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Current Requests for Adminship

(table generated by transclusion of User:ST47/RFA)

Email

An account for Misplaced Pages-related email to me exists. However, I check its inbox infrequently, perhaps once or twice a month. I receive few messages there and send none. If you seek my attention for any Misplaced Pages-related matter, please post your concerns on this page (e.g. here). — Athaenara ✉ 22:22, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

• NOTE: I do not hang out on IRC. — Athaenara ✉ 14:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Archive notes

→ in re: User talk:Athaenara/Archives

• Archive 000: inactive Adminship discussions

• Archive 00: inactive deletion discussions

• Archive 0: inactive Did you know? and signature discussions

• Archive 1: miscellaneous inactive discussions

• Archive 2: inactive BLP discussions

• Archive 3: inactive WP:3O discussions

• Archives 4, 5, 6: inactive COI discussions

Your comments

→ see also: Misplaced Pages talk:Third opinion#Respondents feedback on Dunmanway Massacre Third opinion.

I have raised comments you made in a past discussion here. To insure that I did not misrepresent you and your opinions, could you please look them over, and if you consider them inappropriate please let me know and I’ll strike them from my post. Thanks --Domer48_'fenian' 19:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

deleting my userpage

→ in re: {{db-u1}} request (log)

Thanks!--Dem393 (talk) 00:20, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

List of 'Eye of the Sports Guy' and 'B.S. Report' Podcasts

→ in re: my post on Jliverse's talk page

Thanks for your feedback re: the conflict of interest guidelines. I appreciate the concern. In this case, I don't have any relationship whatsoever to the show, its producers, the parent company, its host, the industry or even podcasting in general. Any help on making the page better would be appreciated. Thanks again. Jliverse (talk) 12:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

OK, feel free to remove my post! — Athaenara ✉ 22:00, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Resolution check?

→ in re: image deletion

Hi. You just deleted File:ChicagoSpire 05 25 08.jpg, which I was just checking before deleting. That's fine - but the version on Commons is lower resolution than the one that was here. Please could you check that the resolutions are the same before deleting images? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I went to restore it after your message and found that you restored it long enough to upload the higher resolution image to Commons. Well done! — Athaenara ✉ 23:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Shozam page deletion

→ in re: deleted article

Dear Athaenara,

Our Shozam Wiki page was deleted for "blatant advertising." However, we included credible, third-party sources in our article. Additionally, other software program similar to Shozam have not been deleted, including:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Photoshop http://en.wikipedia.org/ACDSee http://en.wikipedia.org/Jalbum

Please advise as to why our page was deleted when we followed the reference guidelines, and other software programs are allowed, but not ours. Please consider relisting our Shozam article.

Regards, Kelly User: Kkneagu1

Kkneagu1 (talk) 22:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I posted {{Uw-coi}} information on your talk page regarding the conflict of interest guidelines (diff).

Did you read any of the linked explanatory pages? — Athaenara ✉ 22:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Gema suara 17

→ in re: deleted article

Hi - I originally put all the tags and then only later the csd when i realised that the links at the base of the article had nothing to do with the group. We often have fly by edits of articles that come in english (usually very poor) or even Indonesian into the Indonesian project - and never hear from the editors again - it can be very frustrating at times as either their english is so poor that they do not understand either the notices or what is happening. Apologies for having muddied things by the tags and then the csd - probably should have left it with just one or the other - there are easily 100 articles in the indonesian project with similar issues - slowly trying to resolve them SatuSuro 01:08, 12 March 2009 (UTC) Just saw your delete - oh well another issue solved - but there are always more in the wings :( SatuSuro 01:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

File:UltraflightLazairSeriesIII.jpg

→ in re: my post on Ahunt's talk page (image log)

Thanks for letting me know! I am putting all my pictures on Commons now, but migrating the old ones is a great help! - Ahunt (talk) 10:34, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

User:MBH2000/Florcello

→ in re: FLORCELLO / Florcello pages by MBH2000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Could you pleaseItalic text explain how my article on Florcello submitted 03/16/09 is considered "blatent advertising"? How could it possibly be written in a more unbiased fashion ? I want to learn. Please take a look a the articles for Tuaca, Liquor Fogg, Sabra... If these articles are acceptable, please advise how I am offending the Wiki rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MBH2000 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I posted {{Uw-coi}} information on your talk page regarding the conflict of interest guidelines (diff). Did you read any of the linked explanatory pages? I see that Camaron and Dank55 have responded to your queries. Misplaced Pages:Articles for creation or the Conflict of interest/Noticeboard may be helpful as well. — Athaenara ✉ 01:33, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Team1up

