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== ] ==

You have been whacked with a wet trout. To find out why, please return to this AFD and read my comment there. - ]|] 17:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

== Grouping nominations ==

*The procedure is the same when it comes to tagging each article with the proper boxes. When adding to the list of Articles for Deletion, you put the first nominated article as the title of the discussion, and then add a short explanation such as "all of these are articles about elementary and middle schools in Suchandsuch County". In some cases, where the articles are related, it's worthwhile. However, it really is a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situation. Invariably, if you group several articles together, someone will say "each of these should be nominated individually", so you get complaints either way. I go by the ''Garden Party'' philosophy, as Ricky Nelson said in the song of the same name-- "You can't please everyone, you gotta please yourself." ] (]) 20:07, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

== UDallas ==

Nice to hear that another adult is monitoring! I have a couple of really good college articles. Serious newbie editors just need a little help. Some of the others I kind of wonder what sort of student attends!

We won't even discuss high schools. I actually have a couple of '''elementary''' schools one or two of which might pass muster. The others: Whew! Hope the Afd admins don't get wind! :) ] (]) 20:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

== Music directory ==

Which one? ] and his otters • <sup>(] • ] • ])</sup> 01:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

== Hitler Game ==

The article was about a forum based game, so obviously the sources would come from forums.

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&q=hitler+wikipedia+game

The sheer volume of fourm topics and posts about the subject should be evidence enough.

--] (]) 16:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

:Please continue the discussion at ]. ] (]) 16:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
== use of hangon == == use of hangon ==


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==Biker's bell== == Biker's bell ==

Thank you for your opinion at the AFD for this article as it is good to have experts participating in such discussions. Your standards are high but your summary opinion is perhaps too severe in that you seem to agree that there's something to be said about the topic. Please consider whether there is better alternative to deletion such as merger to ], say - such mergers are a common outcome at AFD. Or perhaps there may be a better home for this which you may know of? I'm just getting started on the topic, being more familiar with unpowered cycles, and so your guidance would be appreciated. ] (]) 06:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC) Thank you for your opinion at the AFD for this article as it is good to have experts participating in such discussions. Your standards are high but your summary opinion is perhaps too severe in that you seem to agree that there's something to be said about the topic. Please consider whether there is better alternative to deletion such as merger to ], say - such mergers are a common outcome at AFD. Or perhaps there may be a better home for this which you may know of? I'm just getting started on the topic, being more familiar with unpowered cycles, and so your guidance would be appreciated. ] (]) 06:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

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use of hangon

it is not necessary to add hangon to a prod'ed article-what it actually does is to list it for speedy deletion. Just remove the prod tag if you can fix the article or otherwise disagree with deleting it,DGG (talk) 02:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Oops- you are right, of course. I had a little bit of brain fade. tedder (talk) 02:36, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

The Golden Filter

Hi, I've added a comment to The Golden Filter - I'll be happy to add to the article in a month or so, when an article about them is due to be published in a London magazine. Not sure if this is enough to warrant removing your deletion tag? Best regards, Hebrides (talk) 19:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

It can be removed for that, though that doesn't mean it's notable. The best thing to do is probably to userify the page (copy the contents to something like User:Hebrides/The Golden Filter. That way you can continue to work on it until it meets the notability guidelines- whether it's a day or a month. Let me know if you need help with that. Cheers, tedder (talk) 20:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks - I'll remove the tag in that case, and also make a copy (though I didn't know this was given such an impressive name as userification :) -- Hebrides (talk) 20:28, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, it's a fairly impressive name. :-) Might I suggest requesting deletion by author and recreating it when notable? Just put {{db-author}} on the page. Nothing says you have to, but it doesn't meet notability standards now, and it lets you easily recreate it when notability is met. tedder (talk) 20:32, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Integrated_Performance_Primitives

My edit was not spam. It was a reference to valid Apple documentation! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.59.23.115 (talk) 04:40, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

You're right- I'm sorry. tedder (talk) 05:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

OK. I was concerned for a little while that "tedder" might be a "bot". ;-)

Done

Sorry, I missed that earlier. Cheers, –Juliancolton |  15:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring it! No biggie, I was about to add wikiprojects to it when I saw it was deleted. tedder (talk) 15:14, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Lane Splitting Draft

Thanks for the excellent edits on my draft. I'm working on filling in the missing citations, and I'm going to more or less rewrite the last section that covers most of the pro- side of the argument. The part about Australia is a funny story so I'm going to expand it. It's actually covered in the Talk page too.--Dbratland (talk) 19:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: portland-area linkspam

