User talk:MER-C/archives/12

Un-Deletion Review for the Arizona Jewelers Association

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Arizona Jewelers Association. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 71.223.143.86 00:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Intelligent design needs help badly

If you can spare time, the article desperately needs outsiders who can provide neutral perspectives. I've tried to do so (I'm actually very against ID, but feel the article is one of the worst I've seen on Wikipedia due to an entrenched core of editors who are working against the article's best interest), but could really need more hands on it. With your track record in cleaning up articles and working with people with diverse viewpoints, I feel you'd be a good neutral third party (and might be able to bring in some other neutral third parties).-Psychohistorian 16:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm very biased against idiotic "intelligent" design too so you won't find any neutrality here. Sorry. However, peer review has been requested. And unfortunately, my primary method of cleanup doesn't work in this case. MER-C 04:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

TNA Impact Community AFD

If there are other defunct teams and items that have pages, (Ie: Tampa bay rowdies), how come the TNA Impact Community can not be marked as defunct?

You're still missing the point. How do the two sites meet WP:WEB? MER-C 04:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Is this a bot?

Is this a bot account? I see the name. Since that name resemble the pre-launch names of the MERs now on Mars, I have to believe it may be a bot. However, it is not marked as one. Will (Talk - contribs) 08:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

No, but with an edit rate approaching 2000/week thinking so is somewhat excusable. One of my interests is the Mars Exploration Rover mission and so this is an obvious choice for a username. MER-C 10:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:SpeedResearch

Hi, i guess you flagged me for speedy delete for 'SpeedResearch'. I'm simply trying to add to the list of browsers on List_of_web_browsers .. Speedresearch is a valid specialty browser and that's where i'm trying to add it.. why can I not add this browser where there are other similar browsers that also link to their 'official websites' ?

Kuch123 11:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Please read WP:SPAM. MER-C 11:09, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page. --Nlu (talk) 13:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 13:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 25dates.com

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from 25dates.com, which you proposed for deletion, because I feel that this article should not be deleted from Wikipedia. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still feel the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! It claims to be the largest in canada. Whether true or not, figure it could go through afd at least.-- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: IP block

IP blocked for a week. Thanks for the tip. -- ReyBrujo 08:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Message

Actually, I was waiting for AntiVandalBot to nail me. When it didn't, I got concerned, so I was just about to revert my own edits. Unfutaently, I got an edit conflict and a new message. Its odd, though: Usually AVB gets me these days. Is the bot still functioning, or did it go down? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.6.216.202 (talk)

It is still functioning, but I won't say any more due to WP:BEANS. MER-C 08:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Cplot

Thank you for re-reverting. Three of us were trying to revert him at the same time and somehow I ended up putting his text back in place instead of removing it. I have no idea how that happened, but I'm glad you checked back and fixed it. Thank you. SWAdair | Talk 08:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll take the IPs to RFCU to see if there were any accounts created. MER-C 09:00, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Walled garden?

While doing a little work with the album project I came across this set:

• Zombie Apocalypse (album)
• Mortician (band)
• Will Rahmer
• Matt Sicher
• House by the Cemetery (album)
• Dave Culross - maybe not, other groups

None of these are sourced, have external references, and they only link to one another. This is the first time I've come across this, and wanted to check this with another AfD'er before I nominate them as such. Thanks in advnce for the advice! SkierRMH 09:04, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The question is, whether or not the main band meets WP:MUSIC. I'd do a mass nom (mention that it's a walled garden), and the articles could benefit from the cleanup that comes as a result of an AFD. MER-C 09:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the speedy repair of my vandalized page! Maustrauser 12:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 12:05, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD of 4649 redirect

Sorry about listing in the wrong place. I should have known that it belonged at RfD. I think I'm trying to move just a little too fast for my own good this morning. --Onorem 13:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Anetilas

Hello, I would like to know why you have marked Anetilas Anetilas as a speedy deletion article. It is really hard to track down recorded information about this subject, it is more like a folklore allegory having the purpose to personalise an abstract concept. Things like that have a mouth-to-mouth circulation, like Urban Legends do.

Concerning it's notability, many Greek gamers use this fictional person to describe things like fortune or misfortune, gaming skill or the lack of it, concluding that Anetilas (or Ninja the Great sometimes) is favoring them or not.

