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==Your edit to Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Military history articles by quality log==

Your recent edit to Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Military history articles by quality log (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot4 08:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I have reverted Tawkerbot4 and left a message at AntiVandalBot's (as he vandalized the page) talkpage. Kusma (討論) 09:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

I wasnt experimenting, I was changing what didnt need to be there, please ask before deleting my information, thank you.--151.199.192.119 13:47, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Use an edit summary next time. No, I do not have time to ask as vandal patrol is a time critical activity. MER-C 13:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank you for reverting vandalism on my talk page! Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 10:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 11:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I do not vandalise

I made a mistake on the Paul McCartney Talk page. Somebody else had deleted most of the page and looking at the user name most left behind it seems quite obvious who it is. I re-added my comments on Paul McCartney being left-handed.

I do not appreciate being labelled as someone who vandalises. I try to contribute factual comments.Peter Jensen 12:48, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

A blank is a blank is a blank, unless justified. I'll remove the warning though edit summaries are uneditable. MER-C 08:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

help needed with AfD for Teledyne Ryan M-350 UAV

Not sure what I've done wrong...maybe you can take a look and tell me? I had not problem adding the tag to the article, or filling in the first deletiong reason. Added the entry {{subst:afd3|pg=Teledyne Ryan M-350 UAV}} per the tag to the log, but it doesn't want to come up as a seperate entry, with its own header. My first deletion reason text shows as part of the text of entry number 81, Physical Sciences (going to the section for that article, though, and my text isn't there). I'm sure I've somehow mucked the code, but can't find where. Can you please take a look? Thanks. Akradecki 18:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, another admin already took care of it. Thanks anyway! Akradecki 18:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

what prod tag for deleting images?

Hiya,

Someone vadalized a page I watch by inserting a goofy (unquestionably vandalism) image. I reverted the vandalism bt now wanna delete the image. What tag should I use? thanks --Ling.Nut 19:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:IFD is the way to go. MER-C 08:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

???

Why are you rejecting the case on RFCU?? --FireyFireMan 10:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Fake sockpuppets? (Karmafist & Primetime). -Will Beback 10:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

(Reply to FireyFireMan) Nobody cares, you're a sockpuppet. MER-C 10:50, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Mert yucel

Please be more careful with your handling of speedy deletion procedures. You tagged Mert yucel as a nn-bio, and this was inappropriate because the article contained several assertions of notability. You also neglected to add a nn-warn to the page creator's talk page. It's possible that the page should be deleted through AFD or PROD, but please be sure to follow proper process in the future. Thanks! -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 13:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it must have been a mistake. I do {{subst:nn-warn}}, but only if I feel it's an honest attempt at an article and I have enough time. MER-C 13:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Wow

That was fast :) >Radiant< 13:09, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Glad I'm doing my job. MER-C 13:17, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Nominated for adminship!!!!

Nwwaew(My talk page) 22:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I second this nomination!!! --Maniwar (talk) 22:45, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Please hurry up and accept so that I may add my support vote.--Lord Kinbote 22:47, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the note on my talk page. I'm so glad you've let yourself be nominated already.  :) Good luck with the RfA process. They tell you that it's stressful, but that word should be big, bold, underlined, blinking, and maybe have an animated gif of a guy's head exploding next to it. Um. Good luck! -- Merope 13:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

• Best of luck to you! --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 13:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

You have fans!

Hello,

You seem to have fans... Today a user "MER-C" was created on nl.wikipedia (see nl:Gebruiker:MER-C). This user renamed Jimmy Wales to "Jimmy Wales RAPES BABIES!". I've blocked this accout until Kingdom Come. Best regards, Tdevries 15:36, 19 October 2006 (UTC) admin @ nl.wikipedia

It's probably Blu Aardvark or Willy on Wheels. Is there an impersonator tag? There might be some problems with single user login though. MER-C 09:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I've placed a "sockpuppet" tag on the userpage of the account. If you encounter problems when the single user loging is effectuated, please contact me. Tdevries 10:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

RfA question

Hi MER-C, I've added an optional question to your RfA. Best, Gwernol 21:48, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