While I'd love to block him, as he/she has been at it a longtime, I'm not actually an admin, I just play one on TV. Pete and EncMstr are though, but I'm not sure if they can issue a block without a more formal process. If he was continually do it (as in twice a day everyday) then I think it would be an easy call. Longer term but sporadic may call for an RFC first. But I'll leave Pete and EncMstr a note. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:14, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Save yourselves time. Just file a report at WikiProject Spam and they will blacklist all the links and keep a eye on the spammer. They've got all kinds of tools for things like that. Lemme know if you need help with the spam report, but they explain it pretty well on the top of their talk page. About time, I say. Katr67 (talk) 16:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Done- that's what you meant for me to file, right? tedder (talk) 19:01, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Yup, looks good. Give the post a poke if nobody responds in a day or so. Usually they'll let you know if any action was taken. Katr67 (talk) 20:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Okay. Looks like EncMstr already blocked him, fwiw. tedder (talk) 20:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
I love it when a plan comes together. Dun da dun, dunn dun dun dunn... Aboutmovies (talk) 06:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Envirofit International‎

What crap is going on at that article? It screams red-flag - we have a problem on which $billions are being spent every year to get 1% improvement, and these students claim to be able to deliver 30% improvement. Not only that, but they're targetting 2nd-hand engines in the poorest countries! Has someone failed to fool Tuk-tuk drivers and thinks it's easier to do it to editors in this place? MalcolmMcDonald (talk) 19:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm a little suspicious of the whole thing too. I'm just trying to remain neutral and keep it reliably sourced. tedder (talk) 19:45, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

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TR Smedberg

If the desired outcome is to delete the article on the school as nn, why not afd it? I think action will be fairly speedy. Don't quite understand the "merge." It is listed in the school district. I noticed that there are (now) four articles on middle schools in the district!

Obviously I am missing something here. Sorry. That is usual for me when I think something is "obvious!"  :) If you can clarify the issue for me, maybe I can suggest something else? Good luck! Student7 (talk) 23:52, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi- my point is that the desired outcome isn't to delete, it's to merge it and leave a redirect behind. AfD is really for things that should be wiped from the face of the earth, or where the originator of the AfD thinks it should be wiped at least. Right?
I don't see anything that explicitly prevents an AfD from being used for a merge at WP:DEL, so maybe I should go ahead and do that. Didn't know there are three other articles in the district, though. tedder (talk) 23:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Followup- I created a bundled AFD for these schools. There are only three- the fourth is a redirect. tedder (talk) 00:15, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Well, the way it is "handled" (by default) elsewhere, is to have no redirect which would solve the problem here. Of course, that was done in the past with far less thought, since no article was written in the first place! Often, a search using "google", "Misplaced Pages TR Smedberg" would pop up with the school district. Wouldn't that suffice? Student7 (talk) 00:37, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Also, your proposed solution in the afd (you could be first in line), might be delete/redirect to school district. Maybe other people would follow that vote. A bit chancy since it might be confusing. Another thought (sorry). Bunched afds tend to succeed less often (and with schools!) than individual ones, but I do sympathize with the method. Student7 (talk) 00:41, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
The bundling was 'risky', especially because of the blue ribbon school. But after creating about a dozen AFDs on a district, I am torn on what to do. tedder (talk) 00:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, sorry

I love that building and I wanted a page with information and photos, and i thought that I could do that here —Preceding unsigned comment added by EliasTheHorse (talk • contribs) 23:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

EliasTheHorse- it is a fantastic building, the images are great, and including the commons link is great. However, the Misplaced Pages is designed for so many images (with some exceptions). The best explanation is at WP:IG. Good work, and thanks for contributing! Please keep it up, and let me know if I can help you with anything. tedder (talk) 00:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK

It has a few issues at this point. First, it is about 830 characters of countable characters and needs to be at least 1500, so a doubling. Try the OSAA for info on sports teams/mascot/league (see Tualatin Valley Junior Academy for a link/cite) and The Oregonian archives might have some info too (you likely have free access via your library card). I'll check back in tonight. Aboutmovies (talk) 17:16, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks AM! I pulled some info from OSAA, though I couldn't find if they actually list all championships the school has been in. i.e., do I have to pore through the results from every year and from every sport to see if they won? Or would it be listed here if they had won something?
I've also expanded- it's over 1500 words now. I didn't find anything great from the Oregonian on Lexis/Nexus, but did find some other goodies. tedder (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Right now, I just want an admin to move the page<--look here EncMstr from the typo I made. :) And for the record, I'm a DYK slacker, but I'll take a look at the article. Cheers! Katr67 (talk) 20:05, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
I tried correcting your typo and it failed since the other page exists- which is when I found your speedy :-) One more reason to work on my rfa. Thanks for helping. tedder (talk) 20:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
My thoughts exactly! (And me too.) Katr67 (talk) 20:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
I added some to the article and nominated it at DYK, see here. Don't add any clean-up/expand templates or citation needed type stuff (at least until after it makes it through DYK). I would suggest cleaning up the citations to make them all full citations, and the food drive thing is covered in two places (different info, but two places) so I would suggest combining it into one paragraph. As to OSAA championships, yes, as far as I know you do need to go through each sport's listing if you want a complete list, as I have not seen a school by school list. I would also suggest something on academics, which you can get some from the school report cards of the ODE (2009). Aboutmovies (talk) 09:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

