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    IDThis user's ID is 54129.

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    An uninspiring edit-count on en-wp.


    Your GA nomination of Robert de Umfraville

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    Your GA nomination of John Minsterworth

    Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article John Minsterworth you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 14:41, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thoughts

    Do you feel CULS is sufficiently independently notable enough? After about half-an-hour of seeking online sources, I don't think so but you ought to have a better opinion! Regards:)Winged BladesGodric 10:06, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    (talk page watcher) I'd say unquestionably yes; whether or not you can find online sources should have no bearing on the notability of this (or any other) subject. Oxbridge societies aren't the equivalents of student societies elsewhere (except for American equivalents like Skull and Bones or the major fraternities), particularly the big ones like Footlights, the Boat Clubs, the Oxford Union, the Philosophical and Law societies, even the Bullingdon Club. These are the places where the relationships and peer networks that run the English-speaking world are formed—just look at how many entries we have in Category:Clubs and societies of the University of Cambridge and Category:Clubs and societies of the University of Oxford. In the particular case of CULS, you're not only talking about one of the largest student societies in the world, you're talking about the body which organises the Law Ball which is itself a notable event in its own right. ‑ Iridescent 12:31, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! Obviously, notability is independent of online sources, by a mile.And, that's the reason for this post, since I didn't find any worthy reference about the society even at the digital archive of NLI.Though, I will admit that a lot of the pre-70s collections is yet to be digitized:)And, FIM is expected to have better access to sourcing. Anyways, per your extremely helpful comments, I am accepting the draft and it may be beneficial, if you choose to add references, as you see fit.Warm regards:)Winged BladesGodric 12:45, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not sure you should rely on the FIM for sourcing, comrade, considering the weather :p >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:22, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, Lord.My memory not failing, I assure you that the gaffe won't be ever repeated again:) Long live Integer! Winged BladesGodric 16:08, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Absolutely. I pay you the compliment of knowing that you're far too intelligent for it to have been accidental :p Fly, my hawkmen! :) Although the size of this conversation is getting mildly ridiculous :D >SerialNumber54129...speculates 16:15, 6 January 2018 (UTC) [reply]
    only mildly ridiculous? Galobtter (pingó mió) 16:22, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm so glad I've been reading this as diffs rather than actual text. Primefac (talk) 16:39, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    T̵͔̪͔̫̫̙͉̯̲h͏̼̹̠͕͖͍̬̳̕͡i̴̝͕͕̻͇̣̙̟s͕̯̪̲ ̢͕͈̘̝͇s̩̀ͅẖ̢̼̗ơ̖̺̯̲̙ư̠ĺ̨͙̙͈̭d͏҉͚̩ ̴͍̮̲̗̟͝ḇ̼́e̛̪͞ ҉͕̩̤͇h̶̟̺̠̹͍̻͉̙͠a̢̩̩̜̠̹̪̖̞ͅr̡̪̩͢d̢̬̠̲̜̟͖ ͖̭͔̬͔̮̝͘͠t̡͙͚̗͈̮̠̙͟͡o̵̞̼͉̗̠̱̦͘ ̷̴̝͜r͕͈̀͜e̤̯̲̖̼̟̯̯̙a̢̱͔d̳̝͈̫̻͇ͅ ̸͉̖e̛̼̰̕v̻̥̖̫̦̜͎̼̕͟e҉̛̼̤̲̥̗͉̪̞n̢̮̹̤̮̙͟ ̳͔͙̪͡a̬̤͕̯s̷͏̰̗ ̫̟a̰̣̬͉͖͘͘ͅͅ ̗͈̝̦̭͔͉̬͘d̟̟͍̻̺̞͈͔́ͅi̛͓̲f̡̡̜̼̣f̘̺͎͈.̨͙͔͙̜̪ͅ.̧̝̟̣̼̙̪̺ Galobtter (pingó mió) 16:49, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    In a diff it looks like text surrounded by a swarm of bees. Squinting helps. Primefac (talk) 17:05, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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    Interestingly, that text is actually larger than the text before/after it. And Zalgo has nothing on Zuul. Primefac (talk) 17:17, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The discussion seems to be getting more and more meaningful, every moment:)Winged BladesGodric 17:21, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed, For "meaningful", I read err "tiny"...? ;) >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:29, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    And of course, "bizarre"  :) >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:30, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, very meaningful and productive. Galobtter (pingó mió) 17:41, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    And thank goodness for Drmies typo-fighting :) otherwise where would we be, in amongst the tinyness! HE WAS amongst the tinyness... :p >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:49, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I almost knocked a few things over with my Very Big Button. Drmies (talk) 17:52, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I've got a bigger button - a very very big button. presidential too Galobtter (pingó mió) 18:07, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    This would be a pain to source as most of the publications won't be online, (and the existence of the Law Society will mean any online searching has a zillion false positives), and to do it justice would probably mean wading through the "my undergraduate days" sections of stacks of memoirs. Except for the self-promoters at the Oxford Union and Footlights most student societies are fairly coy when it comes to public discussion of what they actually do. (From my admittedly anecdotal