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Imort IE logo to Sinhala Misplaced Pages

Dear Friend,

I am Asiri,user of Sinahala Misplaced Pages. I've come accrocss IE logo to your talk page. Please can you help me to import that image to Sinhala Misplaced Pages.Because I asking, I don't know any possibilities(copyright)to have re upload same image through Sinahala Wiki once again.Can you please help me to understand this.--Asiri wiki (talk) 09:59, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

• Can you link to the image you are asking about? MBisanz 11:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I mean this Image:Internet Explorer 7 Logo.png --Asiri wiki (talk) 03:18, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Just download the image as you would any other image, reupload it to the Sinhala Wiki, linking to that page as your source, and you'll be fine. MBisanz 03:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much friend! --Asiri wiki (talk) 17:20, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi MBisanz, and thanks for supporting my successful request for adminship. It was nice to see all the kind comments I got from my supporters and I hope that I will be more useful to the community now that I have the tools again.--Berig (talk) 15:40, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

request for restoring the page

Dear

you deleted the page Pushpendra Nath Pathak due to notability problem. Now this person has been announced BJP candidate for Madhya Pradesh legislative election 2008 from the Maharajpur Seat please use this reference for check the notability http://www.bjp.org/. If you think this is enough please restore the page.http://www.bjp.org/Press/nov_2008/nov_0108a_p_h.pdf. mentioned on SR#18 and seat no.48

06:38, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure, I would recommend reviewing Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Pushpendra Nath Pathak and looking at WP:DRV. MBisanz 14:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Oi' bro, why did you delete shoe cricket?

Why did you delete shoe cricket, it's the meeeaaan!!!!!!!!!!!!! game bro —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.94.251 (talk) 06:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Shoe cricket MBisanz 14:24, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

admin coaching declined

I see why you declined my admin coaching request and i would like it if you adopted me. Coolgyingman (talk) 14:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Z Corp.

Hi MBisanz, I see you closed the AfD for this article as a keep. Could you please move it to its correct title, Z Corporation? I can't do it myself because the target title is protected. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz 19:50, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Home Soil

Could you elaborate on your close of this AfD, please, either here or on the talk page? I'm a little bewildered as to how you arrived at "keep", as there were no policy-based arguments presented for keep at all. Cheers, HiDrNick!

No one else at the debate commented in favor of deletion. Even if their arguments were weak, the lack of any comments for deletion precluded that as a final option of dealing with the article. MBisanz 20:26, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Please adopt me!!!

I have and adoptme on my page, but i would really like it if you adopted me p.s. I have just put an edit on the article "earthquakes" and the section is called "earthquake fault types" please review me and tell me how i am doing!. Coolgyingman (talk) 22:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm really not adopting anyone at the moment, you might try asking another administrator. MBisanz 02:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

ok but it said you were on the adoption page Coolgyingman (talk) 22:48, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Marc lachance

Could you please go back and reconsider the deletion of this article? Absolutely nobody responded to the extensive edits I made at towards the end of the process, including you. I proved the notability of the topic by adding multiple reliable sources. • Freechild'sup? 02:31, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

You can try working on it more and taking it to DRV, but since none of the individuals who commented prior to your changes came back and changed their comments, I really couldn't close another way. You might try WP:DRV on the grounds of new information. MBisanz 03:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Marc_lachance

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Marc_lachance. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. • Freechild'sup? 06:08, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, I thought I did it right but the info here doesn't show up here. Could you fix that for me? • Freechild'sup? 06:15, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Proper ok for image?

As a Commons admin, you might want to check the permissions status of Image:SteveKantrowitzPhoto.jpg; the rationale doesn't quite seem to be what's required, as far as I can see, no OTRS ticket number, etc. Risker (talk) 18:16, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Good catch, the uploader has been blocked for such things before. I've tagged it as lacking permission, so it will be deleted unless OTRS gets an email in the next week. Thanks. MBisanz 18:31, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks for you strong support in my rfa! And all of the times you have helped me on the project and all of your hard work on my AC! •If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy• ·Add§hore· /Cont 19:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi

http://wikimediafoundation.org/Donate/Support/en is wrongly stating that the donation buttons are CC BY SA, while they are GFDL. The original puzzle was released under GFDL. Cary bass made his buttons and uploaded them under GFDL, but didn't credit the original creators of the puzzle : .

