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== Philosophical Logic ==
Hello, MZMcBride,


An admin brought up this Redirect at a DRV discussion and I was going to tag it for a discussion at RFD. But looking at the page history, it looks like you don't object to this redirect which is either a joke or an insult, I can't tell. What's your opinion 15 years after removing the Delete tag? <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 01:39, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Why did you delete this article? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:] is a blue link for me.... --] (]) 00:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


:Hi Liz. I imagine it's a bit of both a joke and an insult. ] indicated they had some better targets in mind. A retarget or disambiguation page would be fine with me, as would simply leaving it alone. :-) --] (]) 17:33, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
] is a blue link therefore you deleted ] do you mean?--] (]) 02:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
::I was mostly kidding. I don't think anyone I might nominate would enjoy the attention, so my comment is really a back-handed way of saying that you're almost certainly not hated as much as the redirect might imply. ] (]) 02:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
:Well, I'll use you as a ]. The deletion summary includes two links, the first of which is to ] which discusses why the page was deleted. After reading the reason given there, it likely makes more sense why there's a red link in the deletion summary. Which part of the deletion summary caused you confusion? --] (]) 21:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
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::I do not recall seeing any reasons in a deletion summary. I did click on a link or two trying to find same but to no avail (perhaps I lacked diligence) so I thought it best to ask the ed concerned. My eyes are up when a page I watch is deleted, you understand. --] (]) 01:03, 23 February 2009 (UTC) PS Hullo, guess what, ] is now blue again! What's the wiki-policy on these capitalisation issues? Should the article with the wrong capitalisation be (a) '''redirected''' to the one with the right capitalisation or (b) '''deleted'''?--] (]) 01:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Redirects for capitalization are fine. --] (]) 01:13, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


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== User pages ==
You deleted my secret page, but I'm pretty sure that people are allowed to have them. Why was it so neccessary to delete it and can it be restored now? ] (]) 08:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Previous discussions have established that "secret" or "hidden" pages are not appropriate. --] (]) 08:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::Where are these discussions? ] (]) 13:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


Hi, I'm deleting a lot of non-English user pages by one-edit-users, which you've been sending for speedy. What do you think is happening? Is there some sort of campaign to create these all at once, or are you just discovering a lot of old user pages that have been sitting there a while (I didn't think to check the time stamps)? -- ] (]) 07:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
:: SO MUCH FOR "IGNORE ALL RULES" .... <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 08:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->
:::Actually, this is a perfect example of IAR in practice. Incidentally, a discussion about this was launched here: ] –<font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 14:21, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the heads-up, xeno. --] (]) 18:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::No problem. Consensus seems to be forming around undeleting and mass-MFD'ing... Care to do the needful? (Or want I should) –<font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 20:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::::::Batch restorations and batch ]s are gross. Commented at the ] discussion again. I personally won't be batch restoring or batching ]ing anything. As I said there, individual ]s for individual pages if the user wishes seem reasonable, though. --] (]) 21:56, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::::To be honest I don't really have a well-formed opinion about these, I was just grep'ing the data. Though now there's calls for your head, I might extend to you once upon a time... =) –<font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 21:58, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


:Answering my own question, it seems these are all from a few years back. -- ] (]) 07:51, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
== Recent deletion ==
::Hi ]. I was just poking through ]. :-) Thank you for all the help cleaning up these pages. --] (]) 18:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

:::Oh okay, thanks. I didn't even know there were such database reports. Live and learn; live and learn... -- ] (]) 19:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Yeah I'm cool about the deletion as it was pointless and quite hard to find, however two things:
== Nomination for deletion of ] ==
*You didn't find the actual hidden page as it was the arrow page, so ha!
]] has been ]. You are invited to comment on the discussion at ].<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> ] (]) 20:28, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
*Do you still want the barnstar? If you do please say on my talk page
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:No, no need for a barnstar. :-) --] (]) 18:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Secret pages ==
Why did you delete my secret pages? Contribute to Misplaced Pages more? I contribute to Misplaced Pages all the time! It's okay to have a secret page, what you just did makes no sense. – ] <sup><small>■]<small>■</small></sup> 18:24, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