experience of living and working in central Cambridge, the main social activities of most of these groups are "getting so drunk they puke on their own shoes", "trying to fight locals and losing", "assuming any passing woman is a prostitute and propositioning her" and "falling in the road or occasionally the river".) The Rambling Man might know where to find sources on the Oxbridge societies from his work on the Boat Races. ‑ Iridescent 13:34, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Iridescent:--As I delved more into the procedural aspects, I'm afraid that Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cambridge University Law Society (2nd nomination) will make it difficult for a stand-alone article to be established sans good references.What's your thoughts?And, your wordsmithery couldn't be praised enough:)Winged BladesGodric 14:35, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    (talk page watcher)@Winged Blades of Godric: Apologies for the belated reply, had an early start and ended up in a bit of a tear up at the railway, it was classic. But, yes, I'm with Iridescent (not literally, that would be hideous :p ), it's almost impossible that something so closely connected with one of the oldest universities of the western world and of such pedigree (etc) couldn't be notable. But as said, something that old is likely to be covered heavily offline. I think a search of (*nodding to the previous reference*) the Law soc's own library would be a fruitful endeavour. As it satnds, I admit the article as it stands is heavily and indeed over-reliant on primary sourcing, but no way is this a lost cause. How are we anyway? >SerialNumber54129...speculates 14:52, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    i guess you are technically a talk page watcher of your own page Galobtter (pingó mió) 14:54, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    ...I like to remind myself sometimes!  ;) >SerialNumber54129...speculates 14:58, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Winged BladesGodric
    My point is that I can main-space the draft, over-writing the redirect but once it's in the NPP feed, if it meets the eye of any experienced NPP-er, (given the near-zero-web-presence and the outcome of the prev. AFD), there's a very good chance that the article will be immediately despatched to another AfD and once there, we will be in need of sources.So, either we wait for the time-being (until you and/or Iridescent can provide some reliable secondary source(s)) or choose to defend it at AFD.Which one do you prefer?Winged BladesGodric 15:07, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    ​An old AfD as ridiculous and non-policy-based as that one was wouldn't have influence on any subsequent debate, and certainly wouldn't be enough to bring WP:G4 into play. There's a long-standing myth (perpetuated, it has to be said, by some of the more obsessively deletionist admins) that if something's kept at AfD it can keep being nominated until consensus changes in favour of deletion, but that once something's deleted by any means the earth is salted and it can never be re-created. This is complete pish; "consensus can change" works both ways, especially in an environment as prone to distortion as deletion, where the canvassing of half-a-dozen people with a grudge can create the appearance of consensus. If you're planning to work on any topic and you're confident that you can demonstrate notability, don't let the deletion of a former version put you off (this is a fairly notorious example; even Ed Sheeran has had the indignity of being speedy-deleted in the past). Ritchie333 and Andrew Davidson will know where to find the assorted policies, guidelines and precedents if you want to go down this particular rabbit hole. ‑ Iridescent 00:01, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I've been made aware of this discussion. I agree both that it is almost certainly notable and that the 2014 AFD will make it tricky to avoid it being deleted again. It seems like it does want someone with access to offline sources; by a happy coincidence I have easy access to the University Library and the Squire Law Library, and have sufficient spare time to devote some of it to trawling through archives. What I'm _not_ is any kind of lawyer; I'm not sure I would know where to look.
    I will gladly act on suggestions as to where to look, or failing that go on a fishing expedition to see what I can turn up. However, I imagine the Draft's creator also has easy access to those libraries and is also a law student, so it might be better to ask them. Pinkbeast (talk) 19:46, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    Hii, sorry to just insert myself into the discussion - I received the link from Winged BladesGodric. I am the Cambridge University Law Society page's Draft creator. Thank you all for your thoughts; I was hoping for your opinion on whether these sources would suffice:

    1. Academic coverage of CULS addresses by prominent individuals in the Cambridge Law Journal (copies of speeches republished as academic articles)
    2. Recordings of addresses by very prominent individuals on iTunes (Andrew Murray, John Laws (judge), Conor Gearty, Lord Clarke and more)
    3. Coverage of the CULS by The Tab and Varsity newspaper (these specifically refer to the Law Ball's notability)
    4. Use of Cambridge Law Journal only to establish presence of distinguished visitors and the early history of the Society
    5. Link to the Cambridge University Students Union (which CULS currently redirects to), which refers to CULS events as "prolific" and "renowned university-wide".

