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Hello Majorly. I came here to apologize to you for the aggravation and/or annoyance i have caused you some months ago. I know you are an active wikipedian, so in case you don't happen to remember: I attacked you for deciding to have an article be kept which i have AFD'd. Looking back, i sink in self-disrelish thinking about the way i acted. People happen to do things that they later regret and view as rediculous, eventhough i thought that by now i'd have grown out of that age. I still do think the article should have been deleted, and that it would have been right according to policy. However, the AFD discussion did not bring a clear result, it was your call to make, and i know made did it with the best you know, and in accordance to the discussion. So, long story short, sorry for wasting your time like that. I know it was just a minor incident and you probably have never thought about it again, still i felt i should tell you this, and i hope there are no hard feelings. Live long and prosper. :) ~ | twsx | talk cont | 01:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You closed this AfD as keep without any further comments. I would hope that in a contentious and "close" AfD such as this one, you could add closing comments to discuss how you weighed the arguments and also the merits of the article. As one who argued for "delete" I felt there was a strong case for such, and the questions raised about the article were not adequately answered by those who wished to keep it. I also feel that a "keep" close does not reflect the consensus (or rather the lack thereof) of the discussion, and that it would have been better closed as "no consensus". Some reflection on your close would be highly appreciated, preferably on the AfD page where everyone can see it. Regards. Zun aid © ® 15:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the link to the thorough and well-rounded discussion regarding your decision about Spells in Harry Potter's 3rd AFD. I know it was probably a chore to slog through all those !votes, but you did it well. I disagree that there was consensus to keep, but I don't think there was consensus to delete either - but that's neither here nor there. You did a nice job, and I commend you for it. Thanks for your hard work. Best, bwowen talk• contribs 16:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
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Why is it that the RfA's and Rf's are oppose/neutral/support, instead of being just support votes? Wouldn't that make it so much nicer and easier? A user reads the nom, decides if they want them to be a sysop, and goes from there. It could have a comments area too, for constructive criticism. Please respond. Dreamy \*/ !$! 11:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey there Majorly, I'm sure you don't know who I am, but I'm The Random Editor. I just wanted to say that I was amazed at how much you do cross-wikily. You are certainly a Wikipedian I look up to. -- Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor ( tαlk) 02:40, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Just a favour - An editor asked on my user talkpage if someone could close this AfD, I thought you would be able to handle this one. - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 16:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Majorly. Did Giggy leave Wikipedia? :-/ Regards, Hús ö nd 01:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I understand. I have been trying to wrap my mind around not discussing opposes, especially when they do not affect the outcome. Happy editing! J-stan Talk Contribs 01:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
What was that for? If I'm not supposed to know, then that's OK. Good riddance, anyway :-) -- Boricua e ddie 01:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, Majorly. I humbly request the undeletion of User talk:Giggy. I understand his right to vanish, but deleting the talk page was a bit drastic and inappropriate. As far as I'm aware, talk pages should not be deleted, even vandals'. I'm doing this because I need to find a discussion I had with him some time ago to help another user. I truly hope you can fufill my request. I'm sorry if I'm mistaken. It's just that I couldn't find anything in WP:DEL or WP:SALT that permitted this. -- Boricua e ddie 10:55, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey there Majorly. Just a suggestion. Sooner or later trolls will starting messing around with Giggy's old user talk. You might want to Protect it. -- Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor ( tαlk) 20:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I saw that you added Giggy's retirement notice. What happened? I've been out of the loop lately. Also, he nominated me for adminship (which I haven't yet accepted as I'm not fully healthy yet at the moment), but I'm concerned that it may make things difficult. What's the deal? Why'd such a great editor choose to leave Wikipedia? I'm saddened. hmwith talk 20:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello Majorly. I suppose it makes more sense to continue the discussion here. As silly as this may sound, I think recreating a new RfC is a better solution. I'm not sure I did such a great job of explaining my concerns about Matthew and many, starting with you actually, got the impression that my problem with him was his RfA rationales. Now I don't dispute that I find them quite lame but of course there are many people whose RfA rationales I find even more dramatically lame such as Kmweber or the reverse Kmweber you blocked a while back and whose name escapes me. But I filed the RfC because many of his rationales were unnecessarily aggressive if not insulting and because he turned 4 or 5 RfAs into shouting matches in which he went completely out of line. Sure, so did others but I think the diffs I provided were clearly over the top. I did try to approach him about this but he clearly did not care to discuss the issue. Moreover, he was blocked very recently for losing track of civility but he also made it clear that he felt he had done nothing wrong. So perhaps, a new RfC cast in that light would make more sense and would be seen as more legitimate. Thoughts? Pascal.Tesson 20:27, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I happened to notice that Ascended master has been protected since May. Did you mean to have it protected for so long? Thanks, William Pietri 00:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
He had posted the "I'm at RFA" box on his userpage, and he answered the questions, so it seemed that he simply didn't read the directions. MSJapan 04:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
In regards to your accusations of WP:BITE, please AGF. Thanks. -- Ronz 17:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
No response? I'm adding the warning again, toning it down. If you still object, let's discuss before reverting. Thanks. -- Ronz 03:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Should we take this to a third party? I've treated this spammer the way I treat all others, by documenting the link for future reference. Sorry you think it's useless, but given the amount of spamming that goes on, simple links can help other editors investigating this or related cases of vandalism. -- Ronz 19:22, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