Mpampiniotis 22:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately unverifiable internet memes do not warrant a place in Wikipedia because all things must be verified by third party reliable sources. As for the speedy, I felt it was an article about a person or web content that fails to assert notability ([[WP:CSD#A7|CSD A7). MER-C 02:54, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

i must be doing SOMETHING right, that's the third time tonight someone's got me. Murderbike 06:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 06:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Bob Fink bio

I'd like to find out from you, so I can propose remedies, what will allow the tag at Bob Fink to be satisfied or removed.

1. What (specific) item(s) prompted your placing of the tag because you think it (or they) needed to be verified or sourced in the article?
2. What needs to be done regarding specific existing references, links or citations, to accomplish getting the tag removed? Please respond at Bob Fink -Greenwyk 08:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Bob Fink. MER-C 10:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Priscilla Lindsay

Could you please take another look at Priscilla Lindsay? I found some references. --Eastmain 22:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, still fails WP:BIO as the references provided are only trivial mentions. I couldn't really find any other evidence of notability out there. MER-C 04:12, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

RE: Rfa

ha thats what i mean wikipedia is screwed up on my userpage.--Ryan B. (Talk, contributions)[[main_page| 04:16, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Greg Bownds

I've added some comments to the Afd regarding his notability, can you take a look and see if you're prepared to reconsider please? Thanks. One Night In Hackney 10:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Done. MER-C 11:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Potential RfA

Would you consider making another run for adminship? It's been 3 months since your last RfA, and I think that you could do well in a 2nd one. Diez2 03:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Not now. I'm going on a wikibreak in two days time and won't be seen until the end of the month. MER-C 05:12, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Erich von Manstein

Thanks for the notice of "unconstructive edits" it's patently clear that I deliberately removed a riddiculous rant for the sake of validism.

Kindly stop re-adding the rant. 139.168.42.232 08:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, I'm not too sure. It doesn't read like a rant... I've stopped, though. MER-C 08:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The section removed is just nonsense, not worthy of wikipedia. The implications of it stretch to as far as all generals in the world, save Soviet ones, are terrible: von Manstein was bad, but defeated the French and British soundly, and yet the British were strong enough to win battles against so many other nations it suggests that the Soviet generals were at the top of a hierarchy. Even avoiding that riddiculous implication, von Manstein's victories were won with inferior equipment, and inferior numbers. It's fair to say Western historians were unfair to the Soviets, but not fair to say that German Generals were poor quality because of that.

If you believe there is a need for it, then perhaps suggest that there be a page created discussing the Western Historians being unfair to Soviet commanders during the Cold War period (and thereafter), and have a short mention of it somewhere in the conclusion of German Generals' articles, and the link to the page. At the same time, create a page about the Soviet propaganda about their own commanders, and their rubbishing of Western Allies contributions to the war, then link that to relevant articles, and there'd be more work behind that, too, to create a totally open and honest analysis and discussion of the way historians distorted history according to their ideology. 139.168.42.232 08:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Tony Baxter (imagineer)

Hello, thanks to do a well job on RC, I create this page by request of an anonymous, (perhaps M Tony Baxter himself or a familiar) on Talk:Walt Disney Imagineering‎ --Gdgourou 08:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

are you satisfied with the few information I have ? because now I doesn't have more... --Gdgourou 08:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

That article was a very good example of why WP:HOLE is one of my favourite pages on Wikipedia. As for the newer article, I'm somewhat surprised that the subject meets WP:BIO as he is the subject of multiple non-trivial independent media coverages. MER-C 10:24, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Gundam!

I followed the AfD on AMX-104 R-Jarja earlier today, and groaned when I saw the template, just as you did! Good luck in doing something about it, you'll be spending '07 nominating Gundam articles! --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 09:22, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

It's worse than I thought, the number of articles needing the delete button is more than 250. I'm also taking on about 100 "articles" consisting of nothing but indiscriminate chemical data. Consider this an invitation to join the deletionist cabal. MER-C 11:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Glad to see someone found my AMX-104 R-Jarja AfD and applied it to the entire template- I was unsure of how to proceed in that respect. I believe a number of the articles are also under proposed deletion for the 9th. By the by, you're receiving some major flak on the WP:GUNDAM page, but that's because they are genuine fanboys- I believe someone decided this was a 'western bias' conspiracy. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 23:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

That's why I hate fancruft. You can't prod it, and it doesn't die easily. This really is a shock to their system and it's obvious that they don't like it. I hope they realise that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an indiscriminate collection of fancruft. MER-C 06:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You have a list of the chemical articles? I have a Merck Index here, which is usually a good reference for rounding such things out and giving applications for the compound. Maybe I can fix some. Choess 20:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