    Following your advice, I have also approached the Cambridge University archivists. They indicate that coverage of CULS events was historically done primarily through the Cambridge Law Journal, but that they may have copies of other ephemera such as flyers, event programmes or termcards.

    Does this sound reasonable? I compared it with the references on the Cambridge University Students' Union page (which CULS currently redirects to) and the Cambridge Union page, and they appear to be comparable. I note that until a book on the Cambridge Union's history was produced in 2009 (by a former President of the Union), there was similarly scant secondary coverage.

    Many thanks! Arjundhar (talk) 02:23, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The trouble is that much of this is not very good. Recordings of addresses - sure, they happened, but did independent sources care? The Tab and Varsity are perhaps not the very epitome of reliability when it comes to newspapers. The Cambridge Law Journal has been discussed on your own talk page. CUSU is hardly going to talk down a major University society. I fear this would simply see a third deletion nomination appear and result in redeletion.
    If other law journals have found the activities of the society noteworthy that would be very useful. Pinkbeast (talk) 14:56, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your thoughts! Let me look a little further or explore ways to get some external coverage. Arjun Dhar (talk) 00:21, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps you don't mean this by "get some", but you cannot go and generate any. By definition, if you generated it, it is not independent. Pinkbeast (talk) 10:11, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Haha, I meant that I would explore inviting media platforms to cover some of CULS events. CULS has many noteworthy activities, but we do not actively solicit media coverage of them. As most of these events are either limited to members or ticketed, media platforms do not receive access to them. Perhaps it would help if we gave them access?Arjun Dhar (talk) 10:58, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Your GA nomination of John Minsterworth

    The article John Minsterworth you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:John Minsterworth for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 04:41, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Neville-Neville feud

    Not sure why you removed massive amounts of content from the article to revert to last stable version when there was no activity on the article, I assume it was a good faith error but please be more careful using Twinkle. (Unfortunately I reverted while logged into my alt account on mobile phone so I am leaving you a note about it) SeraphWiki (talk) 10:48, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018

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    ANI on XTools

    I was looking over the most recent RfA and noticed with your !vote you were saying XTools reported you as the ninth top editor to WP:ANI. What's actually happening is XTools is only parsing the most recent 50,000 edits. There is a red banner at the top that explains this, which I'm assuming you missed. I have made this banner bigger and bolder, so hopefully it will be more obvious now. Should you have any other ideas on how to make it more clear that the data is limited, let me know :) Pinging Iridescent in case they have any input.

    I wanted to also point out that in the "Top editors" table, there is a link to the Top Edits tool, which shows you all the edits that user made to that page. E.g. see [1] for your edits to ANI. This will give you an exact count. I see that Iridescent was using Sigma's usersearch to get this information, which is totally fine (I don't mean to discourage use of other tools), I just wanted to make you both aware of Top Edits since the link to it is right there in the Page History interface. Regards — MusikAnimal talk 18:23, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks, MusikAnimal, only 4% edits there after all. Sorry, I must have missed that box but I do see what you mean. I hope you didn't take it personally- I wasn't really criticising the tool, more my (apparent!) over-indulgence at the dramaboard  :) Thanks very much for going to the trouble of filling in me in with the details, extra information is always nice, leads to a more well-rounded perspective you know. Take care of youself! Cheers, >SerialNumber54129...speculates 18:48, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Nicholas Exton