:Oh by the way, "o hai, i haz found ur sekrit page!" just makes you sound like a jerk, no offense. – ] <sup><small>■]<small>■</small></sup> 18:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, it really does. I'm not even sorry. ]]] 00:06, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

::Previous discussions have established that "secret" or "hidden" pages are not appropriate. --] (]) 18:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

:::'''Where?''' Please indicate where this policy were "discussed". Why not at least notify the user prior, if you don't, it's disruptive. Now data I had is gone, thanks to you without reason or warnings given. Are you an administrator? Please reply. ] (]) 20:24, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::::] and an ] thread somewhere. Yes, I'm an administrator. (Only administrators can delete pages.) --] (]) 21:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::I am not sure that there is a consensus that all such pages should be deleted, and certainly this should not be done without a warning. In any event, I trust that the issue of data being lost can be resolved through e-mailing the user the page on request? ] (]) 22:24, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::::::Most certainly. ] should still work. --] (]) 22:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::::See, that was what bugged me. You didn't give me any warning. I would be fine with you deleting it if there was any reason, at least link to it. I also put a huge thing on that page I worked for about a year on, ALL GONE. – ] <sup><small>■]<small>■</small></sup> 23:00, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Excuse me ==

So I don't get to dscuss this. I do contribute to the encyclopedia. Look at my last 200 edits in the last 4 days. A secret page is low maintenance. I've had one person every other month at least. Do you have something horrible in life that makes you go round just to find a little bit of fun that never actually does any damage. ]]] 18:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Previous discussions have established that "secret" or "hidden" pages are not appropriate. --] (]) 18:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::Can you put your time to the encyclopedia. Talking about me not contributing. You are going round removing things that '''did nothing.'''. I'll re-iterate - '''did and does nothing'''. They've been around for years on end and I've found no problem. It's like a guestbook but does less. If guestbooks are aloud then why not something which is even easier to ignore by not going out of your way. If this is all you do '''''without''''' a fair trial then I should report you to the administration board. They aren't appropriate but not banned. No other person who gives up there time to something similar to you which actually contributes to WP have never had a problem. ]]] 18:48, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Deleted page ==

Hey, I was just wondering why you had deleted my page. The reason you gave did not seem to be valid. Care to elaborate? Thanks! :) ] (]) 20:19, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Without a link, I'm not sure which page you're talking about. --] (]) 21:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::] --] (]) 22:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Previous discussions have established that "secret" or "hidden" pages are not appropriate. --] (]) 22:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Disruption of site ==

Please respond to my inserted query in the above entry, and what is your Misplaced Pages status? I need to regain my data taken by you.] (]) 20:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Responded above. --] (]) 21:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

::The consensus was to evaluate each page on an individual basis. You're mass deleting. I had important content on my hidden page. I'm 50 years old and do not use WP as a "game". As an administrator I would expect more (or even ''some'') understanding of policies and communication with the editors whose data you are intending to dispose of, and request you do me that courtesy before vandalizing my (or another editors) userspace and contributing to a negative environment that you yourself created. ] (]) 22:29, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Oh, my apologies. Yours was sort of mixed in with the others. You commented out all of the content which I interpreted as a request to delete the page (]). (In the future, links to the affected pages are ''really'' helpful so I know which page you're referring to. :-) --] (]) 22:35, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, you're ''interpreting'' userpages. Such a productive contribution to the project. ] (]) 22:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Secret pages ==

Hi, it's me. Why did you delete my six Secret Page pages? I thought Misplaced Pages had an unlimited amount of room, and I've seen many other users with multiple pages for others to search for to find their secret pages. And were you trying to mock everyone who had tried to find it? ]]] 22:16, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Six pages? ]. --] (]) 22:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::It was four pages where a link to the secret page could be found, an introduction to the four pages, and the secret page itself. Good grief that your RFA ever passed. ]]] 23:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Sekrit page ==