May I remind you that what you guys are talking about here is labeling all opposing parties to be fan boys by assuming bad faith. Also, be civil, do not label other's work as Rubbish as you did in the RX-78 nom, that is not going to get you anywhere other than angering others. You hate it, but keep NPOV in mind. MythSearcher^talk 08:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Clayton Counts

Hello. I added citations and notability information for Clayton Counts, if you'd care to look over the AFD discussion and change your vote. I believe the article is well within the guidelines for Wikipedia eligibility in its current state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TrevorPearce (talk • contribs)

Done. MER-C 07:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much... I appreciate it! TrevorPearce 13:53, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

List of films with similar themes and release dates AfD

Hi, you've expressed an opinion in the deletion discussion of this article. I've recently suggested a compromise in hopes of improving the article while keeping both sides happy, and would appreciate if you could revisit the issue. Thanks. --Wafulz 18:23, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Done. MER-C 07:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You have a userbox that needs to be bypassed

I'd just like to let you know that when I tried to bypass a transclusion on your userpage per the userbox migration, I was unable to as it has been fully protected. The userbox in question is {{User novanity}} which should be replaced with {{User:Scepia/novanity}}. Just thought I should bring this to your attention. Have a wonderful day, and happy editing. Kyra_~(talk) 01:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I can't either, as I'm not an admin. Perhaps one of the sysops who frequent this page will (hint hint). MER-C 08:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

And Chaos Died AfD

On the presumption that you, like me, are taking a break from your wikibreak —

Metamagician3000 and I have reworked the article on Joanna Russ's book And Chaos Died. It's not a great article, but I think it's much better than what had gone before (on the AfD, 23skidoo has changed his vote to keep). While it could certainly be expanded, it maintains an encyclopedic tone, establishes an amount of notability and includes external hyperlinks. Thoughts?

Best wishes, Anville 20:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Gundam

Might want to chill on the AfDs for a moment. I think it's pretty clear than most of them will go. I'm trying to figure out how to go about a transwiki to http://gundam.wikia.com, which I think will calm down a lot of editors. Once that's done the AfDs will go a lot more smoothly. I know where you're coming from, as I've been working with WP:DIGI to merge and delete most of those articles (there could be more than Gundam articles, and they're in worse shape). I guess I'm the Benedict Arnold of anime fans. -- Ned Scott 20:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I've only just returned from my wikibreak of 17 days (and feeling very tired, as it wasn't a holiday but rather lack of access to an internet connection), but I've only nominated one Guandam article for deletion. It's what I've set in motion that counts, and that was the intended effect. MER-C 07:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah, oops, must have gotten my links crossed. Seems they calmed down on their own, anyways. -- Ned Scott 02:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Mark Lund AfD

FYI, I have completely rewritten the Mark Lund article from external published sources. You might want to reconsider your AfD vote, since the article is no longer autobiography. Dr.frog 15:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Nellore article help

Please help me in Nellore topic. User TrueIndian is simply replacing entire article with an old version that has lot of original research, personal opinionions and even poetic expressions. I had recently converted entire articles into the style given in WP:INCITIES and WP:INDIST. I replied to him on talk and discussion pages some times. Is there a forum I can present this or can you help me educating him? Earlier I requested Ganeshk, but looks like he is not working now a days. Mlpkr 18:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Seems to have been resolved. MER-C 07:21, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Notifying contributors about copyright violations

Not a big deal, but I noticed that you put the copyright violation notice on Polysaccharide-K. In the future, please notify the person who contributed the questioned info (in this case, the initial author of the article), per WP:CP#Instructions: Add the text following Maintenance use only at the bottom of the now-blanked article to the talk page of the contributor of the copyrighted material. The text to add is a {{nothanks-web}} template, or, if you don't think that's appropriate, at least a link to the article where the copyright violation notice has been posted.