    Ha! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 16:56, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Already on the list. ‑ Iridescent 16:58, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I was merely basking in greatness :) "imitation, the sincerest form of flattery," etc., although whether Wilde or Colton said it first I don't know... thanks for that page though. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:03, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    It certainly wasn't Wilde, given that he was born 20 years after Colton's death and Colton undoubtedly said it; the only thing at issue is whether Colton invented the phrase or pinched it from André Dacier. ‑ Iridescent 17:09, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah... didn't Wilde add a bit about ...."that X can pay to greatness." Where X = a 19C. synonym for dumbass. Mind you, I seem to remember that OW was accused of plagarising other peoples' quotes too? Maybe that's what got me. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    OW undoubtedly plagiarised his quotes, and was renowned for it even during his lifetime. (Whistler pricked this bubble of Wilde very neatly and epigrammatically at a Paris salon last season presided over by a well known and popular lady. Whistler had been notably witty during the evening and finally made a bon mot more than usually pointed and happy that convulsed his listeners. Wilde, who was present, approved Mr. Whistler’s brightness, and wondered why he had not thought of the witticism himself. ‘You will,’ promptly replied Whistler, ‘you will.’ This lightning comment on Mr. Wilde’s wonderful ability to think of other people’s bright things and to repeat them as his own had, you may imagine, an immediate and most discomforting effect on Mr. Wilde. J. M’Neill Whistler: The London Artist Coming to America to Lecture, The Sunday Herald, Boston MA, 24 Jan 1886, p.14.) ‑ Iridescent 17:31, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent, thanks for that, that must be what I was thinking of... acc. GoodReads, Oscar's was "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." I wonder if that was almost an admission... >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:44, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Your GA nomination of John Minsterworth

    The article John Minsterworth you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:John Minsterworth for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 06:21, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Very sorry to put you out old chap  :) >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:12, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes

    Hello SN. I agree with your statement on Oshwah's talk page. Oshwah is so conscientious about replies to posts there so I was trying to save him some hunting time. I almost mentioned forum shopping but thought there were enough flames in the situation already. I hope didn't make things worse but apologize if I did. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 23:01, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    No way, MarnetteD, you were actually being rather subtle, and I turned up in a pair of size thirteens  :) which I realsie now but didn't at the time, sorry about that. In any case, your view certainly seems to be the accepted one, rightly so. Take care! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 14:58, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    No worries SN. Thanks for settling my conscious. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 15:52, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    You've got mail

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    It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.Doug Weller talk 14:48, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Confused

    My response (look at the time stamp) came before your own. Is there something I'm missing as to why your comment should supercede my own in response to Golden Ring? -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 15:17, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    And what is this, Winkelvi?! -poking, or what :D Tbh, your response @AN/I could have drifted slightly closer to the Bay of Good Faith: I read GR's question—whilst slightly misguided to those that have seen the .gif all over the place, perhaps—as a legitimate one, in the circs. I'm not sure that you really needed to immediately accuse him of stirring the shitpot  :) What's he done to you? Serious question—I assume there must be something, you don't normally fly off the handle. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:23, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's be clear, I never said shitpot, that was your addition. Something else we need to be clear on is that I have no ulterior motive here. As far as I know, Golden Ring and I have never interacted previously. At least not in my memory. Something else you should consider is that if so many people already have the American flag gif on their own user space, why would one more person putting it on theirs be poking the bear in any way? They likely aren't, and neither am I. Not that I need to explain why I put it there, but I do feel as if you're trying to build a case against me here, and I just wanted to clear that up as well. My comments to Golden Ring were merely to point out that because the discussion he seems to be trying to reopen was so contentious, and needed to be closed fairly rapidly, and it was... that I didn't see any good purpose in addressing anything more at the discussion. What he asked about could have been done plenty of other places in Wikipedia, it could have even been done on Sir Joseph's talk page, but it wasn't. Yes, I probably did lack some good faith in my question to Golden Ring, and for that I'll take the blame. But everything else that you have insinuated here is not very good faith-ish, either. Now back to the question of why you think your comment supersedes mine even though the timestamp states differently as does the guideline on talk pages and the manual of style. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 16:17, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    a) Well, etymologically-speaking, stirring is stirring, whatever the contents of one's pot. b) I agree that GR's comment was overall unnecessary. c) I neither desire nor need to build a case against you. d) I'm also aware of how many editors use the flag gif, since I already pointed it out. e) The discussion is, as you wished, closed, which I too am grateful for. Take care! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 16:27, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I obviously underestimated how much drama could come of an honest question about gifs interacting with the skin. It's really not that big a deal and wasn't ever meant to be. Sorry I ever mentioned it. GoldenRing (talk) 11:13, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    Evergreen School AfD

    Hi, I'm surprise that you closed Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Evergreen_Public_School per NAC because the moment a discussion gets valid !votes for and against it is essentially "controversial". While I would probably have come to the same conclusion had I NAC'd it, I'm also surprised with your comment about no-one invoking WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, bearing in mind that this !vote was citing it in all but name, as that person regrettably continues to do on a fairly regular basis despite participating in and knowing the result of the RfC which deprecated it. That !vote is also essentially contrary to WP:OSE.

