talk 02:18, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the offer, but I just can't see going thru the vetting process just so I could delete the odd redirect page - that's about the only thing I'd like to be able to do that I can't now. Clarityfiend ( talk) 23:18, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
I was impressed by your detailed close of Template talk:Infobox software#RfC: natural and programming languages labels. Would you consider closing the discussions listed at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure in addition to the AfD discussions you already close? Thank you, Cunard ( talk) 00:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey Mr. Stradivarius. This will be, if not our final newsletter, one of the final ones :). After months of churning away at this project, our final version (apart from a few tweaks and bugfixes) is now live. Changes between this and the last release include deletion tag logging, a centralised log, and fixes to things like edit summaries.
Hopefully you like what we've done with the place; suggestions for future work on it, complaints and bugs to the usual address :). We'll be holding a couple of office hours sessions, which I hope you'll all attend. Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 11:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
I don't know how to proceed in reopening the Concerns and controversies over Confucius Institutes dispute that was temporarily closed on 18 June 2012. Would you be willing to help us resolve this? Thanks, Keahapana ( talk) 20:59, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
That's fine with me. However, the article has become outdated. Since we stopped editing in June, some new CI controversies have arisen, including one involving LSE Professor Hughes. I've been waiting to update the page, but what should I do? Wait? Post the links on the Talk page? And PCPP, 一路平安. Keahapana ( talk) 00:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Please remove the disruptive addition of a third option to the poll text. I agree with Piriczki. If the poll text changes during the process we open ourselves up to charges of confusion and disruption. Also, the mediators advised all parties to the mediation that the poll would not go live until the parties had reached agreement. Since no discussion for this third "option" occured during mediation, I argue that to allow it now is in fact to be in breach of the mediation agreement. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 21:36, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, I will look at Andreasegde's talk page at once, your offer to mass revert is a good offer and will take you up on that if you don't mind, there might be a couple via my phone account User:Mlpearc Phone also. thank you very much I hadn't heard anything about the controversial status. Off to catch your link. (if you could let me know if your script works, if not I'll start it manually) Cheers Mlpearc ( powwow) 15:24, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
According to my watchlist your script seems to be working, thank you for your help. Mlpearc ( powwow) 15:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Tvoz/ talk 19:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Today I found some more content that may (or may not) make Clone Manga's page eligible to return. It seems Clone Manga recently won an award The 5th International Manga Award. I believe it, along with the Shuester Awards it won in the past, plus the addition of the fact that Kim has published NNN and Paper Eleven, might give it the notability it may need to stay afloat. I've tried to read up on Wikipedia guidelines for notability, and I believe a webcomic with at least two of these under its belt can have an article put up. What are your thoughts? If you would like, I can provide you with the appropriate links in another PM. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Super-staff ( talk • contribs) 07:12, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello.As a member of Wikiproject Dispute Resolution I am just letting you know that there is an RFC discussing changes to dispute resolution on Wikipedia. You can find the RFC on this page. If you have already commented there, please disregard this message. Regards, Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 08:52, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Indiavision news page was indeed a perfect well researched page on wikipedia, I am surprised to see its deleted, people will think its mafia`sm is on wiki if such pages are deleted for ulterior motives, I kindly request you to put back this page or else all peoples will loose faith on wiki for your unpleasing actions.-- Farhan.dastoor ( talk) 09:11, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
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Archive 5 | ← | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 | Archive 11 | Archive 12 | → | Archive 15 |