Thanks. John Broughton | Talk 21:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Notice Concerning an AfD on 123 Pleasant Street

I am providing this notice because you recently (Closed January 1, 2007) provided an opinion concerning keep/delete or other comments relating to the AfD for the article 123 Pleasant Street. This AfD had an announced result of a consensus to "Keep." A User or Users dissatisfied with this outcome have intitated a process other than the public AfD to overturn this result. The article is presently once again listed on a AfD discussion. To assure that your original comments and opinions are considered you should immediately again expression them in the Current AfD

I am providing this notice after consulting with the Admin closing the AfD. Edivorce 14:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Contested prods

Hi, I have contested the proposed deletions of Torrena, Zhuzhou Television Tower and Shijiazhuang TV Tower. You prodded them as unremarkable masts but they seem to be free standing telecom or observation towers, not masts. The articles need a lot of work, though. Feel free to nominate them at AfD if you still think they should be deleted. I have also unredirected Azeri TV Tower, Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower, Pyongyang TV Tower and Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower for the same reason. --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Ragnarok Online jobs

Your AFD is being reviewed due to its bad faith implications. Kari Hazzard (T | C) 14:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Should one hear an accusation, one should try it on the accuser first. MER-C 07:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

Hi, I was wondering if you would like me to nominate you on RfA? I believe you would make a great admin and you are now ready. Jorcoga ^Hi!_{08:52, Saturday, January 27 2007}

Suffering from somewhat of a RL burnout, so unfortunately not now. MER-C 12:44, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Recent Deletion Prods

Hi I just noticed that you proded a few Gundam Wing Mobile Suit articles so remembering the profiles that are on Gundam Official for those mobile suits I put a few down to help reference it and I put a few up on a few of those pages so for instance if you go to the XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam article you marked you will now find a Reference section. -Adv193 18:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

What about the rest of the article (and the 150 or so Guandam articles remaining)? Do they contain "real-world context and sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's achievements, impact or historical significance"? If not, then they need to disappear. MER-C 02:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Well one thing that I have been deep in thought about the last few days is that I beginning to considering on proposing to delete any content on the story plots and history section for the Gundam Mobile suit articles and just leave the techincal data since I would think it would help repeating parts of the plot that are already in that pilots profile. It should be a start to preserve those pages. I am going to take these issues up with Wikipedia:WikiProject Gundam. -Adv193 08:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

But will they have real world context and sourced analysis (not just one source per heading) once you finish with them? It's this that will determine the articles' survival. MER-C 08:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Well one thing I do know is that there aren't too many Gundam sites around that could offere mobile suit information. The only sites I know are GundamOfficial.com and MAHQ.net, but for Mahq.nets profiles they do have the information on the original designer that personally designed the mobile suits for the program. -Adv193 16:59, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

There's always http://gundam.wikia.com, which probably is going to be the resting place for all of this cruft. MER-C 08:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Well except there are barely any people contributing edits to that site. -Adv193 03:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Probably because we've had all the articles before. Now that will soon change, and the Gundam Wiki will be receiving a lot of our minor articles, which Wikipedia will no longer have. -- Ned Scott 07:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Pippa Jefferys - yr comment on deletion page

Dear MER-C, Being completely unfamiliar with how the Wiki works, I can only go on what I have seen allowed on other pages and comment accordingly.

You've tagged this page for deletion based on a gsearch? Is that the basis for every deletion on the Wiki? Just because someone doesn't pony up to uber-tag their personal website or have 1000's of fanpages based on their every move doesn't particularly justify such an action. Australian content should count for something if the Wiki is to be as broad as possible. Besides which, if you folks at Wiki are really keen on getting the vanity stuff under your control, talk a walk over to the 'plus-sized model' page, where countless models are named without any supporting Wiki pages, or even outside links, and many with less of a resume or of industry interest than Pippa - excepting maybe a select one or two. There is also a particular person who edits this page repeatedly to serve his own website, which is usually tagged to models' names via the image galleries. Sniff and ye shall find.

Just because plus-size modeling is a special interest group doesn't mean it's a no interest group. And I called myself BGmodels when logging in because BG are my initials, not because I'm spruiking for the agency. I didn't know it would all get so darned complicated when I signed up! This place could totally use a tutorial!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by BGModels (talk • contribs)

My rationale for deletion is not notability but rather a perceived conflict of interest. A user with a semi-commercial username writing about models under the company that matches the username is extremely dodgy. And if there's other crap out there, point out which articles and I'll have a look at them as well. MER-C 08:04, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

W00t There It Is

the guy you warned had vandalized tons of images, I think I fixed them all, from his logs. I saw an album article had wrestling images for some reason--he replaced them all. I saw them all here. - Denny 10:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

But wait, there's more, as a look at the last 1000 entries of the upload log shows. I'm off reverting. MER-C 11:01, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for defending my user page! Hut 8.5 12:55, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

A belated "you're welcome". MER-C 12:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Dumps