AM- thanks MUCH for the rewrite and additions. I combined the food drive thing and added academics from the report cards. And thanks for the DYK nom! As far as OSAA, I think I'll take that as a future project- I may as well tackle it statewide. I can compile the state winners, then add the info to all high schools in a semi-automated fashion. It'll end up being much easier because I'll only have to go through the records once. tedder (talk) 23:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Quick check, on the nom I said the person was a student as that's what I assumed, but can you confirm they were a student and not a teacher/administrator? Thanks, add TINLA. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:52, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Yep, was a student (must have been a senior- "18 at the time"). I'll tweak it. tedder (talk) 00:43, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Kay Unger

Can you please tell me exactly what needs to be changed on the Kay Unger page? I have already made many edits to make it seem neutral, but I keep receiving the advert tag.. FashionTalk411 (talk) 20:31, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I will explain my rationale at Talk:Kay Unger shortly. tedder (talk) 20:32, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

okay. thank you. FashionTalk411 (talk) 20:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Please see Talk:Kay Unger. thank you. FashionTalk411 (talk) 18:33, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Westside Middle School

Hi, just a heads up: you deleted my vote to keep the article when you inserted your comment. a little insignificant 16:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Doh! Sorry, it was a mistake, obviously, just an edit conflict. tedder (talk) 16:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
That's okay. Sorry I overreacted, thanks for the link! :) a little insignificant 16:32, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Eh, it happens :-) thanks for understanding. tedder (talk) 16:34, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

User:Tedder/School notes

FYI, as you saw I commented out the cats, but it just occured to me that you may have had them there for easy access. Of course the page can't be in the cat, but Category:High schools in Oregon allows for the access in case you didn't know how to link to a cat. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:45, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I know about the :category trick, I'd forgotten there were categories on that page! No worries. tedder (talk) 10:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

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RE: RESKONIE

I have started a post on ANI, which you can find here, about his behavior. If you wish to add to it, please feel free. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 23:50, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was trading messages with you. Just added to that. Argh. tedder (talk) 23:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
No worries :) Thanks for adding. Looks like, for whatever reason, he has also posted on Emarsee about the "This TV" logo situation. I don't think Emarsee has been a part of the warning group. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 23:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Huh, good to know. I'm guessing it's a fairly simple COI issue, which is why RESKONIE doesn't respond to the direct issues. tedder (talk) 00:06, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Seems after his post to Emarsee, he has gone silent again. Probably waiting to see what it is going to happen. I just wish the guy would jump in on a topic, like the ANI post, so we could clear it up and he could edit other articles. But it is seeming likely that he will be sooner-or-later blocked for his behavior and that is unfortunate. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 00:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
RESKONIE has edited the Raycom Media article at 00:26 GMT since his post to my talk page. I think he's just went back to ignoring all requests for him to comment on this matter.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 00:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Hopefully ANI will come through. I'm surprised the editor said anything to begin with. tedder (talk) 00:32, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

AfD fixup

Hi, thanks for the message. Yes, the title goes inside the template but it's no big deal. There was more than an element of me being obsessively tidy as I looked over the AfD pages! Kind regards. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:19, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

User:Pioneercourthouse

There is a proposal on WP:ANI to formally ban that idiot, now that he's branching out into harassment and trying to get other users in trouble. Baseball Bugs carrots 03:54, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Biker's bell

Thank you for your opinion at the AFD for this article as it is good to have experts participating in such discussions. Your standards are high but your summary opinion is perhaps too severe in that you seem to agree that there's something to be said about the topic. Please consider whether there is better alternative to deletion such as merger to Motorcycle#Accessories, say - such mergers are a common outcome at AFD. Or perhaps there may be a better home for this which you may know of? I'm just getting started on the topic, being more familiar with unpowered cycles, and so your guidance would be appreciated. Colonel Warden (talk) 06:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)