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Hello @Vanamonde93
How are you doing? You deleted an Article I created "Adetola Nola" which was proposed for deletion by @falkron, Pls can you at least restore the article, asses it, then give your suggestion on how to improve it. It's my first article as a Wikipedian and I need every help I could get from you to improve on the article. Pls, keep in mind that @falkron has taken her time to review the article the second time.
I would appreciate it if you can guide me if it's not following Wikipedia policy but if it meets requirements kindly restore the article so that it can be improved on. Thanking you! Thisiswhyiambroke ( talk) 14:49, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for two DYK in one set! The rose pic was taken on 11 Sep 2021, and this year was full of music that day, Tag des offenen Denkmals, not only singing in church and rehearsals for Verdi's Requiem, but two concerts at special places pictured, one a synagogue (pictured on its wall). Today three DYK: a piece we'll perform on Sunday, a violinist we heard in June playing the Berg Concerto (my brother played in the orchestra), and a Youth Orchestra shaped by a conductor who recently died. Almost too much of a good thing. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:43, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
On a train, returning from days off. Re Template:Did you know nominations/Danylo Matviienko: on the last train, I noticed that the hook in prep wasn't ALT5, as the reviewer had preferred, with explanation, and I preferred. I couldn't react, because the train's IP was blocked for editing. In this train, it's better, but now you moved it to a queue. Can you be please use ALT5? The present hook misses that he now sings in Germany, quite a career step, and what kind of repertoire which means what kind of voice. The math should be a quirky little extra, but not about all we say about a singer. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:47, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
Hello, I found your name at CAT:RFRD and I clicked randomly and you were the first one that has edited within the last 24 hours and edits frequently. I am looking at having some revisions redacted under RD2. It is the page Matt Birk and the edits are the edits from Lexipro4933 and my reverts of their edits. They contain defamatory and potentially libelous comments based on (what appears to be) the editors strong personal opinions on the subject being discussed in the edits. The defamatory comments are no longer in the article.--Rockchalk 7 17 16:08, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
I see you were on the ArbCom election commission 3 years ago, and are still active. The nominations for this year's EC close in 2 days, and so far we have one nomination, and they've never been on the EC before. Would you consider joining them on the nomination page? IMHO, the EC should have at least one person who has done it before, so we don't lose institutional memory, and can pass it down to newbies who join this year. Hope you have ther time and the inclination. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:06, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
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Any chance you'd be able to review John Raymond science fiction magazines for FAC? Any input would be great. Thanks. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 16:42, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Hey Vanamonde. I've indicated for Samuel Johnson, an older FA, to potentially be Wikipedia's TFA in September 2023, but one of the article's original FAC nominators (@ SandyGeorgia:) is hoping for a review of the literary section by a literary-specialist editor. I thought of you because of the amazing work you did at J.K. Rowling's FAR. Would you be willing to review the literary section and indicate if there are any concerns? Thanks for your help, and I hope you feel better soon. Z1720 ( talk) 17:33, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello, you just closed an AfD with a closing statement leaving possibility of renomination viable. I would just like to check if the renomination is conditioned, or determined, by some timetable? ౪ Santa ౪ 99° 00:07, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
I'm not going to get back to this today. I've been on an international banking conference call now for nearly 2 hours. Lost wire between countries, which they assure me they will find, but does nothing for my ability to access funds. I think I am going to need wine, which will not be conducive to rewriting Foote, if I ever get off this call. SusunW ( talk) 21:18, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I don't see it in history of Mainstream. This is in reference to Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_October_1#Mainstream_(terminology). Can you point me to where I can find the old content? I'd like to see if something more could be rescued from it. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can. Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Baffle☿gab 03:08, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
... when an opera singer works in many countries, too many to name them individually? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:02, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
On 9 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Slow River, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nicola Griffith's Slow River, described as a lesbian romance, features a "sophisticated depiction of environmental management"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Slow River. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Slow River), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 00:03, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:14, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