The donation page state they are CC BY SA, but it's wrong. Also, it doesn't provide nay link to the button's pages, or credit the authors, which is a copyright violation. ANd now, you decide to change all buttons' licence ?! You have no authority to do that, only the creator can do so : http://wikimediafoundation.org/Special:Contributions/MBisanz

--Lilyu (talk) 04:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I have no authority period. I just do whatever it looks like Cary tells me to do. So I assumed everything uploaded there is GFDL, unless there is an indication otherwise, the new donation form says those buttons are CC, so I change them to CC. I'm not the person to take this up with as I don't actually have the authority to make any real decisions. MBisanz 04:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Firstly, Lilyu, I was given PSD files and did not make the original graphics, so please don't go throwing accusations around. Secondly, containing as it does elements of Wikimedia's copyright logo and is simple and unoriginal and hardly meets the threshhold of creativity required to hold a license. You may do better complaining on foundation-l or bring in the original creator to complain before leveling accusations against myself or Mbisanz and creating insinuations against either of us. Bastique 05:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

... --Lilyu (talk) 06:46, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, let's take a breath, and look at it calmly : whatever licence is used, GFDL or CC BY SA, the page where the image was uploaded need to say who is the author of the button. That's one thing, that look quite evident, no ? Than, if another page use the image, it need to wether give a link to the previous image, or a link to the licence's text and credit the authors.

Than, if the the button use another image licenced GFDL, it's a derivative work, and it should also be GFDL, and crediting the creators of the first image (the wiki puzzle).

Finally, if the wikimedia foundation wants to claim to hold copyright over the wiki puzzle image, the board needs to state so, and discuss with the creator of the image, or fill up a complain.--Lilyu (talk) 07:30, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Two points

As was made crystal clear to me when I was given access to the WMF wiki; it is not a content wiki and does not have to abide fair use rules as enwiki does with an WP:NFCC, so the whole thing of linking to the sources, etc I may do if I have time, but it is not a requirement

If the license should be changed, if the board needs to say something, what the threshold of originality is are all thing that are well above my pay grade of unpaid-volunteer-who-does-what-he's-told, those sound like questions for a mailing list or someone who actually has authority to make decisions on the WMF wiki (not me). Thanks. MBisanz 13:54, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I was quite surprised by your and Cary's reaction to my message, they were really not wikilove and open minded. It tooks me nearly an hour to find even who i could talk to, and english is not my mother language : it's hard to try to explain things in a foreign language, i did all of that just to warn there was something small to fix about the licenses of this buttons. I do understand meta might be quite different from Wikipedias & Commons, but i was expecting experienced peoples as you and Cary to know that uploading images without licenses or tagging it cc-BY-sa (and saying to everyone : use them under CC BY SA) without saying who is the author, might be something to fix. I'm just fed up now, and discouraged, forget it...--Lilyu (talk) 20:17, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Lucky I have your ACE2008 page watchlisted...

...or this might have persisted for more than a minute. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 17:51, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I keep trying and failing to recruit qualified candidates. Woe is Misplaced Pages! MBisanz 17:57, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I actually think we have a pretty good crop - certainly good enough that we should be able to find seven better than me. But, like the edit summary said, an honour to be considered. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 18:01, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

ADO page deletion

So if I've got this right, Wiki wants a document from an authority acceptable to Wiki, saying that Avalonian Druidry is 'real'. Wiki has already accepted Druidry as being verified, but individual branches of Druidry are not until individually verified. Since you are accepting publications by members of listed organizations as verification for their own orgs, does that mean Wiki will accept ADO member publications as verification for ADO? Or is there another criteria especially for smaller organizations?

Simply being referenced in other written sources is not a validation of the truth or value of a spiritual path, BTW. This is especially true when the sources being referenced are outside sources only by virtue of having been published to the public. Being referenced in mainstream publications is merely a stamp of approval from the dominant culture.

The intent of the article was not to 'prove' ADO beliefs (no spirituality can do that), but simply to let people know that this type of Druidry exists, and how it is or is not the same as mainstream Druidry. So... what kinds of verification would be acceptable for an emerging spirituality?

Thank you for your time. MVLB (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:11, 6 November 2008 (UTC).

I just closed the debate at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Avalon Druid Order (ADO), you would need to ask the people who commented there about the article content. MBisanz 20:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