Thanks for tagging articles with speedy deletion. I fixed some of the links (I had "Use talk" instead of "User talk") and discovered User talk:MER-C/, in case you want to move the contents from that page to your user talk and reply it. Cheers! -- ReyBrujo 17:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

It's very stale, so I just replaced the page with a redirect here. MER-C 02:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD comment

Your comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unity Area Ambulance came in before I was done with the listing; I added a bunch of other articles. So you might want to move or reconsider your comment. Dicklyon 02:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Already done. MER-C 02:56, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

King Edward VI Five Ways school song

Hi. As I explained in the AfD debate, there is every reason to think that the lyrics to the song for a school that's 125 years old are not copyright. Authorship is probably quite murky and in any case, the copyright has most likely long expired. I've removed the speedy deletion tag. Pascal.Tesson 05:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Help with Potential AfDs?

Hi, I've noticed you're well-versed with the AfD policies and procedures of Wikipedia. I'm not sure what exactly applies, but I've seen so many Philippine-related articles that seem to border on being inappropriate/unencyclopedic, either for being full of unsources statements/no references/etc. I was wondering if you could take a look at some of these and maybe nominate them for deletion (or the appropriate action)?

• Now and Forever - An article about a TV series shown on a Philippine network. My gripe about this is that there appears to be a separate article for every season (8 seasons - 8 separate pages) of the show (which is rather absurd, especially since it isn't really a notable show.).
• Love to Love (Season 1) - Same as above. 12 separate pages per season, no references, etc.

There aren't even any references on the articles, just a link to the network that shows them. In addition, some of them have info that violates WP:CRYSTAL, just incorporating unsourced rumors. Also, there might be a problem with WP:COI since the creator (and main editor) of the articles, (User:Booze broads and bullets for the Now and Forever one), has a contribution history of editing almost-exclusively articles about the shows on the network that shows them GMA Network and might be working for the network.

• Eva Macapagal Even though it's a first lady article, it reads like an unreferenced Vanity article. Might suffer from WP:COI as well.

Those are just a couple of the more-annoying articles I've come across. Totally sorry if this is the wrong place for this, I'm quite new to WP and I'm not yet fully-acquainted with its policies and procedures. I just wanted to bring these pages to your attention, since there seems to be a wealth of mediocre and unencyclopedic Philippine-showbiz articles reeking of WP:COI. There are only two major TV networks in the Philippines and I fear they might be poisoning our beloved NPOV Wikipedia. Thanks for your help! Shrumster 20:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

• Eva Macapagal: Can't really do much except add a few tags. I did a brief search for sources and found nothing (but that doesn't say there is any).
• Now and Forever: Mukha: Spammy, prodded.
• Now and Forever: Ganti: Copyright infringement (copyvio), So tagged.
• Now and Forever: Agos: Copyvio, so tagged.

I'll have a look at the rest later. MER-C 09:29, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! Wow, never thought so much of this stuff was lifted straight from the official sites. I'll try looking in the others as well for possible copyvios. Shrumster 11:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Notifying about any Gundam articles to be delete, please

Hellow MER-C,

First off, I would request for you to give us, Gundma Wikiproject more time, since we do not have as much resources as we like. While perhaps it is not notable in North America, it is definitely notable in regards to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and possibly Taiwan, even more so than Star Trek. Due to this, I would request that if it's possible, to give us advance notice before sending it for Afd.

Should you decided to go ahead in any case, I would like to be able to at least dump a back up copy onto Gundam Wikia, so at least I have something good to start on.

While personally I agree some are really too much (Gyan, for example), there are too much Gundam articles being deleted, as part of an anime culture, I would like to request to give us more time on it. This is especially true for RX-78 Gundam and Zaku, which is beyond any doubt, the most notable of all mobile suits (why do you think Gundam Crossfire have so many GM/Gundam/Zaku variations)

As for "cultural reference", due to different cultures and different laws, what is considered as cultural reference to Japanese may not be one to you. For example, in Ghost in Shell SAC, one section involve the Tachikoma saying paint himself red and have an antenna, which is a reference to Char's Zaku. To you it may not mean much, but for Japanese, who had grown up watching gundam, this is a easy and obvious reference. Another illustration of cultural different, according to a Yahoo's Oddly Enough news, an Indian Policeman got demoted due to punishing a famous cricket player, but in india, it is expected for you to give celebrities special treatments. Obviously it is a no-no here, but not so in India. The point is, notability is too depend on culture, that personally is too difficult to judge.George Leung 04:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

In any case, I would like you to help me on the Gundam Wikia or even gundam project, by at least telling me which articles to backup and/or improve.