For reverting some vanadlism on my user page that I didn't even notice.--Hellogoodsir 07:43, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 13:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Dang it MER-C, you beat me to the punch on your userpage. When I saw it in the Recent Changes I knew it was vandalism.--Seadog.M.S 13:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Almost every IP edit to my userpage IS vandalism and if my RfA succeeds, I might put an end to that. MER-C 13:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Help and ideas needed

Hi,

Sorry you've been spammed, but I hope you'll find for a good reason . I've noticed you are active around the recent changes arena (normally having beaten me to a revert), and I'm currently looking for help with a new project. I would like to harmonise all the warnings and templates we issue, with goal to creating a standard look, format and content to the messages. Even if you use VP, VS or any of the other vandal tools out there, I still feel this is worthwhile. Please visit here for further information, and leave me a message or tell me to bugger off ;) if you haven't the time. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 13:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm kind of preoccupied with my rfa right now. Perhaps next week. MER-C 13:31, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my user page. Just added my support to your RfA as well, hope you get the mop 'n' bucket - you'll be a great asset to the 'pedia :) --Casper2k3 20:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Simba2008

How did you know out of all the pages in wikipedia to fix up this page immediately? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.107.228 (talk • contribs)

Live recent changes IRC feed. By the way, that is a user talk page, just like this one. You can link to a page like this: [[article]]. MER-C 11:56, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Page Deletion

Thanks for the help MERC. Sorry for the bad grammer. I fixed it though. Culverin? ^Talk 12:10, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for reverting some stupid new vandalism on my page. Do you ever sleep? :D Thanks again and good luck with your adminship ;) -- lucasbfr ^talk 07:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I do sleep (thanks for the concern). It's 3pm where I live right now so there's no point logging off yet. MER-C 07:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Padre Pio (re: Obi Wan Kenobi)

But dude, he REALLY looke like Padre Pio! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.101.72.85 (talk • contribs)

So? They're two different people. MER-C 07:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Samantha PowerPC Motherboard

Why this page will be deleted? What about AmigaOne? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.210.145.7 (talk • contribs)

The article does not assert as to why it's different from any other random motherboard. Furthermore, the specifications take up 2/3 of the entire article. As for AmigaOne, thanks for letting me know about that one. I'll nominate it for deletion too. MER-C 07:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Is the deletion related to "Intel Inside" campaign? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.210.145.9 (talk • contribs)

No. MER-C 08:29, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

What about Pegasos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.210.145.10 (talk • contribs)

Notability is established for that one. MER-C 08:29, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Samantha is an unreleased product. There is no user review yet/official press release. Can you delay the deletion until the product actually appear on the market?

That's actually a deletion reason in itself, "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball." MER-C 12:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I am speaking about Samantha article and not AmigaOne article. Based on discussion with Rafaelle, it's better to move the page temporarily to: http://www.amigawiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Samantha

The page can be deleted now.

Hi

Hi thanks for preventing the vandalism on the Template:Castes and Tribes of the Punjab. There has been non-stop vandalism of that template for the last 2 months with the Jat clans being deleted by anon 82.37.198.177 he kept on vandalising. I do not have the expertise you have (as I am very inexperienced) can you please do me 2 favours (I would be really greatful) can you pratrol this template and get this anon blocked. As you are expert on wikipedia it would take you minutes to do the paperwork with regards to blocking due to consistent vandalism he has been warn many time see his anon talk page.--Indian50 08:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Can't block, not an admin. You can help to make me one. MER-C 12:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

NPOV Tag

Hi MER-C I created and article for a Urdu Poet Maajed Siddiqui. He is a well known Urdu Poet from Pakistan. I saw that you recently marked it as NPOV, I am an old student of Prof. Maajed Siddiqui and know him quite well, what can I change in the article so that you would remove the NPOV tag, please let me know

Regards,

Naqsh-e-Faryadi

The article uses an excessive amount of superlatives to describe the subject, e.g. "He is a a legendry writer and a great poet with very impressive potential for describing complex social subjects in simple words." Also, you can try to trim the list of his works by picking the most important ones. Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms is a good place to start. MER-C 12:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

