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Re:Deletion

Why did you delete my page on atadrad.com? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pen lord2000 (talk • contribs) 22:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help

Hi Moonriddengirl,

Thanks for the help with my new article as well as your links to help me continue to learn the Misplaced Pages-way. Much obliged! Bertucciki 15:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure. :) Good luck with its continued development, and please feel free to let me know if I can be of any further assistance. --Moonriddengirl 15:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Speedy decline of Exan wellness

I don't think TRIRASH was challenging the speedy, just accidentally changed the template. Please see the short conversation we had at User talk:Ioeth#Overlap for verification. --Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 20:29, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah. I see. Well, I'll go take care of that, then. :) --Moonriddengirl 20:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Er, rather, I won't, because it's already been taken care of. --Moonriddengirl 20:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Peel Engineering Company

Thank you for contributing to Misplaced Pages, Moonriddengirl! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Misplaced Pages. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule groups\.msn\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Misplaced Pages. Please read Misplaced Pages's external links guidelines for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! AntiSpamBot 21:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, AntiSpamBot. :) However, that content is a necessary part of a merger following an AfD. Not that you, being a bot, will read this. --Moonriddengirl 21:06, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Careful. Talking to bots can be a sign of --Fuhghettaboutit 23:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

First it was SineBot, now it's AntiSpamBot: the bots are clearly talking about you on IRC and agreeing to gang up on you... Bencherlite 23:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Argh! You tell them I'm not afraid of them! --Moonriddengirl 23:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Can't Sleep, Bot will Eat you! LOL --DP67 /_contribs 23:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Nightmares for a month! :P --Moonriddengirl 13:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for your support in my recent request for adminship, which was successful. I'll do my best to justify the confidence you've placed in me! Dppowell 23:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Same as above in general -although with the small difference that I'm bent on starting a reckless, frenzied blocking- & deleting-spree any minute now-, and thank you for that edit :-) Best regards, Ev 15:53, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Eep! No! Don't go to the dark side. :D Thanks for taking up the job. It can be stressful, but o so necessary. --Moonriddengirl 15:55, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Preity Zinta FA

Hi there. The Preity Zinta article has recently achieved A-class status. Due to the wealth of support I have decided to now nominate for an FA class article which I believe and judging by the comments of others is pretty much up to. In my view it is better than some existing FA actor articles. I would therefore be very grateful if you could give it a final review in your own time and leave your comments and views at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Preity Zinta. Thankyou, your comments are always valuable. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 10:57, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, sorry it took so long, but thanks a bunch for my editor review! I had forgotten all about it, but I finally remembered that I had submitted one. After a bit of backtracing, I found you had reviewed me. Thanks so much! On a few of your comments: Yes, I did know that editor who vandalised The Quarry Lane School page. They had edited from home, but had discussed adding that at school the day before. The "biting" comment on the unicode page was kinda mean, too. You're right, I didn't mean it to be biting, it is hard to convey meaning in words. Yeah, you are correct, I do need to add sources to the school's site. I hoped to do that two months ago, but I got caught up in school work. I plan to do it soon. I believe that since then I have removed much of the unsourced criticism, but I haven't looked in ages. This is the first time I've really been able to have some free time here in a while. Do you really think that joining a wikiproject would be helpful? I generally find it a pain to write... simple reverts are more my thing. Any projects on that that you could recommend? Once again, thank you so much, sorry it took so long to get back to you. Hope to see you around WP! - ђαίгснгм 20:11, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. :) There are a lot of projects you can join that don't require substantial article writing. Over in the Maintenance category, you can hook up with the folks at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Disambiguation or Misplaced Pages:WikiProject External links or Misplaced Pages:WikiProject proposed deletion patrolling. There are a lot of possibilities. :) It's a way for you to find new areas to explore, which I suggested since you asked how you might get more out of it. --Moonriddengirl 20:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!! Happy editing!! - ђαίгснгм 03:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

International Tax Solutions

Hi Moonriddengirl

I am confused, if you type 'International Tax Solutions' into the search bar of www.answers.com you will come across a page that is attributed to Misplaced Pages. My entry was based on this page and also took its format including the external link. I would like to edit this page, updating it with more relevent info and with no advertising content. I would be grateful if you could advise me if this is possible.

Rgards Johnribcage 12:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Johnribcage, and thanks for your note. First please let me point out to you that the article you've been using as a template, International Tax Solutions, was also speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages, and not once, but twice. It was deleted on August 17th for notability concerns and on October 31st as promotional. It's probably not a good model on which to base a new page. If you believe the company merits an article, you might do better to start at the bottom.

An article on this company would be governed by the notability guidelines on companies. The rule of thumb here is noting whether the company has received significant or widespread coverage in secondary sources that are reliable and independent of the company (excluding company PR releases and information solely available on the company website—these sources may be used for additional information after notability has been established by secondary sources). It isn't enough to establish that the service the company supplies is notable. You must establish that the company is itself of encyclopedic interest. All material must be attributable.