Thanks you.

P.S. even if something is really need to be deleted, I will at most comment, since I adhere to being an inclusionist. and i forgot to sign.

You've had more than enough time - three weeks since I started my systematic purge and two months since the last wake up call (i.e. a mass AFD considering 80 articles). Nothing was really done until I came along. And the stuff I'm getting rid of has zero sources and no assertion of real world significance whatsoever, which means they are merely plot summaries. What I mean by real world significance is something like "so and so was voted nth (n < 25) most recognisable cultural symbol of Japan by some group [insert reference]".

For a transwiki, you can just ask a friendly admin on their talk page and they'll temperarily undelete it for you. And there's always Special:Export: save the stuff to your hard disk. It only takes a few seconds and you have five whole days to do it in. MER-C 08:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

82.67.22.3

Thanks for that; blocked. If another IP steps up to the plate and continues the vandalism (User:Anzuhan (edit | [[Talk:User:Anzuhan|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) seems to cop it a lot), please tell me so I can semi-protect it. Hopefully the block will hold, but there's no guarantees of not switching. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 10:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Speedy

Hi! Guess we have been chasing the same people on RC's! Keep on trying to rv to discover you're already on the case, or warning the user. Greetings from a fellow RC Patroller!</bPedro1999a |  Talk  11:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm getting the exact same feeling, Someguy1221 12:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Feel that way no longer, as I have made my last revert for the night. MER-C 12:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

User:Fleetcraft

Didn't realise I could Speedy it. The criteria at Criteria for Speedy deletion WP:CSD#User_pages only has three criteria for user pages. - X201 10:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

It's the reason why CSD G11 is a general criteria, meaning it applies to everything. I've killed literally thousands of such "userpages". I saved a copy for myself, so I can improve my spam detection techniques. MER-C 11:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep. I've re-read it and understand it now. For some strange reason I'd got it into my head that the general criteria only applied to Articles. - X201 11:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

RFA?

Do you want to be renominated for adminship? If you want me to nominate you, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks. --Nlu (talk) 11:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Good idea. NoSeptember 12:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Me too. Jorcoga ^(Hi!/Review)07:12, Saturday, 3 February '07

Ditto. I've only seen awesome things from you :) Although I won't offer a co-nomination (as it can come back to bite the candidate, sadly), if you accept an offer from Nlu or anyone else, I'll be sure to add a lengthy support. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 07:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism - shaz oye

Thank you for removing vandalism from the above page.

I have edited this page so it is more salient; coupled with it's notability via independent record reviews I believe it should not be deleted. Shazoye 18:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Notability is not the only concern... MER-C 08:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Donnie Davies

Hello. Thanks for contributing to the Donnie Davies (3rd nomination), but I just recently posted new evidence and sources for the reversal of the deletion that perhaps you were unaware of before including a variety of sources. The sources discuss the significance of him as a fictional persona and the controversy that revolves around the use of that and the magnitude of his reach. If the Wikipedia Amnesia Test was applied, the article would hardly be biographical, but more along the lines of something address an urban myth/spoof. Please review my new evidence in light of the timing. Again, thanks for your consideration. --SquatGoblin 14:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting my page :-) - Myanw 10:26, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

And another thank you for helping me with the "beast" and all the reverts you did - Myanw 10:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA

I've created the RfA subpage at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MER-C 2. Please go ahead and indicate acceptance and add yourself, and then let me know. I'll then complete the final step. Thanks. --Nlu (talk) 11:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Gundam Wing Mobile Suit Article Rewrites

Now if those mobile suit articles are going to be merged then I have already been planning on how to reduce the amount of material. I examined the Altron article as a test and determined that Paragraphs 2-4 that are currently present on the main section can be preserved while the History can be rewritten into a short two paragraph section briefly explaining the history of the Altron with each of these two reserved for GW and Endless Waltz or it can be deleted entirely. That is what I can think of to improve the quality. -Adv193 07:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget to include referenced assertions of real world significance. MER-C 08:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Shortened Sig

Hi, MER-C. I hate to see my big, pretty sig go, but it was a little ungainly in the edit window. I've shortened it, and it no longer uses colors. However, it is now all on one line, since I can't find anywhere to insert spaces. I'm watching this page or my Talk page for a response. --Tuvok ^{^ Talk | Desk | Contribs} 10:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