A very Californian RfA thanks from Luna Santin

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of (97/4/4)! I've never been able to accept compliments gracefully, and the heavy support from this outstanding community left me at a complete loss for words -- so, a very belated thank you for all of your kind words. I have done and will continue to do the utmost to serve the community in this new capacity, wherever it may take me, and to set an example others might wish to follow in. With a little luck and a lot of advice, this may be enough. Maybe someday the enwiki admins of the future will look back and say, "Yeah, that guy was an admin." Hopefully then they don't start talking about the explosive ArbComm case I got tied into and oh what a drama that was, but we'll see, won't we? Surely some of you have seen me in action by now; with that in mind, I openly invite and welcome any feedback here or here -- help me become the best editor and sysop I can be. Again, thank you. –Luna Santin

And good luck with your current RfA! Luna Santin 12:27, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

RFA questions

Hi, MER-C. I notice you haven't answered the last couple of questions on your RFA (one of them mine). Of course that's up to you entirely. But they go to the heart of what many people are opposing over--in fact, I see somebody just opposed "per" my question--so I think you could be doing yourself a disfavor by not answering them. Regards, Bishonen | talk 09:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC).

I'm somewhat busy in RL right now, but I'll spare the time now. MER-C 09:10, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Saving your RfA

I feel compelled to address Gwernol's point. Yes, you have an error rate. Everyone does. Though I do not have the diffs to back it up, I remember undoing your actions a couple of times. Taking your statement as true, namely, that you have a 95% accuracy rate, where there isn't any systemic to understand relevant policy, I would be ok with that. You would assuage a lot of opposers if you promised to each opposer personally before this thing closes to never zap articles outright, but to submit them for review as a non-sysop would. I am surea half-dozen would be happy to switch on those terms, handing you the mop. - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, so now it's quickly becoming a joke. For your own sake, please withdraw ASAP - CrazyRussian talk/email 08:03, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. MER-C 08:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I think you did the right thing in withdrawing and I wanted to express my hope that you won't be too downcast by the result. Many nice things were said and I hope you can take heart from that. The action required should you wish to stand again (and I hope you do) is fairly clear. Very best wishes, --Guinnog 11:58, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Your anti-vandal work here is unbelieveable. To be likened as the second Curps is as good of a compliment to your skills as you can get. I'm sure the next RfA will pass without a hitch. Keep up the good work -- Samir धर्म 12:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've noticed that I've become a little less deletionist but there's still a lot of entropy to take care of. And I wish for a faster internet connection... MER-C 12:17, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

And while you're here, could you please permanently protect my user page (edit=autoconfirmed move=sysop)? I'm sick of dealing with vandals who try to retaliate or use my user page to make personal attacks against me. MER-C 12:34, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Done -- Samir धर्म 20:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Things may have not turned out favorably, but you did the right thing by withdrawing your RfA. Nonetheless, you are an excellent vandal-fighter, and I still believe that if you go up for RfA again in a few months, you will succeed. Thanks, and keep up the great work. =) Nishkid64 22:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Am I in trouble?

Im sorry if i caused you a head ache. I was just trying to be... well BOLD. I'm still trying to bet used to the system and wiki code and everything else.--aceslead 22:48, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

It's OK. I've seen a lot worse (on wheels). Just keep that in mind if you want to create a new stub type. MER-C 08:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

RheinEnergie Köln

why did you delete the new things on the RE Köln page? In the last version was everythin correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.228.154.250 (talk • contribs)

Oops. Fixed. MER-C 11:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

I wish to express an opinion on speedy deletions and not biting the newcomers. I'm not singling you out, I've noticed other new page patrollers who do the same thing.

I think it would be a good thing to leave the template message (the bit that says something like "{{subst:spam-notice|pg=Bell Pottinger Group}} ~~~~" at the bottom of the box) on the creating user's talk page, especially if it is a new user who is probably unfamiliar with Wikipedia policies. If I were a newcomer who found my article suddenly deleted without explanation I would be quite offended.