→ in re: deleted articles by Team1up (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
→ see also: Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 March 26#ManchVegas Roller Girls

Why was my article that was created under manchvegasrollergirls was removed? We didn't advertise anything at all.? Team1up (talk) 22:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I posted {{Uw-coi}} information on your talk page regarding the conflict of interest guidelines (diff).

Did you read any of the linked explanatory pages? — Athaenara ✉ 22:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes but i don’t see where the issue lies... If it was a typo then my bad... I was enthusiasm in redoing the wiki and getting it solid for a return. If my page is informative, contains what is needed as in references and link per last creation & is not a conflict of interest just a typo then why was it removed? It has every right to be there since it is a legit valid sport in Manchester nh. And I ask you if you check out New Hampshire Roller Derby who are the Nashua team for comparison, they have less info and there wiki has less info and there wiki needs work they won’t thru the same issue with wiki admin’s and they got it up why not us? Why not remove them? In fact if you look at any derby wiki you'll see the same amount of information is posted on any page and there all fine. Were all teams we all play roller derby and we all want people to know about us and on wiki. Were a part of NH were a part of Manchester & I’m requesting that it be reverted back to what it was. If not i want to know exactly on the page what is wrong and where so it can be fixed. Thanks for your time Team1up (talk) 18:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Try articles for creation or the conflict of interest noticeboard. — Athaenara ✉ 22:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

The Site meets and exceeds all the requirements for a wiki page, it has loads of information w is legit.So again if i place it back up will you take it back down and claim it as adverts again ? Team1up (talk) 04:07, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Your issues are not with me but with the Misplaced Pages:Policies and guidelines which include Misplaced Pages is not a soapbox and Misplaced Pages:Notability (organizations and companies). You are certainly free to try Deletion review as noted on Misplaced Pages:Why was my page deleted?. — Athaenara ✉ 05:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for ManchVegas Roller Girls

An editor has asked for a deletion review of ManchVegas Roller Girls. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Team1up (talk) 12:43, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

See also: Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. — Athaenara ✉ 21:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Editing Michael Covel

→ in re: DuvWork (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I have made changes to Michael Covel in order to better fit the guidelines set forth by Misplaced Pages. It is not my intent to create useless pages on Misplaced Pages. I am new to Misplaced Pages and just learning they correct style of writing for this Encyclopedia.

The other pages referencing Michael W. Covel and Michael W Covel where supposed to be tests on Sandbox and not published. I still do not know how to delete articles (can you?) that you did not intend to show on Misplaced Pages. I think the Michael Covel article (only the one Michael Covel article) is relevant and would serve the Misplaced Pages Community as a reference/resource for economic perspective. Any advice on how to make the article as neutral as possible would be greatly appreciated. I also want to be clear that I do not have a close connection to Michael Covel or any of his associates/affiliates. I found the content I read in is books relevant enough to share with others. Thank you! DuvWork (talk) 04:33, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Your first article has some advice. — Athaenara ✉ 05:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Faulty Commons image transfer + deletion

→ in re: {{db-f8}} requests (local log)

Hello,

I recently tried to migrate seven images to Commons, but the CommonsHelper transfer did not work correctly. I believe there were two images which had multiple versions in their history, but in all cases, only the most recent version was actually migrated.

I was in the process of seeking support when you deleted one of the images in question: File:1882 Cornell University faculty.jpg

As I understand it, part of the deletion process is that the deleter is obligated to manually confirm that all data (including past versions of the image) have been transferred properly, so I was not expecting this to be an issue, or else I would have reverted the changes the script made to the Misplaced Pages version of the image page.

Can the Misplaced Pages version of the image page be restored?