It also needs to be written neutrally and with an informational, dispassionate tone. The article should not read like a defense of the business or an encouragement of the use of the product, but simply set out who the company is and, again, why it is notable enough for an encyclopedia entry. You might want to look at established articles on Misplaced Pages on similar topics to get an idea how others have handled it, but please be careful in choosing your models. :) There are more than a few articles on Misplaced Pages that are inconsistent with policy but have simply not yet been tagged.

I hope that this response will prove helpful to you. Please let me know if I can clarify any of the above. --Moonriddengirl 13:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

consumerpowerlines deleted

Hi Moonridden girl,

you recently deleted an article of mine on consumerpowerlines. i have no real problem but would like your thoughts so i can improve my contributions in the future. so a question...

Was the article deleted because it seemed like an advertisement or because there was not enough info or something else?

I added it not as an advertisement but because i was researching the company and found no wikipedia article. i was hopping to go back later and add more info. the company is growing quickly and i think it deserves a wiki article.

thanks, -c —Preceding unsigned comment added by Copynomics (talk • contribs) 18:59, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Copynomics. Thanks for your note. The article was tagged for promotional concerns, but it was deleted because it failed to assert notability per the guidelines on companies. The rule of thumb here is noting whether the company has received significant or widespread coverage in secondary sources that are reliable and independent of the company (excluding company PR releases and information solely available on the company website—these sources may be used for additional information after notability has been established by secondary sources). All material must be attributable. You are certainly welcome to create a new article about the subject, and I'd be happy to supply the deleted version to you in your user space if that would make a helpful basis for you to expand. The main thing is to explain why the company warrants an encyclopedia article and to provide references that support that explanation. Please let me know if I can clarify any of that further or if you would like access to the deleted material for further development. --Moonriddengirl 19:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! That makes perfect sense. No need access deleted pages. If I have time I can start from scratch and include the needed info and refrences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Copynomics (talk • contribs) 19:14, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hey my name's Lassie2501 and I was hoping if you could PLEASE adopt me?? I've used wikipedia before but want to learn things so i can put stuff on my user page. Lassie2501 03:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, User:Lassie2501. Thank you for your interest in collaborating with me. :) I see from your talk page that you have already requested adoption from several Wikipedians who have offered to mentor you, and I believe that adding another would probably just confuse things. :) I'm not very focused on developing my user page, as you can probably see by looking at mine, so you might find one of the others a better fit. Good luck to you. --Moonriddengirl 12:23, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Thanks for your support with respect to my request for adminship, which successfully closed today with a count of 47 support, 1 oppose. I wanted to also make sure that you knew that I very much appreciated the personal touch that you brought to your support, and I'm happy that someone knows what I went through with the editing of Philo Vance. If you ever see me doing anything that makes you less than pleased that you supported my request, I hope to hear about it from you. See you around Misplaced Pages! Accounting4Taste 05:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Truly, it was my pleasure. Congratulations. I know you will be a force for good. :D --Moonriddengirl 12:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Your block of user:Cecrops

See -- he's a sock of an old "friend" of mine -- user:JJonz -- who has no purpose but his own peculiar hatred of me, unfortunately. Therefore, I think an indef block would be more fitting than a mere 31 hours. But if I'm wrong, tell me. Thanks!! Gscshoyru 12:48, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing that diff to my attention. I have indefinitely blocked the account for using a sockpuppet to avoid a block. --Moonriddengirl 13:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

You did it the right way. Socks of indefblocked users (less formally, more or less banned) are to be blocked indefinitely themselves (unless they're IPs, in which I go for a fairly long block. If they keep using the IP in question, we can work with their ISP or go for a range block). The other user has a long history with this guy, and I trust him. Don't feel bad if someone reported him to AIV who wasn't aware of the sockpuppet report. Perhaps the category for suspected JJonz should be formally created so the helper bot will be aware of it and make comments. Daniel Case 16:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

How would making the category make a difference? I wasn't around when he was attacking me, and couldn't tag him, so the bot would have no way of knowing. Or am I wrong?

And thanks for the re-block! Gscshoyru 16:41, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

User:TRIRASH

TRIRASH ahs only been at WP for a matter or days but seems to be trying to speedy articles with no understanding of our policies. I noticed your interaction so I thought I'd see what you think. --Kevin Murray 14:05, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll go take a look. :) --Moonriddengirl 14:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I have suggested that the user read or reread (as the case may be) some of the policies regarding deletion, but I note that the great majority of articles that he has tagged do qualify. While his speedy tag on your sandbox article Race and intelligence/backgound did not conform to WP:CSD criteria, I can understand his confusion with regards to this article, since such sandboxes are usually created in userspace and most editors who randomly stumbled upon it would presume it is a content fork. In any event, he seems to be acting with good faith, and I have seen many far more experienced editors tag articles for speedy with far more outlandish rationale. :) --Moonriddengirl 14:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Race and intelligence/backgound