About hist-merging: I'm a bit confused (or slightly irritated perhaps) that at Qaxach Tower / Kachaghakaberd two more admins have had to perform yet more histmerges, after I did one just a month ago or so. Did you see what happened there? As far as I see, the page was originally at Qaxach Tower; then somebody did a cut-n-paste move of it to Kachaghakaberd in June; then I repaired that by merging it back to the original location on 30 June, drawing furious protests by the POV warriors who didn't get their way [1]; I told them they should do the normal thing and file an RM; instead of doing that, another editor comes out of the woodwork, does yet another cut-n-paste move, files an out-of-process AfD against the original page, fools one administrator into speedy-deleting that original page as an alleged duplicate, and then everything gets doubly hist-merged another time (or twice? Why did Explicit and you both end up having to do one?) – Pure chaos :-) I mean, I couldn't care less whether it ends up at this title or the other, but somehow it just doesn't feel right that it happens in this way. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:11, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Mr Stradivarius, I just saw you eliminating disruptive edition from a Talk Page. Do you happen to have sysop rights? There is an IP disrupting Talk: Tenedos. I removed his "shit" comment but I think he needs a more authoritative warning/measure. Arigato. -- E4024 ( talk) 09:39, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if you've noticed that I reactivated this edit request. Thanks! Klortho ( talk) 03:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey there Mr. Stradivarius, I noticed that you haven't been very active at the dispute resolution noticeboard lately where you listed yourself as a volunteer - I was hoping if you had some spare time if you could take a look there and offer some assistance. Thanks again for your help :-) Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 11:30, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my RfA and your well wishes. I look forward to maintaining your trust in me.— Bagumba ( talk) 00:17, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Haha thanks for notifying me and not biting me - I cocked up with the CSD templates. Need to learn slowly - only just really got going with it again. Porterjoh ( talk) 23:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I edited Talk:Qoma. He was a chief in Fiji, but when some article is redirected, what happens to its talk page?-- 93.136.0.50 ( talk) 11:49, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. Stradivarius. First off, thanks for keeping my talk page clean while I was gone. I do appreciate it.
Now, a question: Would it be at all possible for us to remove 99's address from the list of involved parties? I feel like this is part of why he feels the need to keep coming back; he feels that he's still legitimately part of it, when the community at large seems to have recognized him as a troll for the past month or so. I suggest we deny recognition and also remove all of his comments at the mediation page, if that is allowed by WP:RTP.
Just some thoughts. I could be completely off-base, so if I am please let me know. Thanks! Evanh2008 ( talk| contribs) 01:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from TALK2ME, which you proposed for deletion. I am leaving this message here to notify you about it. I have removed the WP:PROD tag due to the addition of secondary sources as well as my intent to continue building on the article and working to get it up to standards. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to it. Instead, feel free to list the article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessbear14 ( talk • contribs) 14:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Just a note, in case it gets lost in our current wall of text, that your input has been requested in regard to the issue of whether or not a rhesus monkey and a dishwasher can be considered the same thing. Thanks! Evanh2008 ( talk| contribs) 03:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.
In this issue:
--The Olive Branch 19:18, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Stradivarious, my name is Patricia Caicedo, my username is singerpat. I´m writing you to ask for help. A few years ago, I believe on 2007, the article with my biography was deleted and blocked after I uploaded a picture. This because the person in charge of articles thought I was selfpromoting myself and because I did not have rights for using the image. Same happen with the covers or my CDs that were rejected.
I´m a classical musician with years of experience, many concerts, a doctorate and I appear in Who´s who in America and WHo´s who in the world and Who´s Who in American Women among many other publications. I have published 4 books, 5 CDs and many articles and normally present concerts in different countries.
Other people I know also tryied to create an article about me and those were erased. The company who manages me also tried to create the article with no success.
I don´t know how to manage the Wikipedia page very well reason because I´m asking for your help and mediation. Last week I decided to ask for a mediation but did not anderstand well the procedure and Im sure I did it wrong. So please, could you help me resolve this situation?
I will be very grateful.
Thanks in advance and look forward to your news.
Cordially,
Patricia Caicedo www.patriciacaicedo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Singerpat ( talk • contribs) 17:15, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
With only the two sources from El Tiempo and Russia Today an article about you would have borderline notability, and it could face being deleted again, although this may be uncertain. I recommend waiting until there are more sources out there about you, and and then perhaps someone else will start an article about you. I don't want to leave you with a completely negative message, so here are a couple of good essays that you should read in the meantime: Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:An article about yourself is nothing to be proud of. Let me know if you have any questions ahout any of this. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius ( have a chat) 11:23, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Barely a few days after. Would've refiled, but the last report I made didn't seem to get archived yet. -- Lenin and McCarthy | ( Complain here) 06:29, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Because of your interest in dispute resolution,, I am inviting you to comment on the following RfC:
Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?
