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Please refrain from personal attacks. Personal attacks made against me made on this page will be left on it, but this in no way indicates that I approve of them or will not report them if they are severe or continuous. Personal attacks against other editors will be removed or reverted. Seraphimblade 04:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

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Question about speedy Deletion of Frito Lay article

Hi Todd. I've been contributing to Misplaced Pages for a while in my leisure time, and I have a question about a speedy deletion that you made on an article I put up. Normally when an article is deleted you can also see the old content in the logs, but nothing's showing up in this one. Initially I put up several facts about this new brand name product from several different, notable sources, which should qualify it for brand name food stub as per the guidelines on that category page. However, I'm trying to add to it and I can't find the original content. I don't put up blank stubs, and I don't spam Misplaced Pages. With that in mind, do you have any idea where the original content could be? Thanks, sir.

Best, Bryson

Hi Todd,

Thanks for clearing that up! I will contact ChrisO to find out what happened to the content of the article.

Best, Bryson

Blackbryson 14:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the headsup

I appreciate your information about Deadmalls.com. Jerry lavoie 01:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD header removal

afd for Ya(game) you help put back the prod for that page because someone removed it yasterday well guess what some one did it again please help and put it back again thanksOo7565 06:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

thanks i did not know if it was a prod or notice now i know it a afd notice not prod thanks for the info and help again sorry to keep bothring you i hope i do not have again but who knowsOo7565 07:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the note. I'll be sure to ask you if I need help with anything. Be well. --Bentonia School 11:50, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Jyrki Niskanen

Further to your comment at the AFD debate, I have re-written the Jyrki Niskanen article from scratch, and would appreciate your opinions. Thank you. Eludium-q36 18:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Straw poll

Please take a look at WP:MALL to which you have contributed, with respect to proposals to merge it with WP:LOCAL, to continue developing it, or to go ahead and implement it as a guideline. Thanks. Edison 21:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment! While I see your point, I'm not sure exactly why we need a poll to work things out. Can't we discuss and debate in the way Misplaced Pages was intended to be? Cheers! Yuser31415 00:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

JfJ

I am not sure that I want one editor to have the power of veto if all the other editors agree to a change. I've seen intransigience from certain editors, and the fact that only 4 of the 7 parties are contributing to the mediation is also troubling. But to get the ball rolling, I'll support the final compromise. Anthony changed my original diff and it lost it's original meaning.Ramsquire 01:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

New Deal

I see you reverted my change for lack of sourcing. I guess you did not look at the talk page, where I quoted from the Misplaced Pages article about Milton Friedman. Your comment about the change states "unsourced removal .." -- well, I don't know how one can quote a source for something that does not exist except by putting a comment in both the talk page and the change comments.

Skateboarding Dogs.

That was not a test page. It is a page which I am starting to create on the serious trend of people teaching dogs to skateboard these days. I included a link that now works and is a good reference. I will be collecting more and combiling all of the information I have about these dogs. I don't understand why you think skateboarding dogs are nonsense when there is a separate wikipedia entry on the Konami Code.

My Question - by adorableani

I would like to ask if you could please add to my page, SSX Tricky - Mesablanca as I have run out of ideas. I found your message on my page and I am terribly sorry as I didn't know what I should put on that page as I only created it for people to understand and know about Mesablanca. Thank-you.

Thanks Seraphimblade for answering my question and telling me I was writing it the wrong way. I just wanted to try and make Misplaced Pages a better place. Thank-you.

Thanks again Seraphimblade for that link. I just realized I was putting complete junk in my article and have remembered what stuff to put in my article about the PlayStation 2 game SSX Tricky's fourth course, Mesablanca all by the help of you.

Now I'm going to write and tell people how long the course is, how to obtain it and what rider you need to be. Adorableani 06:03, 18 January 2007 adorableani 4:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Dusty Springfield

Do you not think your deletion of all the Dusty Springfield links was a little harsh?

(Ravenfire 21:21, 18 January 2007 (UTC))

Anton Balasingham

Hi,

The above personality did a lot for a lasting solution in the island though he suffered from diabetes, Motor Neurone Disease, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, and possibly medicine-induced bile duct cancer.

Now putting his Bio "Terrorist Tag", I feel unreasonable and removing it, please take necessary action on this.

I have discussed my points at Talk:Anton Balasingham.Rajsingam 09:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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Hi,

As I am unfamiliar with the process, please help on this matter.Please consider other methods as well. Thanks for your opinion at the Anton Balasingham talk page.Rajsingam 11:07, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA

This is to thank you for your early support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 17:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Seraphimblade, Britney Spears and Guggenheim Fellow Patricio Manns

There is some good analysis on the nature of systemic bias in the Misplaced Pages Project; it is a shame that some editors who are writing drafts for “fact checking teams” don’t appear to read them or assess their conduct in this project in light of them.

• • "The idea of a systemic bias is thus far more troubling than even widespread intentional vandalism. Vandalism can be readily identified and corrected. The existence of systemic bias means that not only are large segments of the world not participating in the discussion, but that there is a deep-rooted problem in the relationship of Misplaced Pages, its contributors and the world at large.”

Yes Seraphimblade:

The English Patricio Manns stub that you carelessly tagged was simply a minute effort to translate part of the first paragraph, from Spanish to English of the spanish wikipedia article on the subject . An effort quickly abandoned by the peculiar editor who upon seeing so many tags probably felt he was doing something terribly wrong.

How can you help other Misplaced Pages Project contributors if you are tagging minor author stubs for references, or as being “of unclear importance” or for “possible deletion” despite the fact that a lengthy article on the subject already exists in Misplaced Pages – albeit in Spanish.

I noticed in your comment you mentioned Britney Spears – that’s just about all the Misplaced Pages Project needs to gain credibility as an international encyclopedia: Britney Spears fans tagging and preparing articles on Guggenheim Fellows for deletion!

Erielhonan (WP:RPA), an avowed admirer of yours, has stated: “He has a keen eye for non-notable, commercial, and vanity submissions, and has been a strong force in pushing other editors (myself included) to make their new article submissions better, sooner rather than later. Through his pace, his judgement, and his firm but cordial dialog with other editors he does a great service toward keeping Misplaced Pages relevant and clean of bad stubs. Keep up the good work!”

Flattered by such compliments you have moved to new frontiers. Your page states: “I am currently writing a draft for a fact checking team. Everyone is welcome to comment on or edit the proposal.”

May Wikimedia Foundation Inc. be spared from any “fact checking team” you may lead into the stormy frontiers of human knowledge and well referenced established facts. Behold thyself Jimmy Wales for peril is at your heels! Moshe-paz 13:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Great Fire of Smyrna

Certain arbitary rules seem to be in operation here. Our turkish firm seems to be able to delete previous edits numerous times while I get a warning that I may be blocked from future edits.

Is Misplaced Pages now a medium for the Turkish government? Are you aware of the concept of objectivity? The current propaganda posted has many warnings of severe bias yet you persist in keeping it unmodified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tedblack (talk • contribs) 13:38, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

Editors : the Destruction of Smyrna

Yes thanks for your advise to "discuss" modifications with Misplaced Pages editors. Strange that most of them are Turkish and paid agents of the Turkish government.

Thanks for your objectivity Misplaced Pages! This story is bound to generate interest in newspapers in Britain and the US.