I honestly don't care that this was deleted. They were made a long time ago, and have been disused for ages now. What I do care about is your attitude over it, which I quite frankly thought was pretty poor coming from an admin. Like I said, I could hardly care less about the deletion, but did you honestly have to be such a jerk about it? Even a friendly heads up or ''summary'' would have been nice, but instead you just blitzkrieg deletion and incivility across Misplaced Pages. Jeez... and people wonder why admins carry less respect these days when this kind of thing happens... --''']]]''' 22:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Diplomacy never has been my strong suit. :-/ --] (]) 22:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== Corporate Thugz Entertainment ==

Hey there i was wondering if you could lift the protection on the Corporate Thugz Entertainment page i would like to add some information. Thanks <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:Can you first write a draft of some sort in your user space, perhaps at ]? :-) --] (]) 22:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah i can do that I start working on that ] (]) 22:48, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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== My secret pages. ==

Hello, although I do contribute to the encyclopedia a great deal, I was wondering why you deleted my secret pages? They're not against policy per ] and ]. I would ask that you please reinstate the pages as there's no limit to the number of pages, and no rule stating I ''cannot'' have these pages. <span>--''']]]]'''Ø Ŧ''']]]]'''</span> 00:16, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:Give me the links to them and I can restore them and take them to ]. Though it may be best to wait until the ] discussion finishes.... --] (]) 00:18, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
::I cannot find relevant policy at ]; where is it?--] (]) 00:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:::"Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia" --] (]) 00:30, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
==Secret Pages Policy==
Pleae provide '''link''' to relevant policy--] (]) 00:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:]? "Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia" --] (]) 00:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
::Yes I looked at that link but saw no mention of "secret pages"; "Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia" seems vague to say the least.--] (]) 00:40, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:::"Open to interpretation" I'd say. I guess Bridey interprets it in a different way than you do. RMHED] 01:01, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:::You say tomato, I say tomato. Or something. --] (]) 01:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

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I've nominated the page ] at MfD for deletion. ] (]) 04:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

== My secret page ==

Hi MZMcBride, looking through my watchlist, I see you've deleted mine and a few other folks secret pages. While I see others have brought up this point to you, I'd like to ask you restore my secret page. I've been considering asking for it's deletion for some time but I'd appriaciate the right to choose when and if it happens. I don't really check it or maintain it anymore but I don't see anywhere that there is policy ''against'' secret pages, as "Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia" could mean a number of things. On a side note, I do make plenty of useful contribs, mostly vandal reverts when I have the time to be on here. Thanks for your consideration. ] ] 04:40, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, MZMcBride,

An admin brought up this Redirect at a DRV discussion and I was going to tag it for a discussion at RFD. But looking at the page history, it looks like you don't object to this redirect which is either a joke or an insult, I can't tell. What's your opinion 15 years after removing the Delete tag? Liz 01:39, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Liz. I imagine it's a bit of both a joke and an insult. Jclemens indicated they had some better targets in mind. A retarget or disambiguation page would be fine with me, as would simply leaving it alone. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 17:33, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
I was mostly kidding. I don't think anyone I might nominate would enjoy the attention, so my comment is really a back-handed way of saying that you're almost certainly not hated as much as the redirect might imply. Jclemens (talk) 02:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm deleting a lot of non-English user pages by one-edit-users, which you've been sending for speedy. What do you think is happening? Is there some sort of campaign to create these all at once, or are you just discovering a lot of old user pages that have been sitting there a while (I didn't think to check the time stamps)? -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Answering my own question, it seems these are all from a few years back. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:51, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi DoubleGrazing. I was just poking through Misplaced Pages:Database reports/Potential U5s. :-) Thank you for all the help cleaning up these pages. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Oh okay, thanks. I didn't even know there were such database reports. Live and learn; live and learn... -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 19:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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