today's DYK: two facts from the two concert of this years Rheingau Musik Festival I liked best, both a cappella singing. If you follow the songs, you see a circus, where I performed singing, and in the end the whole tent joined for Dona nobis pacem. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:43, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi Vanamonde, I am not disputing the deletion of the article, though I obviously do not approve. What I would like to know is if there is some way to retrieve the info from the article so that I could move it to my sandbox to work on it over time? I have been able to do that with other deletions, but I don't see how in this case. Acad Ronin ( talk) 17:55, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
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Crazy day yesterday. The construction crew working on the house next door pushed a second story wall down which fell on our house. It sounded like Armageddon had come. Obviously I abruptly left WP, but all is fine, no one was hurt, only minor damage to our house (except tons of dust). Sorry I stopped working without explanation, but you know, real life is an unpredictable adventure. I'll get back to Kroeber directly. SusunW ( talk) 16:13, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
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I absolutely appreciate the work that you and the rest of the Oversight Team do. Thanks for protecting the privacy of all! SunilNevlaFan ✨ 19:48, 30 October 2022 (UTC) |
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Early Warning Labs. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. EricFishers11 ( talk) 22:37, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
You did the close on The Banner's AfD tban, but it doesn't seem as if anyone notified him on his talk page of it. Ravenswing 23:36, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
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Note that I have also undone your edit to the ELOY awards article per WP:REDLINK. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:39, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
Congrats! Alexander the Great is an elite club.
The Timeless Triple Crown is based on the oldest piece of content, not the newest, so I don't think you're eligible in the FC category. Now you've got the eligible content, holding onto the green pluses and gold stars for five years would do it. — Bilorv ( talk) 18:09, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello! As part of the Women in Green editathon, I brought Caroline Harrison up to good article status. SusunW went above and beyond in helping me during the good article review, and I'm really happy with the result. More to my point, I'm wondering if you could tell me whether it's a viable FAC or if it's close to becoming one. I've never nominated an FAC, so I went to WP:FAM. I recognized your name from the editathon, so I figured you were the right person to ask. Any help would be appreciated, but really my main concern is just a quick reality check as to whether it's worth putting through the nomination process. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 00:24, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
I want to respect Fowler's request not to post on his talk page (it always comes to that, like here). It was a mistake on my part to start a section by mentioning Fowler. I changed it accordingly when I realised I was not doing it right, but it doesn't mean it should be changed without addressing me first. But I want to tell you something. I think the fact that Fowler always keeps pinging you when he needs something, probably operating under the wrong perception that he would be automatically supported, is not good for you. I've seen you on several talk pages, and was always appreciative of your fair approach. I should ask you to note Fowler's brash and almost rude attitude. He takes conversations very personally. I don't appreciate such behaviour and I think you should make him aware of the fact that it's unacceptable. Shahid • Talk2me 16:55, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, can you reconsider your no consensus close on this AfD? The only argument for keeping, MOS:DAB (DABMENTION), is a manual of style, not a content guideline, and so carries no weight. NOTDIRECTORY is extremely straightforward ("just the notable ones"), and conflicts with no other policy. A numerical disadvantage cannot overturn policy ( WP:DGFA, WP:CONLEVEL), certainly not one of 3 against 5, nor can other guidelines.
Furthermore, your advice on having a broader discussion had already been suggested by the closer of the first AfD; a discussion was held, and the wording of NOTDIRECTORY was kept. Yet now the issue was demurred to for a second time, on the same grounds. At this point the burden of opening a discussion should lie on those who want to change/ignore policy, not those who don't. Avilich ( talk) 03:15, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Avilich:, sorry, but no. There is no consensus in that discussion, and no other closure that would go uncontested. If you want to go to DRV you may do so, because any other outcome would end up there anyway. Karellen93 ( talk) (Vanamonde93's alternative account) 05:33, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
This 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. |
Archive 40 | ← | Archive 43 | Archive 44 | Archive 45 | Archive 46 | Archive 47 | → | Archive 50 |
Hello @Vanamonde93
How are you doing? You deleted an Article I created "Adetola Nola" which was proposed for deletion by @falkron, Pls can you at least restore the article, asses it, then give your suggestion on how to improve it. It's my first article as a Wikipedian and I need every help I could get from you to improve on the article. Pls, keep in mind that @falkron has taken her time to review the article the second time.