See this diff on the possibilities. MER-C 11:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! Now if only I could keep it from wrapping in the view mode (so there aren't any split sigs like my comment above (1024x768 screen, not sure what you'll see). Does MediaWiki have an equivalent to the HTML <nowrap> or <nobr> tags? --Tuvok ^ ^{Talk | Desk | Contribs} 12:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to do this as my HTML reference book doesn't mention this. <nowrap> and <nobr> are non-standard HTML, so I wouldn't use them. You probably need some obscure table/CSS hack, which I don't have the time or energy to think about now. MER-C 12:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Broken heart speedy keep

Sorry can you explain why you closed this AfD as speedy keep? Though not a very meritorious nomination, I'm having trouble seeing how WP:CSK was made out here? Thanks, WJBscribe 15:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree the nom was frivolous (but not vandalous). The keep !votes were unanimous and extremely persuading. If you've read/studied/seen Sophocles' Antigone and/or Euripides' Medea, it's fairly obvious that broken hearts are one of the drivers of the conflict.

There was also a fair bit of snow involved as the consensus was unanimous and there are zero plausible reasons for deletion. MER-C 11:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

And It's Arsenal Afd

You recently !voted in this Afd. I've just seen one of the other prods was contested, for We all follow the Arsenal and have included it in the Afd and would welcome further comment. Thanks. One Night In Hackney 21:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. MER-C 11:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of tall women, List of tall men

Please see new combined deletion debate. ~ trialsanderrors 20:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Added question #10 to your RfA

I've seen you a lot on XfD discussions, and I agree that a big area in which Wikipedia can be improved is by deleting stuff, but before I can support I need your answer to my question. Thanks, —Doug Bell ^talk 03:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Just curious, but are you planning to answer my question on your RfA? —Doug Bell ^talk 00:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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Good luck on your second RfA. I hope it succeeds!--Wikipedier (talk • contribs) 02:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll find the results of your RfA tommorrow. If you don't make this RfA, I think you're still in good standing to run again for adminship in the future. Best of luck to you!--Wikipedier (talk • contribs) 05:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

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Pom-a-poo

Back in January you PROD'ed this article. It was deleted, but contested after the fact today at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Contested prod by an IP editor. You may wish to review and nominate for AFD. Your prod rationale was "Non-notable dog breed, verifiability concerns". GRBerry 02:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Ready to archive

You seem to be busy lately, so I thought I'd also mention here, as per my post at 20:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC) on COI/N, that archiving the Aliweb (history|Watchlist this article|unwatch) [watchlist?] section may be suitable when convenient. Your call, really. — Athænara ✉ 02:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank You, MER-C/archives/12 for your Support! Thank you for your support in my RfA, which closed at 109 / 1 / 2. I am humbled and rather shocked to see such kind comments and for it to reach WP:100. Please feel free to leave a note if I have made a mistake or if you need anything, I will start out slow and tackle the harder work once I get accustomed to the tools. Thank you once more, I simply cannot express in words my gratitude.

...fly on littlewing. ~ Arjun 19:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Speedy keep closure

As far as I'm concerned, Non-administrators may not "speedy-close" deletion discussions, as clearly stated in Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions. How do you explain this action? Arfan (Talk) 03:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

"Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" is a good start, and the official policy followed by MER-C was WP:IAR. yandman 10:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, yandman, for answering my question on behalf of MER-C, as somehow I get the impression that MER-C himself cannot explain his own deed. Now, I suggest you reread "Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" to grasp what situations that guideline should be referred to. As for WP:IAR, using that policy to cover up the noticeable mistake isn't a good idea. Non-administrators may not "speedy-close" deletion discussions. They must either express their view that the debate should be "speedy-closed" in the normal procedure, or wait until the discussion has run the full AfD period to close it as a "keep" if there is a consensus to do so. Can you not read? Closing a debate four hours after the AfD was submitted, whichever way you look at it, is a clear violation of the policy. No matter how obvious the "consensus" you may find, speedy closing an AfD is definitely not an action to take as a non-admin. To whom it may concern, I simply recommend that you, please, refrain from acting without authority from now on, (or at least until you get that "admin" title you wanted) Arfan (Talk) 07:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually MER-C has already answered this question, when I asked it here: User talk:MER-C#Broken heart speedy keep.... WjBscribe 07:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Not a good answer, snow is different from speedy keep. This user doesn't realize that he has done wrong and it seems to me that he has no hesitation in doing the same thing again. That's why I wanted to bring the issue to his mind this time. Arfan (Talk) 07:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your work with WP:AFD, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Editor's Barnstar. --S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 23:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prometheus Process

MER-C: I noted that you weighed-in on the first round of the above proposed deletion. I am the contributor with the clear COI (in retrospect) who created the article. I have not and will not participate in editing it since the COI was raised. That said, I do feel the article’s subject can be written from an NPOV, is verifiable and notable. Unfortunately, the initial references used in the article are burdened by COI and I cannot get other contributors to take note of an extensive list of 3rd Party, independent references to the subject.