    It's up to you but it might be worth bearing this in mind if you close any similar discussions in the future. That !vote should have been discounted, imo. Perhaps also some of the others. - Sitush (talk) 13:40, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    (talk page stalker)Barring our serial-supporter at school-AFDs who can transform any quasi/non-existent school into an encyclopedic one, there are some highly-vocal editors who think that all secondary schools are by-default notable, just if they could be proved to exist. And, when one gets a school-AFD where the subject has quite a few GHits (their triviality/ covg. levels be damned), that's never a case of delete, as here.Unless more and more editors choose to actively participate in these AFDs and uphold the usual rules of notability, the RFC will continue to be twisted by certain discussants and consensus will reinforce consensus.Winged BladesGodric 17:22, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    (talk page watcher) The highly-vocal editors who think that all secondary schools are by-default notable, just if they could be proved to exist have a perfectly valid point of view, and you'd do well not to sneer at them; while there's a legitimate and ongoing debate about whether it should apply to schools, it's the argument that's the basis of every subject-specific notability guideline, and rejecting it would be a fundamental change to the nature of Wikipedia. As with every other SNG, the argument here is that since a secondary school is by definition one of the most important institutions in its community, it can always be reasonably presumed that there will always be at least one piece of significant, non-trivial, independent coverage in a reliable source (i.e., the "New School Opens" feature on the front page of the local paper on the relevant day), and consequently provided that it demonstrates that the school has at some point existed, any mention in a reliable source no matter how trivial is sufficient to demonstrate notability. By all means debate whether this principle should apply to schools, but be aware that abolishing "sources can reasonably be presumed to exist" as a concept would totally change the nature of Wikipedia (it would wipe out about 90% of our sports biographies and 75% of railway station articles, for a start), and also be aware that if you disagree with the principle then you, not the people with whom you're arguing, are the one who's currently out of step with existing consensus. ‑ Iridescent 18:50, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Iridescent:Nah..Sources are presumed to exist is a quite good reason (systemic bias et al) and I've myself used it.Additionally, my point is solely about Schools-AFDs. Anyways, irrespective of the particular venue, certain use of discretion and common-sense is necessary.Clinging to every school AFD to !vote on the same grounds without any slightest bother to the details does not strike to me as satisfying either.Winged BladesGodric 19:12, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I rarely go to a closer's talk page after an AfD close, but this one seemed so odd that I wanted to try to understand why an easy delete was closed as NC. I wasn't surprised to see this discussion starting here. If you look at all the sources, you see that not one is more than a passing mention about the school - and they are just trivial mentions. Sitush has been doing a good job culling the flotsam, but the other remaining sources are really poor also. WP:GNG clearly states there must be more coverage to pass. I don't have any skin in the game besides a bias towards consistency, and so am not going to challenge this with a formal AfD review request, but if you actually read each source you may reassess your decision. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 00:23, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, but reading the sources is not the role of the closer, who should be uninvolved. A part of the problem is that those who commented either don't understand GNG or were wilfully ignoring it while registering their support for the thing. The closer would not realise this unless people pointed it out in the discussion. - Sitush (talk) 05:28, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I thought I did, which is why the NC close surprised me. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 07:08, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, I didn't mean you. I was referring to those who favoured keeping the thing. Either way, that aspect of the close is not Serial Number 54129's problem for the reason I gave. If closers started running a fine-tooth comb through the article sources then they could potentially be applying a supervote. - Sitush (talk) 07:38, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Whenever I see evergreen it reminds me of Evergreen (The Twilight Zone)[Humor] —PaleoNeonate – 11:00, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    OK - I understand. Do you think the best way for the process to work is if the contested AfD closes are formally challenged, rather than bringing them to the closer's attention on their talk page? I've never closed an AfD myself, but I know that it's not simply a vote count, because otherwise it could be automated. I'm just trying to understand how much of correct policy has to be taken into account by a closer, and what the best recourse is when its not, without pissing off anyone that I don't know for an article I really don't have must stake in. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 17:52, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    And I'll have to check out the new(er) Twilight Zone series PaleoNeonate. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 17:55, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    There is a noticeboard for review of contested deletions but I don't think there is a parallel board for contested keeps (which is the effective outcome of "no consensus" also, bizarrely given the underlying thesis of WP:BURDEN). In my experience, people who close at AfD and then are challenged on reasonable grounds (especially if the close was a NAC) tend to revert their closure and leave it for review. It would appear that the closer on this occasion has no intention of doing that, given their lack of response to this thread but continued activity elsewhere. I guess the only option for someone sufficiently concerned would be to re-nominate the article for a second AfD. - Sitush (talk) 01:09, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sitush and Timtempleton: Not at all, I have been following the discussion closely and with great interest, and I'm honoured that you chose to hold it here. Normally, per WP:ADMINACCT, I'd've given my reasons—and probably done nothing else, since I never close a discussion unless I'm absolutely sure of myself (by which internal logic, of course, nothing woud need to be done). However, although I haven't contributed to these discussions, that was a deliberate decision so as in order to not invoke AA too soon. At this stage, I am mindful of your arguments—nuanced as they are towards, for example, the lack of a DRV for disputed keeps—and am comfortable in overturning my close. I don't, I admit, hold out much hope that further discussion will land firmy enough in the delete corner to create a paradigmatic shift; but it's certainly worth exploring.
    Thanks again for being here: apologies if I should have squeaked sooner, but I wanted your examination to play out without my—obviously somewhat partisan!—opinion. Cheers, >SerialNumber54129...speculates 11:59, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    My dear friend