Thanks

LittleOldMe 11:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Most spam I find is created by accounts which are similar to the article. This is the type of stuff we've been told to shoot on sight and that's why I don't bother. MER-C 11:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Would you mind giving me a reference to the shoot on sight policy guideline? LittleOldMe 11:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[1]. MER-C 12:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks LittleOldMe 12:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

short explanation

Hi! I'm a banned blocked editor, and I have been trying to communicate with the banning admin (has happened since). User:Dasondas has been deleting comments I made to that admins talk page [2], as if they were harassment or vandalism. So I wanted to ask him about it, but he just deleted my (civil!) comments from his own talk page as well. He commented on the suggestion of another editor to get his talk page sprotected here [3]. I happen to think that this is actually an assholes behaviour, and nothing butt, looking at the very civil way ([4], [5], [6], [7], [8]) in which I tried to contact him for deleting (my, once again, civil) attempts at communication from another user's talk page. -- Perm. blocked user:Subversive_element, editing from IP address: 84.44.175.12 12:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Can't help, not an admin. Try the admin noticeboards. MER-C 12:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I already tried contacting an AMA member. I know very well that I cannot do anything against that block and that my most recent edit to Dasondas' talk page are simple vandalism. I'm just very angry, and felt like I had to express that properly (and I immediately reverted that myself, so that it just appears in his history). After all, I am beyond hope that anyone on WP can/will step in, even if I believe that block by that admin is more than dubious. Sorry for the harassment, I am not going to do any further edits like that, promise. 84.44.175.12 12:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

As I said, I can't really do anything. Sorry. MER-C 12:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely no prob, I just wanted to share my feelings, nothing else. 87.78.186.245 17:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On October 27, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Planum Australe, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for that MER-C...I had to bend the time limit a bit there but it was a nice article. It's good to check back for any hitches. Regards, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

• Enjoyed the read very much. Great article -- Samir धर्म 00:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the praise. :) MER-C 09:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not policing you, but...

Hi again MER-C, I was on recent edits patrol again today and I had just posted a welcome message on DaFazzle's talk page before following up on what the posting was. I concur that the article posted is indeed a speedy deletion candidate, and it was quite accidental that we happened onto the same article together. I checked the talk page and found no entry informing the user of the deletion request. I checked back in 5 minutes and there was still no notification.

You may recall that I contacted you yesterday about a similar speedy deletion and you concluded that the shoot-on-sight edict precluded you from posting a warning. However, I can't see how this article conforms to the type that the shoot-on-sight edict describes. May I remind you that Wikipedia guidelines urge us to err on the side of caution and to assume good faith.

As I stated in the header, I am not policing you, I have no grudge against you and I'm not an administrator enforcing policy. In fact, I admire your sterling work and your dedication to Wikipedia. However, as a member of the welcoming committee, I do attempt to make newcomers feel welcome and it saddens me to see these efforts eroded by insensitive actions by others. I'm not saying you acted maliciously, but I would urge you to try to imagine how you would have felt if your first attempts were mercilessly shot down.

Please consider placing "{{subst:nn-warn|Lemmy's Land}}~~~~" on the User Talk page of the author. It really is a simple copy and paste and takes only a few seconds.

Thanks for listening.

LittleOldMe 10:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I do {{subst:nn-warn}} (in fact, I have a script for it) but the threshold for doing so is higher than some guy creating an article about himself or someone writing an article about the "cool new webforum". Such users are usually unproductive. MER-C 10:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

My point is that the article was not about the user, in fact, it was not bio, it was about a website. Also, are we not supposed to abide by the assume good faith principle. I have witnessed an Rfa being denied because of a single bad judgement where bad faith was assumed and was proved wrong. Are you willing to risk that?

LittleOldMe 11:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Hence the message at the top of my talk page: "If I tagged an article you created for deletion, please read the relevant notability guidelines and the criteria for speedy deletion before posting. I usually leave a reason for the deletion notice, think of it as a constructive criticism of the article." MER-C 11:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert - you beat me to it. I've blocked the vandalism only account now jimfbleak 10:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 10:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Willy on Wheels in the Dutch Wikipedia

It seems Willy on Wheels created a user account on the Dutch Wikipedia as nl:Gebruiker:MER-C. He was blocked indefinitely on 19 October 2006 (see here). You might want to request moving this user to another username and then registering it yourself to avoid any future problems. Errabee 00:42, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh never mind, I see you've been noticed about it already. Sorry for the orange bar. Errabee 01:30, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I'll move it when single user login is implemented. MER-C 03:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

NN websites

Thanks for participating in a few of the afds I set up, and I forgot about a speedy template for the websites, I've used it on a few already. When you get a chance, check out BreakManx.com. Maybe that should be speedied too. Tony fanta 04:05, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