The following links which are included in my summary of references at [1]. This link is on the talk page of the article. I think the references below support verifiability and notability along with all the other linked references I listed. I would appreciate your take on that belief, and if you concur, your support in retaining the article. If they do not support notability, then why? I need to learn more about WP:notability if I am to contribute fruitfully to Wikipedia in the future.

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

Thanks----Mike Cline 21:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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A Little Help With Mike Cline

MER-C. Since you keep bringing up the "I can't find the cached Google Page which shows Mike Cline is a Corporate Vanity Vandal and Spammer", so you just imply it, I thought I'd make life easier for you. Here's the link the to the page [[11]], which by the way has been at this URL since mid December. Please share it with everyone. Also, I would appreciate it if you would stop implying that I have been or have ever attempted to deny who I am or the COI that I have. It is simply not true. As well, the deletion comments you made on the most recent AfD page--of the company who made this stuff up is almost comical since none of the terms you have nominated to delete were made up by the company--they've been around in the world of strategy alot longer than you think. At little homework would have shown that. I will provide more information to support that contention for the AfD discussion later.--Mike Cline 13:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed the huge list you of links you made to aid in finding spam. I think I spent a little too much time on my spam crusade, but it seems to have made a difference with other users. I noticed that admins were encouraged to "Speedy Delete" blatant spam now. And now there is an authentication process for adding new links to articles I think spam-hunting may no longer proove so successful as in the past.--Andeh 17:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

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Hey MER-C, Just wanted to thank you for your dedication to Wikipedia. However I have some concerns with your deletion of several sections from the SKATE(video game) page. There was no information there guiding the user, there was no tutorials, just information on the new innovative control sceme (which is a big deal to people who enjoy skateboarding video games) - as well as new features to the video game. I realize its important to keep Qikipedia what it is and follow regulations, but (correct me if I'm wrong) I believe you have wrongfully deleted large portions of the Wikipedia page for SKATE.

Thanks, Mike

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What is your problem??

Hello,

Since I got all those accusations in what can be considered as my "inbox", spamming and all that stuff. I consider that as INSULTING me. Telling me that giving links to APPROPRIATE content on the article about an actor, interviews of this actor in these cases is SPAM and UNAPPROPRIATE is quite insulting. I'm a member of Spamcop and fight everyday against spam, so this is really really insulting.

YES, I'm the webmaster of Bill Dow website and am a friend of the actor! So yes, I own the copyright of the biography I have put on it and have mentionned "source: www.billdow.net". But someone has deleted that line. No I won't send an email with @billdow.net because there are no emails associated with the domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Dow

YES I'm also the webmaster of Samantha Noble website and Andee Frizzell website and more. AND YOU HAVE DELETED A LINK TO HER OFFICIAL WEBSITE as well as ALL my contributions. What is your damn problem????? You have to remove the link to the GateWorld interview with Andee Frizzell too, because I am the one that put that link on her profile here and I am the designer of GateWorld.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gilles_SF"

I know all those people and was interested to give more information on them for the public.

So, yes I am very pissed and very very ANGRY to have lost my time for YOU! And no, I won't contribute again, I have more important things to do. I thought I had found a nice place but I was completely wrong!

And I will put a complaint against you and your UNAPPROPRIATE deletion.

Oh, my account is Gilles SF, in case you don't know and want to block me. Gilles SF 15:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Gilles SF

COMPLAINT

I have sent a complaint against you. You have made me lost some hours of my time. Trying to contribute the best I can and all I recieve is insulting messages and abusive deletion. They ask to be civic, then as a moderator you should be civic yourself in the first place. So, because I have worked with a lot of actors, I can't contribute here? How hypocrite is that ????? Gilles SF 19:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Gilles SF

I suggest you read your talk page, Gilles SF, as several users have already explained to you why the edit was reverted. SMC 10:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Ultimate X-Men (story arcs): Peer Review

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