AN subpages

Did you know there are 928 pages as subpages of the administrators' noticeboard (including redirects)? That includes subpages of both AN and ANI and AN3 and AE, and all their archives. I have done a spreadsheet sorting them by main type (AN, ANI, A3, AE) and then by secondary types (archive, other , subpages and subpage archives). Would you be interested in a copy? This was prompted, incidentally, by me noticing your recent subpaging of an ANI thread, and I got to wondering just how many of these subpages there are. I know from experience that subpages can easily get lost among the listing of archives (though all should theoretically be linked from an archive somewhere), so I thought it was about time (unless it has already been done) for a template or page to be made listing all the AN and ANI subpages (AN3 and AE don't seem to have subpages other than archives or structural stuff). Anyway, for AN and ANI combined, there are 77 subpages and 7 archives for two of those subpages. I hope you don't mind me listing them here. Please feel free to move them somewhere else. What I was thinking was that a list could be maintained somewhere (maybe integrating with the archiving process), or a template could be used to tag the subpages and put them in a category? If there was some way of extracting the date each subpage was created and annotating the link with that date, that would be good as well. What do you think? Carcharoth (talk) 22:24, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem dropping it here, I'll probably subpage it to my userspace somewhere and try to figure out what to do with it. There should be a manual archive of these pages somewhere, I just don't know what is best a Misplaced Pages: index page like we do for RFCs or a Template: like we do for AN. Any ideas? MBisanz 22:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, there is Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Archives, Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Archives/All and Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Archives/U/User:. So someone has done topical archiving (something different from listing subpages) before, but those pages don't seem to have been updated since February 2008. I haven't a clue what the system is at RFC. The AN template? You mean Template:Administrators' noticeboard navbox and the templates listed there? Incidentally, there is a note there about a new bot being needed to do the updating of that template. And this (referring to Template:Administrators' noticeboard navbox/Search) looks interesting. Have you used the new search tools yet? I summarised them at WP:SEARCHING and used them to generate the lists at WT:BLP#Listing relevant BLP pages. I might drop nixeagle a note and point him here and at WT:BLP. Carcharoth (talk) 22:43, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Are you aware of WP:SOFTBLOCK?

My IP was blocked for things I didn't do. Generally shared IPs should be soft blocked as noted in WP:IP. thank you--Ipatrol (talk) 02:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and when I see an IP adding a userbox as vandalism my thought is that the IP is a logged out account and if I hardblock it, I'll flush out the account. MBisanz 03:06, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Need assistance

please see this thanks Enigma 04:53, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

• Risker fixed it. Thanks. MBisanz 04:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Now there's a sock editing the page. Enigma 04:57, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I've hardblocked the IP and removed talk page privileges; will see what happens. And yes, I did check the geolocate, so I will be keeping an eye. Risker (talk) 05:03, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

We're dealing with a very determined vandal. User talk:XavierFox42 Can the user be blocked indefinitely (e-mail blocked as well) and the talk page full protected? Thanks, Enigma 05:37, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Missing tag on WP:MOSNUM

Can you please tag this protected page properly? I really like those big notices up top, as it draws people into the consensus making process which I believe would help a lot on this disputed issue. Count me among those tired of arguing about linking years in articles, as I can't seem to get through to the current WP:OWNers that historical context is important. (Nor do I quite get the more general consensus, what with HTML being 20 years old, that blue links are some evil scourge to be used as a last resort to only the most arcane of subjects -- the well known events of, say, 472 not apparently among these.) I am upset that they are using bots and scripts to force this change throughout the project by fiat, especially as ArbCom has frowned on such antics before, and they know it. But having made all my arguments on the talk page repeatedly, and lead the horse to water, I'm trying to resist the urge to drown it in the process of making it drink. I've asked repeatedly for these people claiming consensus, despite all evidence to the contrary, to file an RFC, but to no avail. -- Kendrick7 05:30, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, I guess you are too busy. I'll just make a request at WP:AN. -- Kendrick7 19:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I would put the tag, but the protection is due to expire soon. At this point, I don't see it having an impact on the conversation much. An RFC sounds like an excellent idea for such a dispute. MBisanz 20:00, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. But I don't have time (no pun intended?) to get riled up in these WP space disputes lately. I'm one of these "shades of gray" types (much like our Catechism), yet the nature of our project draws a lot of people who see the world in only black or white: Geographical links good, temporal links bad. I basically have time enough to patrol a vastly pared back watchlist for stupidity once a week (if that) and little else. Some days the project feels like less of an encyclopedia and more like a MUD, but oh well, I can only hope there are enough people who appreciate Misplaced Pages as a research tool to maintain some common sense while I'm mostly AFK. -- Kendrick7 05:57, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: You are invited!

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday November 16th, Columbia University area Last: 6/01/2008 This box: view • talk • edit

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, finalize and approve bylaws, interact with representatives from the Software Freedom Law Center, and hold salon-style group discussions on Misplaced Pages and the other Wikimedia projects (see the June meeting's minutes and the September meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikis Take Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Misplaced Pages Loves Art! bonanza, being planned with the Brooklyn Museum for February.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Misplaced Pages:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:28, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Block of User:Boodlesthecat

I think this block is a mistake. Please see here. Best, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 00:21, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Quick reminder when closing AfDs as redirect

Please be sure to knock off any assessment banners like {{vgproj}} when redirecting pages. It helps keep our WP:1.0 stats accurate. Nifboy (talk) 01:09, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I use an AFD closing script that supposedly automates everything. I will have to tell its maintainer about this so he can code it into the next version. Thanks for the note. MBisanz 03:10, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Nice one!