    I did not think it was necessary to wheel war over AN/I discussion closure; for this case, it was fine; but when are you going to run for RfA? Hundreds of us have been asking you and perhaps, GreenMeansGo. Alex Shih (talk) 20:26, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Alex Shih: Look: I really must apologise about the ANI close. I assure you—no excuse that it is—that I didn't realise that You had already closed it, that SoV had re-opened it, and then I turned up in size thirteens  :) I saw the thread, went to the RfC, saw you'd closed that, and went back to the ANI thread... and closed it :o I'm afraid you and "hundreds" of others are now in the company of someone who didn't check the page history. A page one error! -and one which I will be rightfully condemned for. Sorry about that. Hope SarekoV didn't think I was stepping on their toes too. wel, clearly i did; but not deliberately. Nice message though: thanks! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 20:34, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I see what you're doing... a joint RfA so we can fail together an console one another. GMGtalk 21:32, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey, if you are all bound and determined to fall on your sword like that, this'll cut the sword budget considerably.... Anmccaff (talk) 21:41, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, but then they're stuck together and would have to abide by the two-man rule for any administrative actions. Primefac (talk) 15:44, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    True dat  :) They're critical, I just bring the mass  ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serial Number 54129 (talk • contribs) 15:50, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Your user page illustration...

    ...exemplifies perfectly, your removal of a discussion which dared to challenge the anti-infobox mania. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:17, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    (talk page watcher) I would have rated this comment of your's as an example of trolling of the lowest class, if not your pathetic attempt at the same shit-stirring, hours after a RFC on the issue has been closed was a serious competitor.Winged BladesGodric 14:35, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Make that "yours", which is the only truthful part of your comment. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Mate. This is the place for classic come-backs. Classic come-backs alone. You know, like The Irons winning the cup; Mark E Smith getting a fourth wife; Bill Clinton receiving dry-cleaning Customer of the Year; Jimmy Wales being allowed to block people on Wikipedia. OK, that last one's probably stretching it. But that there—yours, just there—really, just doesn't qualify. No way. Playground stuff! A come-back? As much chance as Gary Glitter. A classic? An Austin Allegro would have more chance. Cheers! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:54, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    If Winged's comments qualify as "classic" comebacks, then the standard has dropped significantly. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:49, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    To be fair, Baseball Bugs, I prefer to keep a monopoly on the classics for myself  ;) so there's no real quality control going on! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:11, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    So far, it's working. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Touché! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Premature archiving

    [2] Please don't. This is an active discussion. Coretheapple (talk) 14:50, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Explained here; thank you for making a more reasonable point than that in the section above, which does not, of course, endear itself to receiving anything approaching a civil reply. Or even a reply at all. Cheers, >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:21, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Although validation is not a requirement, neither is it unwelcome. Thanks, all. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 11:38, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not validation. The subject of this note was your archiving, not the merits of your position. Coretheapple (talk) 18:23, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Just so; it was estblished that it was not in fact an active discussion. That suffices, and I thank you for your note. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 18:26, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Administrative action