I've fleshed out the report which you already found. If you want further explanation, just ask there. -- Ronz 01:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Hello Majorly. I came here to apologize to you for the aggravation and/or annoyance i have caused you some months ago. I know you are an active wikipedian, so in case you don't happen to remember: I attacked you for deciding to have an article be kept which i have AFD'd. Looking back, i sink in self-disrelish thinking about the way i acted. People happen to do things that they later regret and view as rediculous, eventhough i thought that by now i'd have grown out of that age. I still do think the article should have been deleted, and that it would have been right according to policy. However, the AFD discussion did not bring a clear result, it was your call to make, and i know made did it with the best you know, and in accordance to the discussion. So, long story short, sorry for wasting your time like that. I know it was just a minor incident and you probably have never thought about it again, still i felt i should tell you this, and i hope there are no hard feelings. Live long and prosper. :) ~ | twsx | talk cont | 01:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You closed this AfD as keep without any further comments. I would hope that in a contentious and "close" AfD such as this one, you could add closing comments to discuss how you weighed the arguments and also the merits of the article. As one who argued for "delete" I felt there was a strong case for such, and the questions raised about the article were not adequately answered by those who wished to keep it. I also feel that a "keep" close does not reflect the consensus (or rather the lack thereof) of the discussion, and that it would have been better closed as "no consensus". Some reflection on your close would be highly appreciated, preferably on the AfD page where everyone can see it. Regards. Zun aid © ® 15:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the link to the thorough and well-rounded discussion regarding your decision about Spells in Harry Potter's 3rd AFD. I know it was probably a chore to slog through all those !votes, but you did it well. I disagree that there was consensus to keep, but I don't think there was consensus to delete either - but that's neither here nor there. You did a nice job, and I commend you for it. Thanks for your hard work. Best, bwowen talk• contribs 16:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
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Why is it that the RfA's and Rf's are oppose/neutral/support, instead of being just support votes? Wouldn't that make it so much nicer and easier? A user reads the nom, decides if they want them to be a sysop, and goes from there. It could have a comments area too, for constructive criticism. Please respond. Dreamy \*/ !$! 11:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey there Majorly, I'm sure you don't know who I am, but I'm The Random Editor. I just wanted to say that I was amazed at how much you do cross-wikily. You are certainly a Wikipedian I look up to. -- Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor ( tαlk) 02:40, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Just a favour - An editor asked on my user talkpage if someone could close this AfD, I thought you would be able to handle this one. - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 16:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Majorly. Did Giggy leave Wikipedia? :-/ Regards, Hús ö nd 01:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I understand. I have been trying to wrap my mind around not discussing opposes, especially when they do not affect the outcome. Happy editing! J-stan Talk Contribs 01:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
What was that for? If I'm not supposed to know, then that's OK. Good riddance, anyway :-) -- Boricua e ddie 01:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, Majorly. I humbly request the undeletion of User talk:Giggy. I understand his right to vanish, but deleting the talk page was a bit drastic and inappropriate. As far as I'm aware, talk pages should not be deleted, even vandals'. I'm doing this because I need to find a discussion I had with him some time ago to help another user. I truly hope you can fufill my request. I'm sorry if I'm mistaken. It's just that I couldn't find anything in WP:DEL or WP:SALT that permitted this. -- Boricua e ddie 10:55, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey there Majorly. Just a suggestion. Sooner or later trolls will starting messing around with Giggy's old user talk. You might want to Protect it. -- Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor ( tαlk) 20:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I saw that you added Giggy's retirement notice. What happened? I've been out of the loop lately. Also, he nominated me for adminship (which I haven't yet accepted as I'm not fully healthy yet at the moment), but I'm concerned that it may make things difficult. What's the deal? Why'd such a great editor choose to leave Wikipedia? I'm saddened. hmwith talk 20:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello Majorly. I suppose it makes more sense to continue the discussion here. As silly as this may sound, I think recreating a new RfC is a better solution. I'm not sure I did such a great job of explaining my concerns about Matthew and many, starting with you actually, got the impression that my problem with him was his RfA rationales. Now I don't dispute that I find them quite lame but of course there are many people whose RfA rationales I find even more dramatically lame such as Kmweber or the reverse Kmweber you blocked a while back and whose name escapes me. But I filed the RfC because many of his rationales were unnecessarily aggressive if not insulting and because he turned 4 or 5 RfAs into shouting matches in which he went completely out of line. Sure, so did others but I think the diffs I provided were clearly over the top. I did try to approach him about this but he clearly did not care to discuss the issue. Moreover, he was blocked very recently for losing track of civility but he also made it clear that he felt he had done nothing wrong. So perhaps, a new RfC cast in that light would make more sense and would be seen as more legitimate. Thoughts? Pascal.Tesson 20:27, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I happened to notice that Ascended master has been protected since May. Did you mean to have it protected for so long? Thanks, William Pietri 00:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
He had posted the "I'm at RFA" box on his userpage, and he answered the questions, so it seemed that he simply didn't read the directions. MSJapan 04:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
In regards to your accusations of WP:BITE, please AGF. Thanks. -- Ronz 17:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
No response? I'm adding the warning again, toning it down. If you still object, let's discuss before reverting. Thanks. -- Ronz 03:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Should we take this to a third party? I've treated this spammer the way I treat all others, by documenting the link for future reference. Sorry you think it's useless, but given the amount of spamming that goes on, simple links can help other editors investigating this or related cases of vandalism. -- Ronz 19:22, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
I've fleshed out the report which you already found. If you want further explanation, just ask there. -- Ronz 01:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)