This dispute has been going on for over ten years and there have been over 1,300,000 words posted on the article talk page (by comparison, all of the Harry Potter books together total 1,084,170 words). Over the years the dispute has been through multiple noticeboards, mediators, and even the Arbitration Committee without resolving the conflict, so a lot of wisdom is needed here. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 00:53, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Thankyou very much Mr. Stradivarius for giving me those links to click on. I will try them. They are very useful, and it means a lot to me that you would help me with my talk page. Thank you Mr. Stradivarius! DEIDRA C. ( talk) 17:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)Deidra
Why are you closing the this AfD discussion?? and what do you mean "no consensus" when like only 4 editors gave their opinion, re open that AfD and allow more time or else I will do it myself. -- Camilo Sánchez Talk to me 14:41, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
I love manga! You were doing a section about manga? COOL! DEIDRA C. ( talk) 20:54, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey! You've helped out a lot, and I just wanted to ask you if you can pleae add me to your Watchlist! That would be great Mr. Stradivarius. I am trying to improve my talk page. If you can come over and help me out a little, once in a while, I would really appreciate it! Thank you! I reallly hope you have a great week. DEIDRA C. ( talk) 18:17, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks. What I was trying to do, was do my talk page perfectly so I can start to work with articles I have a higher knowledge of. Thanks anyway. Also, later I need to ask you a question about editing articles. DEIDRA C. ( talk) 20:08, 8 September 2012 (UTC) Oh, yes, I wanted you to come to my talk page and talk to me about the perfect steps to editing an article, because I really want to finally be accepted into Wikipedia. I really don't get the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy. So I would love it if you went to my talk page and told me some professional things. I want to edit Adventure Time with Finn and Jake because my knowledge of it is pretty outstanding. If you could give me some pointers on it, that would be great. Thanks. DEIDRA C. ( talk) 20:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, there were three votes for keeping the article (Kitfoxxe, Trevj and Bearian), one person had no opinion (Dbrodbeck). Two people who had voted to delete (Ipsign and S Marshall) earlier have not responded since I made substantial edits to address their concerns. So I think the result of the vote should be keep, not no consensus. Thanks. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations ( talk) 20:38, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
I think the basic issue here is that, from a Wikipedian point of view, the article has been written backwards. It was written from the main primary sources in the field, and then secondary sources were sought to provide additional views and commentary. In the academic world this is good practice, and the sign of a well-thought-out and well-written article. However, in Wikipedia, this is a tell-tale sign that an article may be based on original research, which is a big no-no. On Wikipedia, the bedrock of the article should be provided by the secondary sources, and then primary sources can be used to flesh out the details. This reminds me of a quote which Guy Macon has on his userpage:
Hopefully with this you can begin to understand the attitude to primary and secondary sources on Wikipedia, and why that attitude led to the article you wrote being nominated for deletion. With a "no consensus" close the article is not likely to be nominated again for a few months at least, and practical upshot will likely be the same as if the close had been "keep". There is a reasonable chance that the article would be kept an any future AfD debate, but there is not a lot we can do about that now unless more secondary sources are published that cover the subject in detail. There will likely be a quiet period at the article now that the AfD has been closed, so I recommend taking a break from it and concentrating on other articles you are interested in. And for next time, try starting with the secondary sources - it will save you a lot of headaches in the long run. This has been a bit tl:dr but I hope it helps. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius ( have a chat) 07:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC)"If Wikipedia had been available around the fourth century B.C., it would have reported the view that the Earth is flat as a fact and without qualification. And it would have reported the views of Eratosthenes (who correctly determined the earth's circumference in 240BC) either as controversial, or a fringe view. Similarly if available in Galileo's time, it would have reported the view that the sun goes round the earth as a fact, and Galileo's view would have been rejected as 'original research'. Of course, if there is a popularly held or notable view that the earth is flat, Wikipedia reports this view. But it does not report it as true. It reports only on what its adherents believe, the history of the view, and its notable or prominent adherents. Wikipedia is inherently a non-innovative reference work: it stifles creativity and free-thought. Which is A Good Thing." -- WP:FLAT
Sir, I have nominated Sanmarga for afd. But initially i found that it is not properly listed in afd listing. So I thought of removing the tag and nominating again. Now, This should have resulted in two nominations. I beg your pardon and am very Sorry for this. I don't know how to rectify the same. So am kindly requesting you to rectify the mistake. -- Bharathiya ( talk) 01:49, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Got an EC with you while trying to close this AFD. Are you sure it needs relisting? Der yck C. 11:24, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
I came here after noticing a Notability discussion at Talk:Falun Gong. Then I discovered Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fazhengnian. Here is an image of Falun Gong practitioners send forth righteous thoughts before the Chinese Consulate in New York. According to google books, secondary reliable sources discuss the subject of FLG "sending forth righteous thoughts". According to primary FLG sources: "Sending forth righteous thoughts is one of the three things that Master requires of us. It is very important, and every Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple must do well in this regard.". Bottom line is I am not sure why the page was deleted. AgadaUrbanit ( talk) 21:34, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Template talk:Infobox software § RfC: natural and programming languages labels is now month old. As you proposed the RfC and didn't !vote there, I wanted to ask you to close it formally and implement the result. Thanks in advance! — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 11:55, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Referring to this closed dispute, I see no progress have been made. I had to be absent since almost a year and user Chzz seems to have turned inactive meanwhile. Besides, unfortunately, I see no progress in the page. Do you have any suggestions as to how to solve this issue? Best regards, Filanca ( talk) 12:31, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
In my opinion, this article should not be deleted. Of course, it may be not fitting in your "notability guideline", but really, what exactly does it mean? And why are the articles from the community-driven pages considered as "unreliable"? Seriously, Wikipedia was meant to be "free and open encyclopedia that anyone can edit" and to gather crowdsourced information. This point has been lost since, if articles like that are being deleted. According to the policy, it seems to me, every article regarding a smaller or even bigger open source projects is a subject for a deletion. My question is: why is that? You need from the article to be "notable" and it is hard for open source projects, because the projects there, especially the less known but great games like Minetest, hardly ever win some prize or are reviewed on games websites or in magazines - just because they are free and open source, and websites and magazines like that focus on the commercial projects. In my opinion, having some information about this game on Wikipedia would not be a harm to Wikipedia itself, more - it will be an enrichenment. Please reconsider your decision. Phitherek ( talk) 14:03, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Mr. Stradivarius
Thanks for this edit. It was long overdue. I am glad it has finally come.