    Hello Serial Number 54129, in User_talk:Nagualdesign#Synopsis, you write "[...] any admiistrative action should have taken place". As I stated in my block message, I wasn't happy about it, but saw no other choice. I would have preferred an earlier, less severe administrative action. So I'd be very interested in which administrative action you feel would have been appropriate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SebastianHelm (talk • contribs) 12:37, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @SebastianHelm: Clearly, I feel no administrative action should have taken place then either. Even less so, hours later with an absolute paucity of justification. The point I was making was that that was the time for reprimanding ND, not this morning. Also, could you please remember to sign you post with four tildes, not five as you have just done  :) >SerialNumber54129...speculates 12:42, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, he's nervous. EEng 14:53, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @EEng: Twelve blocks in ten years; I think it's us that should be nervous... >SerialNumber54129...speculates 14:56, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    We. "It is we who should be nervous." Jeesh. EEng 15:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Oui? :p >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Wee.
    –EEng
    Wheeee!!!
    –EEng
    Oui are not amused.
    –EEng
    Well, the old place needed a bit of colour  :) >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:29, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Needs sound to go with it. Anmccaff (talk) 17:16, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Hehe... You realize that humour will not be tolerated around here, right? Stop that at once! nagualdesign 17:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you

    How to deal with The Administration

    Thank you for your support, and for your common sense. Much appreciated. nagualdesign 17:25, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, common-sense can't in that short a supply can it. Oh, wait...
    Never mind humour, nagualdesign, or sense: I luuuve this, can I shamelessly steal it? Well, obviously not that shamelessly or I wouldn't ask :p but you get my drift. It's brilliant! How'd you do it? >SerialNumber54129...speculates 18:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm rather pleased with it myself. Gerda gave me a link to this page the other day and I noticed the "approved cabal for improvement" stamp of approval, so I... umm... borrowed it. You're welcome to use it or change it as you see fit. nagualdesign 18:27, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    The only problem around here might be wearing it out through over-use!!! :D Thanks very much! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 18:28, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    "Stay in the top three sections of this pyramid" they say. Although ad hominem reasoning "is essential to understanding certain moral issues". nagualdesign 19:28, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    While the pyramid contains some truth, it's not as straightforward as you guys think. For example, I've had veteran editors swear up and down with a straight face they weren't edit warring despite article history indicating otherwise. When I give them diffs and a pointer to WP:EW it's still, "that isn't edit warring!". At that point it's basically, "Look, I'm an admin, I say you're edit warring, revert again and you'll be blocked." So essentially we're at the top of the pyramid but what's the alternative? --NeilN talk to me 19:50, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    All joking aside, I have no problem with having admins. I think they're a good idea. The only problem is when you get the odd bad apple, and the solution to that is composting. It can be difficult to hold them accountable though. nagualdesign 20:27, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Sebastian told me earlier that "it is perfectly possible to edit war without breaking the three-revert rule, or even coming close to doing so", which I can only assume implies a kind of 1RR. At that point it's basically, "Look, I'm an.. oh wait, you're the admin!" Even Ivan, who seems like a decent sort (even though he blocked me a few weeks ago), unblocked me today, confirming that the block was a load of bollocks, but still tried to assert that I was in the wrong for talking back! nagualdesign 20:36, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict)(talk page stalker)} I don't think Ivan said you were wrong, I believe Ivan said it was unwise. Being "right" and being "wise" are different concepts. Anyway, welcome back to the land of the living, and happy editing. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 20:53, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict)x2 The würst that can happen is that I have to make my own sausage and peppers ;) -western problems eh! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:06, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually he said, "this is your second recent block for what amounts to "talking back" to an administrator who was trying to give you advice" (ie, top of the pyramid). nagualdesign 21:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) ::Sorry (you'll like this NeilN ;) )—I've been away creating content ;) actually, getting into a right tizz over a Henry Howard and a Robert Howard who may be the same person :o —but the thing about 3RR, nagualdesign, and it being possible to edit-war without being in breach of it, is true. If the intention has been demonstated to edit-war, then the number of reverts is academic: think of those edit wars in which two parties only revert each other say, every two days,but they do so for a period of weeks. Bizarre, I know, but it's happened. That probably what SH was trying to say. I agree with the analogy of "bent cops"—or, more expansively, in any walk of life (I'm talking generally now, rather than in the confines of today's events) there's always people who get promoted beyond their abilities, or they get promoted accordng to a criteria that subsequently changes but they don't. The latter, I think, is generally what we encounter on WP. It's rarely (if ever, surely?) malice; hardly ever incompetence; but mostly just being used to operating in a Wikipedia from another age. Rember the old saw, "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"...? That sums a lot of shit up, and not just on WP.
    Now, those bloody Howards.... >SerialNumber54129...speculates 20:51, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    For "people who get promoted beyond their abilities" read the Peter principle. nagualdesign 21:08, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent, thanks; I hadn't come across that before... it explains most of the bloody railway managers I've ever had :D >SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Nagualdesign: See, Sebastian was right. Look at WP:EW: "An edit war occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions." If six editors all revert each other once then they're all edit warring. However I don't think edit warring is always a bad thing and have no hesitation in stating that I sometimes edit war to keep cruft out of Wikipedia. WP:1RR and WP:3RR are what happens if you take edit warring too far. --NeilN talk to me 20:46, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Well for what it's worth, if I recall correctly, I reverted Sebastian only once, then later I reverted his sock an IP user only once for removing an entirely different comment. You (Neil) also reverted that IP after they removed the same comment that Sebastian had removed. Does that mean you, me, Sebastian and the IP were edit warring? nagualdesign 21:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Nagualdesign: Yes, and I have no hesitation in stating that. Edit warring is a normal part of editing on Wikipedia. Anyone who says different is either fooling themselves or lives in Arbcom a glass tower. :-) But you can't let your edit warring become disruptive. --NeilN talk to me 21:18, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's not forget the context here. This was Sebastian's final edit for the day before he went off to wash his socks. He's basically blaming me for an edit that you made, telling me that I should read the guidelines (this was just after he said I "have friends who help [me] avert WP:3RR"). I've only ever reverted Sebastian once. I fail to see how I was being disruptive. nagualdesign 21:32, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Nagualdesign: My comments were not intended to address this specific situation. I'm sorry if I implied that. I was simply saying that an editor can edit war without approaching WP:3RR. --NeilN talk to me 21:41, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I understand that part. And I'm sure you can understand that when I was discussing this with Sebastian earlier on my talk page he was very much talking about me. I only brought it up here to counterpoint your "I've had veteran editors swear up and down with a straight face they weren't edit warring despite article history indicating otherwise." Anyway, let's just get on with life, eh? The only thing left for me to say about this is thank you for being one of the good ones. nagualdesign 21:50, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Just dropping by to say hello