This one actually asserts notability. I'll !vote delete. MER-C 04:12, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

NUJS

Hello, I would first like to thank you for taking your time to read the article on NUJS. I appreciate your effort to classify the page resembling an advertisement but I was surprised to find that you left no reason at the talk page justifying you action. Please contribute in the talk page pointing out the lines or paras which you think are in contrary to the policy of wiki. Legaleagle86 10:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. The article reads too much like a press release, it's at least two sections. MER-C 10:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Redirect tagging

Please check the history before tagging broken redirects for deletion, for example Gugenheim and Alaoglu's theorem. Thank you, Kusma (討論) 12:50, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Jack McMullen

I've left your prod in place for Jack McMullen, but just wanted to let you know that a fair amount of extra detail has been added by an editor. You may (or may not!) want to reconsider the prod... cheers, QuiteUnusual 22:29, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

This one just scrapes through. Deprodded. MER-C 01:51, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Fort Snelling, Minnesota Reversion

Please confirm facts cited by Talk:Fort Snelling, Minnesota discussion.

-- geoWIZard-Passports 12:08, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

There was a truncation of the article [9] (and that's why I reverted). You're going to have to redo what you did before the article got truncated. Sorry about that. MER-C 12:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Deprod comment on Shashi Deshpande

Admitted the article was a pointless essay, but the subject is an internationally recognised writer so I've hacked it down to a plain stub. --Mereda 13:43, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

RFA...

Hello MER-C, sorry to see your RFA failed. If you're ever nominated again, drop me a note and I'll support you. JIP | Talk 09:57, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your tireless work against vandalism on Wikipedia. You're an inspiration to us all!Sharkface217 21:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Glad to hear that. MER-C 08:41, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Warning the blanker

Aww, you beat me to it. :( Here I was putting in the final warning and boom, edit conflict. But in all seriousness, keep up the good work. :) --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 12:50, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Slow it down

Hello MER-C. While browsing Category:Category needed I came across this article which you had tagged for speedy deletion the same minute it was created by a newcomer. The article, while short, did provide ample context about what appears to be a notable American landscape architect. If I may, I'd like to ask that you slow it down with deletion tagging and give articles a chance, especially when they're being established by new contributors (see WP:BITE), and consider engaging them on their talk page regarding any concerns you may have. Take care, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, though, that isn't really possible on my end due to software issues: the same way I came across that speedy (and most others) is the same way I come across vandalism. As for biting, I tend to think of it as a constructive criticism of the article. It can be said that the speedy templates need to be a bit more newbie friendly, though. MER-C 10:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi MER-C. I'm afraid that I'm with Can't sleep, clown will eat me on this one. The same thing applies to Toy Trends and the first steps that this user took. You made no effort to communicate with the newcomer. How is this constructive criticism?

I'm afraid on your behalf that unless you ease up on the newcomers you'll find any future requests for admin'ship being turned down.

LittleOldMe 12:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thought I had a spammer there, I was pretty certain that if left unchecked that user page would become a catalogue. His username didn't help his cause either. Spammy userpages are extremely hard to track once they slip through the cracks - in fact over a fortnight I only found about 200 of them despite dredging through thousands of user pages. MER-C 12:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

And spammy user pages don't show up on Special:Newpages on creation too, which makes it even easier for spammers to slip past the defences. That's why I'm heavy handed - it's on creation or the spam gets lost in the ever increasing entropy of Wikipedia. MER-C 12:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For all your anti-vandalism work, and keeping going even when the going gets tough! SunStar Net 12:13, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Another one? Thanks. MER-C 12:37, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

AfD for Alex Kramer

I'm confused by your reasoning on closing the AfD. The nominator, James Leftovic, never withdrew his nomination. He seemed to have mistakenly removed his own comments and left a {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Kramer}} in their place. A single IP editor then made comments about changes they made to the article and no further discussion took place... Am I missing something? --Onorem 13:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Oops, I think the self inclusion confused me somewhat. I've relisted the debate to remove the doubt. MER-C 08:11, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, you forgot to replace the template on the article, but I'm doing it now :) (after a question about it on the AfD) Just a note though - if a user withdraws a nomination, as long as there are still delete votes, the nomination is still valid. See WP:SK and WP:DPR for more info - it's one of those things which goes against what you'd expect at first! Martinp23 23:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Adrian Zielonka

Hi, you nominated this page for speedy deletion. I have speedily deleted it, but please take the time to inform the original creator of the page in future. Thanks, Proto::type 12:40, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Could you have a look at who created the article, please? Chances are it's a short article about oneself or a friend. My threshhold for warning is slightly higher than that.