That was one topic that didn't have much excuse to exist, IMHO. dougweller (talk) 21:45, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

My rule of thumb is that once something hits 70K of text and the board is over 200K, that is the time to subpage. Met my rule, so I did it. MBisanz 21:46, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

It's a good rule. I wonder if there are any commonalities among most topics that get that long. dougweller (talk) 22:33, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

It's a good bet that tag teams are frequently a common factor.  :) --Elonka 22:37, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

It's the academic team vs the nationalist team. In team sports, when a player doesn't play according to the accepted rules, that player is admonished by the referee to play fair and ejected from the game if he persists. Where's the referee, and why are some looking the other direction? 128.226.130.90 (talk) 23:48, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Page title

Hi, just curious why you chose this particular page title? I would have stuck with the name of the original thread, or "ChrisO's subpage". --Elonka 21:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Well I couldn't include a link in the page name and it seemed that it was a thread about ChrisO started by you and that throughout it people referenced behavior by both you and ChrisO, so that seemed to be the theme of the thread that people would be looking for in the archives . MBisanz 22:05, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

It's true that I started the thread, but it's not really about me. In fact, if you scan through the comments in the thread, my name doesn't even come up that often. The main topic is ChrisO's subpage. --Elonka 22:18, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Chris G bot

Hi Bisanz,

Could you comment on Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/Chris G Bot (4th request)?

Thanks, kwami (talk) 02:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Human Values

Hi. You closed Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Human values as delete, but the duplicate article Human Values with a capital V, is still lurking around. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:30, 9 November 2008 (UTC)  Done Thanks. MBisanz 10:38, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Battle of Mylasa

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but the Battle of Mylasa had been moved to Battle of the Marsyas. I think you may have just deleted the redirect and not the actual article. AniMate 10:50, 9 November 2008 (UTC)  DoneMBisanz 20:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Pictures deleted without any discussion

Why didn't your discuss these pictures with the uploader before assuming copyright violation? What is your basis for asserting copyright violation? I created these pictures myself, or based them on other public domain images. --Jonathan108 (talk) 11:06, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

No, you took those images from this website which asserts full copyright on its materials. Posting them here is a violation of their copyright. MBisanz 20:26, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

That is my own website! I have donated the use of the image to the public domain. That image is all over the web by now.--Jonathan108 (talk) 02:04, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Could you email a list of the images you are releasing to the public domain to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org so it can be legally recorded? I trust you, but there are so many impersonators on the internet that we need to be sure it is actually the owner of that website that is releasing the images. MBisanz 02:06, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I just sent the email. Feel free to send a message to the address on the site to confirm that I own the site. Thanks! --Jonathan108 (talk) 13:02, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

All restored at Commons per OTRS permissions. Thank you. MBisanz 17:02, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Mentorship

You recently edited WP:MENTOR. Would you be interested in reviewing the three new sections I posted at WT:MENTOR? Incidentally, I went looking for User:MBisanz/RfBan to see if WP:MENTOR was linked (it wasn't) and I found this, which made me laugh! Carcharoth (talk) 14:20, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Could you be my knight in shining armour

Dear Mr. Bisanz, firstly may I say how much I have enjoyed looking at your photographs here, seldom does one see such relaxed posture, and one so at ease with their surroundings. However, I am a little concerned about the pink eyes, one dry sherry on a Sunday morning is one thing, but.....well you do have very pink eyes. I only mention it as one who cares, such a pity if that finely toned physique were to be ruined by the demon drink. However, to business why I am here? I hear you ask, rather nervously. I note that here you say, I am likely to run for the local council elections. Yet, that evil Italian boy tells me that I have insufficient edits? Can he possibly be right, do you know more than he? Quite frankly that's not hard. He no doubt wants a clear field for himself. Like so many of our finest Arbs and Admins I have not the least desire to write pages and perform mundane tasks, no, not at all, like so many I am bred for finer more important tasks. Perhaps you could confirm - am I eligible? No, no you naughty man, I mean to run for Arbcom. Thank you so much for your support, I know I can rely on your vote......such a pity about poor Mrs. Palin, you all have my sympathy, there are far too many mousses, gnus and elks and such wild vicious animals cluttering up your beautiful country. Catherine de Burgh (Lady) (talk) 19:17, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