I would appreciate it if you can guide me if it's not following Wikipedia policy but if it meets requirements kindly restore the article so that it can be improved on. Thanking you! Thisiswhyiambroke ( talk) 14:49, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for two DYK in one set! The rose pic was taken on 11 Sep 2021, and this year was full of music that day, Tag des offenen Denkmals, not only singing in church and rehearsals for Verdi's Requiem, but two concerts at special places pictured, one a synagogue (pictured on its wall). Today three DYK: a piece we'll perform on Sunday, a violinist we heard in June playing the Berg Concerto (my brother played in the orchestra), and a Youth Orchestra shaped by a conductor who recently died. Almost too much of a good thing. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:43, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
On a train, returning from days off. Re Template:Did you know nominations/Danylo Matviienko: on the last train, I noticed that the hook in prep wasn't ALT5, as the reviewer had preferred, with explanation, and I preferred. I couldn't react, because the train's IP was blocked for editing. In this train, it's better, but now you moved it to a queue. Can you be please use ALT5? The present hook misses that he now sings in Germany, quite a career step, and what kind of repertoire which means what kind of voice. The math should be a quirky little extra, but not about all we say about a singer. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:47, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
Hello, I found your name at CAT:RFRD and I clicked randomly and you were the first one that has edited within the last 24 hours and edits frequently. I am looking at having some revisions redacted under RD2. It is the page Matt Birk and the edits are the edits from Lexipro4933 and my reverts of their edits. They contain defamatory and potentially libelous comments based on (what appears to be) the editors strong personal opinions on the subject being discussed in the edits. The defamatory comments are no longer in the article.--Rockchalk 7 17 16:08, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
I see you were on the ArbCom election commission 3 years ago, and are still active. The nominations for this year's EC close in 2 days, and so far we have one nomination, and they've never been on the EC before. Would you consider joining them on the nomination page? IMHO, the EC should have at least one person who has done it before, so we don't lose institutional memory, and can pass it down to newbies who join this year. Hope you have ther time and the inclination. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:06, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
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Any chance you'd be able to review John Raymond science fiction magazines for FAC? Any input would be great. Thanks. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 16:42, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Hey Vanamonde. I've indicated for Samuel Johnson, an older FA, to potentially be Wikipedia's TFA in September 2023, but one of the article's original FAC nominators (@ SandyGeorgia:) is hoping for a review of the literary section by a literary-specialist editor. I thought of you because of the amazing work you did at J.K. Rowling's FAR. Would you be willing to review the literary section and indicate if there are any concerns? Thanks for your help, and I hope you feel better soon. Z1720 ( talk) 17:33, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello, you just closed an AfD with a closing statement leaving possibility of renomination viable. I would just like to check if the renomination is conditioned, or determined, by some timetable? ౪ Santa ౪ 99° 00:07, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
I'm not going to get back to this today. I've been on an international banking conference call now for nearly 2 hours. Lost wire between countries, which they assure me they will find, but does nothing for my ability to access funds. I think I am going to need wine, which will not be conducive to rewriting Foote, if I ever get off this call. SusunW ( talk) 21:18, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I don't see it in history of Mainstream. This is in reference to Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_October_1#Mainstream_(terminology). Can you point me to where I can find the old content? I'd like to see if something more could be rescued from it. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can. Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Baffle☿gab 03:08, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
... when an opera singer works in many countries, too many to name them individually? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:02, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
On 9 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Slow River, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nicola Griffith's Slow River, described as a lesbian romance, features a "sophisticated depiction of environmental management"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Slow River. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Slow River), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 00:03, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:14, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