I'm logging off for tonight. MER-C 12:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, for tomorrow - your threshhold for warning should be 'every time you nominate a page for speedy deletion, have the simple courtesy to inform the creator'. Failing to do so is neither civil nor polite. In this instance, warning solved nothing, and the page ended up getting protected from recreation, but the majority of such cases could be resolved if the new page patrollers also took the time to inform the (usually new) contributor that their effort (often well-meaning) is not suitable. Proto::type 13:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting the vandalism to my Userpage. That was remarkably quick work. All hail RC Patrollers! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 10:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 10:42, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Mentor?

I am new to this medium. Instead of the cold harsh critisism for new ones who don't know what they're doing, could you just help me do it right instead. I would be very grateful for your guidance. CoolScience

The first step would be to determine whether there is a conflict of interest, e.g. are you writing about something you or your relative created? Such articles are a no-no and usually end up in deletion. Next we need to verify whether that particular theory is notable. Filing patents in not an indicator of notability since some patents (and applications) are absolute crap: [10] [11] [12] and others are just silly. Thirdly, does it constitute original research, is it unverifiable or does it seem to have been made up one day? MER-C 01:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd suggest writing some articles on non-controversial topics first. There's plenty of ideas here. MER-C 01:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Please restrain yourself from making fun of other users

MER-C, on November 5th 2006 at 01:58 (UTC), you have added to the page: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CANUSA Flag the following comment: Don't you just love self-references, especially in the first sentence? This was basically added in order to make fun me. This is against Wikipedia policies under something that I believe is called "Kicking when he's down". Please restrain yourself from using such phrases in the future. Duhman0009 03:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

It was a sarcastic criticism of the article, not the person who wrote it and it was always intended to be that. AFD debates are always criticism of the articles in question. MER-C 03:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Hehe, nice try, but I was the guy who wrote it and I found it offensive. You try to pull a funny out of this and now it's backfiring. I won't hold a grudge, just try to restrain yourself in the future. Remember, your contribution to Wikipedia is it's own reward, you're not in this to gain power or popularity. Duhman0009 03:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:OWN. MER-C 04:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I can play at that as well you know WP:WL. Also, you can easily see that out of all the ones that were for the deletion of the page, you're the only one for which I have posted on a talk page. So the WP:OWN cannot be applied unless I would have gone to each user talk page of all 4 or 5 members that were for the deletion of my page. Duhman0009 05:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

(deindent) Sarcastic criticism of articles takes place all the time. Don't take criticism of your article personally as it is a really minor thing in the grand scheme of things especially in RL. There are a lot more nastier things around here, including vandals on wheels (if you're wondering, Ryulong is one of our vandal fighters and TheM62Manchester turned out to be a vandal in disguise) and direct criticism of YOU. I reiterate my original comment about it being a critism of the article in question and also my comment on not taking it personally as it is counterproductive. MER-C 07:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Criticism I can take, I take it everytime I do my job. Sarcasm and stupid remarks, especially from someone who's not in charge but pretends or would like to be, that I do not take very well. Doing what you do to contribute to Wikipedia it great, but as I stated, contributing is it's own reward. You are not in charge here, you do not have any power, you can be banned like any user. Duhman0009 14:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Let's end this discussion, I want to archive my talk page. I can give that particular AFD a courtesy blanking if you want one. I am not in charge but I do have some power as to determining what edits and articles are allowed (see WP:RCP) and my opinion is respected. MER-C 10:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Blank or rephrase, either way is fine. Duhman0009 13:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. MER-C 08:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 5 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Planum Boreum, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 10:28, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Islamic Online University

Re Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islamic Online University, I deleted the stub which remained as an empty article, I could not expand it due to verifiability problems (no reliable sources available). Hope you don't mind. Guy 10:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

No, I don't. I'm a deletionist. :) MER-C 11:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)