    And that's that. Cheers, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Sup, '99... I'm trying to write but the bloody place is like Grand Central Station tonight :D how's tricks? >SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:08, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Um, that link is so not to Grand Central, where I'm headed in and out of tomorrow. Should be an interesting day getting to and from work, with the Women's March going on tomorrow. Write on. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:52, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I know, but it's sort of our equivalent  :) except made of wood and plasterboard. As it says when you pull in: "Welcome to 1975." Safe trip! I think I've completely ballsed up Robert Howard (knight), but it'll wait til tomorrow. Good luck! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:58, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like a pretty good start to me. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 23:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, now that I've worked out that Harry and Rob are (were!) two different people  ;) only slightly embarassing then. My excuse is that the dog was sitting on the family tree at the time. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 23:32, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Your GA nomination of Dolly Rudeman

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    License tagging for File:Dolly Rudeman. c.1920-c.1930.jpg

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    Mmmm tagged F1. I enk yow. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 06:35, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    AFD

    Hi SN, Although not stated I did effectively withdraw the AFD - Had I been aware of the history I would've held off going to AFD and redirected myself :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:00, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Having thought on it I realised that me redirecting wasn't me withdrawing .... somehow I apparently confused myself!, Anyway thanks for spotting that I've reclosed the AFD as Speedy Keep and then undone the article redirect and then redid it .... Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:12, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Davey2010: Cheers: Don't really matter though, the creator (I think) had a COI bigger than fucking Big Ben. Should still be sacked. Take care! Always good work with you 23:41, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Did you know nominations/Nicholas Exton

    Serial Number 54129, it's been over a month since you said it might take some time to address the three "citation needed" templates, and for a DYK, that's quite a long time. At this point, I think it's fair to give you until the end of January to finally address this issue, which was raised well before then. I hope very much to see progress by then. Please reply on the nomination itself. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:25, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Your GA nomination of Dolly Rudeman

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