My lady, as I do read the requirements for you eligibility, thou must have attained the age of 18 years. No more than that is required. You may, at your leisure, wish to consult with my dear friends Ultraexactzz and AGK who are ever the wise gentlemen in this matter. MBisanz 19:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

No, I am sure you are quite wrong, there is a minimum edit requirement, what is it? and do I have it? I also note that this year dearest Jimbo and his friends want the real life names and addresses of all prospective Arbcom members, I am quite used to men using subterfuge to find my phone number, so that is no problem - odd though, that it is not more publicised, because it was definitely not a requirement last year, of this I am 100% sure. Just one of those little things that creep in when men want ladies to put themselves forward, I suppose - the fiends. The number of edits required if you please? Isn't this all going to be exiting - can you not feel the thrill creeping all over you? Catherine de Burgh (Lady) (talk) 21:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I checked the ACE page quite clearly ma' lady, and I see nothing of this 1000 edit count rule, which I doth recall from last year, best to inquire of my good chums for a definitive ruling. MBisanz 21:46, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, It would seem that you are both correct on the matter. Lo, I see that as recently as Wednesday last, the policy was that 1000 edits were required to stand as a candidate - thus. In anticipation of the many seekers of the office, the page and its policy were rewritten, and the 1000 edit requirement was inadvertantly lost - thus. Since candidates have submitted their names for consideration without the requirement's oversight, I am uncertain of its force - So, you may be eligible after all. However, while you may have the right to be a candidate, it is possible that a lack of experience would limit your success in the endeavour. I had the rare honor of standing as a candidate myself, lo these many years ago. With nary but a few edits to my name, though, it was not the triumph it might have been. So, in short - You can probably run, and the best of luck to you, but it might not be unwise to wait. Yours, UltraExactZZ ~ Evidence 04:15, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Cat addition

No worries, I appreciated the apparent vote of confidence. Euryalus (talk) 00:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Candidate questions and OTRS access

Hi, Matt. Can you look in the future for question of this nature and mark them as irrelevant? I think asking a candidate why they no longer have OTRS access is entirely too personal, since the rationale for granting or revoking OTRS access may involve privacy related issues. As well, the conversations about one's suitability for OTRS should have no bearing on one's suitability for candidacy or other issues on wiki. We've turned down some very good contributors, because of reasons that have nothing to do with trust or character.

If one's elected position requires access to some queue or another, we will, of course, grant them said access regardless. Thanks. Bastique 03:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Certainly Cary, I understand the uncomfortable situation such questions place both the person being asked and the OTRS admin corp and will keep an eye out for such situations in the future. MBisanz 03:10, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (film)

Do you not normally provide rationales with your closings? Given that the !votes were 5-4 in favor of keeping (including the nom) I don't see a consensus to keep. I hope you were not swayed by the phony sources cited by one editor. Fletcher (talk) 03:36, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Well first a majority of people favored keeping it, second, I am not in place to judge the sources, merely if people believe the sources meet our policies, which is seems a good number did. At best it could have been a "no consensus" which still would have resulted in the article being kept. MBisanz 03:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Fletcher (talk) 03:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Imaginationland: The Movie

You said the "result was redirect", but you also inexplicably deleted the edit history. Is there a reason you deleted reliably sourced content, thus preventing even a merge, as was suggested by some of the commenters in the discussion? DHowell (talk) 04:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

There were a number of people citing "Delete and Redirect" and "Delete and set a redirect" which means I click the extra button when closing that deletes the article before setting the redirect. MBisanz 04:21, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

But none of the "delete" arguments were based on policy, and I cited reliable sources in both the AfD and in edits to the article made after all of the "delete" arguments. This really ought to have been one of those cases where a single policy-based "keep" argument should have at least warranted a relisting or no consensus close, not a "delete and redirect" based apparently on nothing more than a headcount. DHowell (talk) 06:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:Consentblock

The template, though used infrequently, is used (check what links to it) and there is another example on the unblock-l list tonight. If you don't mind, I will be restoring the template. -- Avi (talk) 04:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Of course, feel free, I may tweak it with a tmbox at some point though. MBisanz 04:47, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 04:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Your threat

I do not appreciate your accusation that I have been edit-warring "for the past couple of weeks" at MOSNUM, and believe that it is false.

Think carefully before making such accusations, which are very unwelcome, just as is your threat to block me.

How dare you finish your note with a sarcastic "Happy editing" after issuing such a threat.

I am going to take every action possible to see that your behaviour is reconciled with the expectations for administrators. You should resign immediately, in my view. Tony (talk) 10:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)l