today's DYK: two facts from the two concert of this years Rheingau Musik Festival I liked best, both a cappella singing. If you follow the songs, you see a circus, where I performed singing, and in the end the whole tent joined for Dona nobis pacem. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:43, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi Vanamonde, I am not disputing the deletion of the article, though I obviously do not approve. What I would like to know is if there is some way to retrieve the info from the article so that I could move it to my sandbox to work on it over time? I have been able to do that with other deletions, but I don't see how in this case. Acad Ronin ( talk) 17:55, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
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Crazy day yesterday. The construction crew working on the house next door pushed a second story wall down which fell on our house. It sounded like Armageddon had come. Obviously I abruptly left WP, but all is fine, no one was hurt, only minor damage to our house (except tons of dust). Sorry I stopped working without explanation, but you know, real life is an unpredictable adventure. I'll get back to Kroeber directly. SusunW ( talk) 16:13, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
The | ||
I absolutely appreciate the work that you and the rest of the Oversight Team do. Thanks for protecting the privacy of all! SunilNevlaFan ✨ 19:48, 30 October 2022 (UTC) |
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Early Warning Labs. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. EricFishers11 ( talk) 22:37, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
You did the close on The Banner's AfD tban, but it doesn't seem as if anyone notified him on his talk page of it. Ravenswing 23:36, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
{{
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.Please reconsider your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Honey Ojukwu, on these grounds:
Note that I have also undone your edit to the ELOY awards article per WP:REDLINK. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:39, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
Congrats! Alexander the Great is an elite club.
The Timeless Triple Crown is based on the oldest piece of content, not the newest, so I don't think you're eligible in the FC category. Now you've got the eligible content, holding onto the green pluses and gold stars for five years would do it. — Bilorv ( talk) 18:09, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello! As part of the Women in Green editathon, I brought Caroline Harrison up to good article status. SusunW went above and beyond in helping me during the good article review, and I'm really happy with the result. More to my point, I'm wondering if you could tell me whether it's a viable FAC or if it's close to becoming one. I've never nominated an FAC, so I went to WP:FAM. I recognized your name from the editathon, so I figured you were the right person to ask. Any help would be appreciated, but really my main concern is just a quick reality check as to whether it's worth putting through the nomination process. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 00:24, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
I want to respect Fowler's request not to post on his talk page (it always comes to that, like here). It was a mistake on my part to start a section by mentioning Fowler. I changed it accordingly when I realised I was not doing it right, but it doesn't mean it should be changed without addressing me first. But I want to tell you something. I think the fact that Fowler always keeps pinging you when he needs something, probably operating under the wrong perception that he would be automatically supported, is not good for you. I've seen you on several talk pages, and was always appreciative of your fair approach. I should ask you to note Fowler's brash and almost rude attitude. He takes conversations very personally. I don't appreciate such behaviour and I think you should make him aware of the fact that it's unacceptable. Shahid • Talk2me 16:55, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, can you reconsider your no consensus close on this AfD? The only argument for keeping, MOS:DAB (DABMENTION), is a manual of style, not a content guideline, and so carries no weight. NOTDIRECTORY is extremely straightforward ("just the notable ones"), and conflicts with no other policy. A numerical disadvantage cannot overturn policy ( WP:DGFA, WP:CONLEVEL), certainly not one of 3 against 5, nor can other guidelines.
Furthermore, your advice on having a broader discussion had already been suggested by the closer of the first AfD; a discussion was held, and the wording of NOTDIRECTORY was kept. Yet now the issue was demurred to for a second time, on the same grounds. At this point the burden of opening a discussion should lie on those who want to change/ignore policy, not those who don't. Avilich ( talk) 03:15, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Avilich:, sorry, but no. There is no consensus in that discussion, and no other closure that would go uncontested. If you want to go to DRV you may do so, because any other outcome would end up there anyway. Karellen93 ( talk) (Vanamonde93's alternative account) 05:33, 10 November 2022 (UTC)