By the way, you needn't have used {{
nowrap}} because of |labelstyle=white-space: nowrap
that is already in the code.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
00:19, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Can you share more about why you relisted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/We Just Decided To? Something beyond the boilerplate in the discussion of "generating more discussion". Is there anything in particular you see missing from the discussion? Please be specific, I'm trying to understand why this was relisted.-- RadioFan ( talk) 03:01, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I have created an article about Radha Thomas and am contemplating it to move it to the AFC space. Before that, I'd really appreciate if you could have a look and give me some inputs, suggestions and advice and hopefully a green signal :-). Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Radha_Thomas Varunr ( talk) 09:13, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
It was a trial template that I forgot to delete - thanks for pointing it out Victuallers ( talk) 21:43, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know I mentioned your name to someone seeking advice about dispute resolution in a particular protracted article naming issue, at Tenedos/ Bozcaada. Maybe you could offer some advice on the basis of your mediation experience. Current thread here. Cheers, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, as FP mentioned I'm, and possibly few silent others, are seeking information on mediation concerning the title for Tenedos/Bozcaada article. Currently, there is a move conflict that seems to have spilled into a various sections of Wikipedia. The question I'm looking for an answer is what kind of formal actions can we consider to resolve this and avoid it for a longer amount of time. TheDarkLordSeth ( talk) 16:23, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I do understand why consensus is needed. A user requested a photo. I have one to add. Kingjeff ( talk) 15:13, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. Stradivarius - I don't think I'm quite ready to go for the mop at this time, but I am genuinely flattered that you would think enough of my contributions here to ask. If I reconsider in the future, I'd hope to still have your support. Thanks again for the nice words! Cheers, Gongshow Talk 02:18, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the offer, but I just can't see going thru the vetting process just so I could delete the odd redirect page - that's about the only thing I'd like to be able to do that I can't now. Clarityfiend ( talk) 23:18, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
I was impressed by your detailed close of Template talk:Infobox software#RfC: natural and programming languages labels. Would you consider closing the discussions listed at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure in addition to the AfD discussions you already close? Thank you, Cunard ( talk) 00:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey Mr. Stradivarius. This will be, if not our final newsletter, one of the final ones :). After months of churning away at this project, our final version (apart from a few tweaks and bugfixes) is now live. Changes between this and the last release include deletion tag logging, a centralised log, and fixes to things like edit summaries.
Hopefully you like what we've done with the place; suggestions for future work on it, complaints and bugs to the usual address :). We'll be holding a couple of office hours sessions, which I hope you'll all attend. Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 11:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
I don't know how to proceed in reopening the Concerns and controversies over Confucius Institutes dispute that was temporarily closed on 18 June 2012. Would you be willing to help us resolve this? Thanks, Keahapana ( talk) 20:59, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
That's fine with me. However, the article has become outdated. Since we stopped editing in June, some new CI controversies have arisen, including one involving LSE Professor Hughes. I've been waiting to update the page, but what should I do? Wait? Post the links on the Talk page? And PCPP, 一路平安. Keahapana ( talk) 00:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Please remove the disruptive addition of a third option to the poll text. I agree with Piriczki. If the poll text changes during the process we open ourselves up to charges of confusion and disruption. Also, the mediators advised all parties to the mediation that the poll would not go live until the parties had reached agreement. Since no discussion for this third "option" occured during mediation, I argue that to allow it now is in fact to be in breach of the mediation agreement. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 21:36, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, I will look at Andreasegde's talk page at once, your offer to mass revert is a good offer and will take you up on that if you don't mind, there might be a couple via my phone account User:Mlpearc Phone also. thank you very much I hadn't heard anything about the controversial status. Off to catch your link. (if you could let me know if your script works, if not I'll start it manually) Cheers Mlpearc ( powwow) 15:24, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
According to my watchlist your script seems to be working, thank you for your help. Mlpearc ( powwow) 15:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Tvoz/ talk 19:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Today I found some more content that may (or may not) make Clone Manga's page eligible to return. It seems Clone Manga recently won an award The 5th International Manga Award. I believe it, along with the Shuester Awards it won in the past, plus the addition of the fact that Kim has published NNN and Paper Eleven, might give it the notability it may need to stay afloat. I've tried to read up on Wikipedia guidelines for notability, and I believe a webcomic with at least two of these under its belt can have an article put up. What are your thoughts? If you would like, I can provide you with the appropriate links in another PM. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Super-staff ( talk • contribs) 07:12, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello.As a member of Wikiproject Dispute Resolution I am just letting you know that there is an RFC discussing changes to dispute resolution on Wikipedia. You can find the RFC on this page. If you have already commented there, please disregard this message. Regards, Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 08:52, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Indiavision news page was indeed a perfect well researched page on wikipedia, I am surprised to see its deleted, people will think its mafia`sm is on wiki if such pages are deleted for ulterior motives, I kindly request you to put back this page or else all peoples will loose faith on wiki for your unpleasing actions.-- Farhan.dastoor ( talk) 09:11, 28 September 2012 (UTC)