HI. I'm trying to resolve some issues among editors at a volatile and protected page using a "sandbox" page. This was nominated for speedy by the new user mentioned above, and then I've been nitted for removing his tag, which was now replaced. Can you evaluate the speedy at Race and intelligence/backgound. If this is the wrong address for what i'm trying to do, pleae let me know where I should put this. Thanks! --Kevin Murray 14:45, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

moved draft

Hello. Please note the creation of this user subpage User:Moonriddengirl/Race and intelligence/backgound (per suggestion of Moonriddengirl). Drafts should not be in mainspace. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 15:00, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for moving forward with that. :) I'll ask them to let me know when they're finished so I can delete it. --Moonriddengirl 15:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you both for offering this solution. Your wise participation/moderation would be appreciated too. --Kevin Murray 15:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I think that might nullify me as an uninvolved user space. :D Feel free to invite editors over from WP:3O if you like, though. --Moonriddengirl 15:18, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

You are right. --Kevin Murray 15:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

User:Dmn

On his userpage, user placed link to User:Gzornenplatz who is sockpuppet of user:Wik. Please check data. Thanks. TRIRASH 20:39, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

The user:Dmn edited Alex "El Guero" Rodriguez. Other user copied text from this page and created Ricardo Alex Rodriguez. By reading userpage of user Dmn, I thought that he is sockpuppet of user:Wik. But I think I misinterpreted things. Better to sleep. My apologies. TRIRASH 21:17, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Sleep is good. :) --Moonriddengirl 22:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

You Deleted My Page

I'm not clear on why you deleted my page "Southside Theatre Guild." The reason given is that it lacks significance, and I don't understand how you have authority over whether my subject has significance.

Jonny May —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonnymay (talk • contribs) 22:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Your page was tagged for deletion for failing to assert notability. According to Misplaced Pages's guidelines, articles about people, groups of people, bands, clubs, companies or web contents must indicate why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies.

If you feel you can assert notability according to the relevant guidelines, you are certainly welcome to recreate your article, but note that in order to avoid being assessed under other processes of the deletion policies, the article needs to verify its assertions through secondary sources that are reliable and independent of the company (excluding company PR releases and information solely available on the company website—these sources may be used for additional information after notability has been established by secondary sources). --Moonriddengirl 22:45, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

58.104.138.184

This user is back and up to his same tricks again. I have just reported him to AiV. Seems like a vandalism-only account to me, and should be treated as such. I thought you might like to know, considering his vandalism to your user page. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 03:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. :) This time it's already been taken care of. --Moonriddengirl 12:34, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, of course. Actually, after seeing the message above from Moongirl enemy, I decided to do some checking, and found a pattern of behaviour from multiple IP addresses, in 4 different ranges, all of which relate to Dapto High School, University of Western Sydney, and to you (either your user page, talk page, and/or your edits). I assembled this list by going back through 3 months of edits on the U. of W. Sydney article history and looking for patterns. I will forward this to you at your request, but would not assume to take up space on your talk page with it without your approval. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 15:09, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

These days, he/she/they seem primarily to focus on those two articles and taking ineffective potshots at me or (occasionally) one of the other editors monitoring those articles. Given that the behavior has diminished tremendously, I suspect that eventually he/she/they will tire of this and move on. I'm not sure what to do with it other than address it as it appears. I haven't reported it ANI because it seems to involve shared or dynamic IPs. Do you have experience that suggests a different approach? :) --Moonriddengirl 16:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, no, I have very little experience with this sort of thing, and have never made a report to ANI. Given that most of the IPs have not been active in quite awhile (late September for most of them), and only two are currently active, I doubt much would come of an ANI report. It's fairly clear by looking at the editing patterns that this is the same person, or, at most, a couple of people sharing the same demented viewpoint. But, that and $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee 'round these parts. The best option at this point, we can agree, is to watch the articles he/she/they like to edit and hope they tire of this game. All the best. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 17:51, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

All righty. I appreciate your scrutiny and your input. As you've no doubt noticed, there have really been a couple of us watching these articles, and more eyes are better. :) --Moonriddengirl 18:31, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

GlassCobra's RfA

		My RFA
		Hey Moonriddengirl! Thank you so much for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 61 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I also wanted to thank you profusely for helping me deal with the last minute troubles, and also for adding the admin tag to my user page. I hope your confidence in me proves to be justified, and please feel free to call on me if you ever need any help or opinions! GlassCobra 00:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure. :D --Moonriddengirl 00:58, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Beginner Admin

Not too bad, I think. I've blocked a few IPs, made my way through part of the CSD backlogs, and even got to indef block a sockpuppet. Not first for the first day, eh? Haha. I do always imagine that I'm going to get something really wrong and get in a lot of trouble, though. I guess that sort of comes with the territory... GlassCobra 14:46, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I really appreciate you saying that. :D I've only closed one AfD thus far, and it was pretty uncontroversial. I think it might be a bit before I get onto anything that might lead to conflict. Anyway, thanks again for everything! GlassCobra 15:04, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Derry, County Sligo: WP:Speedy v WP:Prod

Thanks for removing the WP:Speedy tag from the above-named article, I haven't done this kind of thing (requesting deletion of articles) before, so it was done in good faith. I've now added a WP:Prod template instead. --The.Q 15:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. Thanks for keeping an eye on article quality. :) --Moonriddengirl 15:20, 5 November 2007 (UTC)