Best, Notyourbroom (talk) 14:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

There were two relevant images deleted; one was deleted by you and the other by a different editor. That other editor did not at first understand what the problem was when I contacted him about it. Please forgive me if this is information you know already, but just to be sure we are on the same page, I will paste my explanation from the other conversation below. --Notyourbroom (talk) 15:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

"Please review this page, particularly items 8 and 9. Transferring the full image history is usually legally required by the most-used image licenses, and it's my understanding that transferring the full image history is considered "best practice" even when not a legal obligation." --Notyourbroom (talk) 15:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. — Athaenara ✉ 21:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! --Notyourbroom (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

If it's still giving you trouble, Captain-tucker might be a good one to ask (see here for example). — Athaenara ✉ 21:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

YTB

→ see also: Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 31#YourTravelBiz.com and user Copstead

Hello, I see that you once again deleted all the changes I made for YTB. Please do not delete since this is the correct information about the company.

1) The company is YTB not YourTravelBiz. The offical name of the company is YTB International, Inc.

2) The information that has been added to the page is negative attack information that has been added by YTB's competitors.

How can we display correct information if it is always deleted. Please help me since I want to have the correct information up there.

Thank you,

Brent Copstead —Preceding unsigned comment added by Copstead (talk • contribs) 00:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I posted {{Uw-coi}} information on your talk page regarding the conflict of interest guidelines.

Did you read any of the linked explanatory pages? — Athaenara ✉ 00:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

What has happened to my categories and edit history?

→ in re: {{db-f8}}, images uploaded by Pdfpdf, moved to commons and tagged {{NowCommons}} by GerardusS

It seems that somebody has uploaded a lot of my pictures to commons, and you have deleted the originals.
Because you have deleted the originals, the edit history has gone, so I can't find out what happened.
Further, I can't find out what was on the original pages.
But the most annoying thing is that ALL the categories have been removed, so I no longer can find my pictures!! And if/when I do, I'm going to have to manually add all the categories back in.
This sucks.
Who decides that a picture should be moved/copied to commons?
Why can it be moved without me being notified?
How can it be "F8" without me being informed and given the opportunity to say "hangon"?
Why is the category information destroyed?
And none of it is your fault - you just happen to be the only person who has left any traceable evidence! You have to laugh, don't you. I'm looking forward to you waving your magic wand and solving all these issues. (I mean, all admins have magic wands, don't they?) Failing that, I'm looking forward to your reply. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

This is why I format deletion summaries as I do: I don't want the original page creators to be left with no clue about what happened to their work and why. GFDL (that "irrevocably agree to release" stuff) applies here, but notification (and a magic wand ;-) would be cool. As far as I can see, the categories are visible in the upload summaries on the commons pages.

• J150W-statue-Dowie.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Florey-1.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Florey-2.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Lee.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Mitchell.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Mitchell2.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Napier.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-Oliphant.jpg (local logs)
• J150W-statue-RobbieBurns.jpg (local logs)

(Special:DeletedContributions/Pdfpdf is an additional record of upload summaries and other edits.)

I don't have answers to all of your questions, but Template talk:Db-meta and the administrators' noticeboard might be good places to raise the issues of procedure and consideration for uploaders who are not expecting deletion and are blindsided by the event. — Athaenara ✉ 01:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! All sorts of interesting & useful stuff!! (BTW: Clicking on Special:DeletedContributions/Pdfpdf results in "The action you have requested is limited to Administrators." for mere mortals like me.) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC) (Gee, that's really bad news about the magic wand ... )

galleries

I think it's a good idea for uploaders to put an image {{gallery}} on their user page or a subpage (e.g. User:Pdfpdf/Gallery in this case). What do you think? — Athaenara ✉ 00:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

As I did just that in December last year, I guess I must think it's a good idea! (User:Pdfpdf/Galleries)

(I also guess that it would be a good idea if I kept it up to date ... )

One thought: Stuff that is only licensed to appear on one specific page (e.g. images of album covers) could not also appear in the gallery.

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

On the other hand, we have "special" commands like this one.

However, galleries do have the advantage that you can annotate the gallery entries. It looks like there are pros and cons all over the place, and that's just from two of the possiblilities. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the deletions

→ in re: {{db-u1}} request (log) (log)

I appreciate your deleting those pages - it was mortifying having them around after the mistake until I learned how to ask for them to go away. Alice (talk) 22:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome. — Athaenara ✉ 22:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Field Emission Display edit issue was not resolved

→ in re: my removal of a dispute listed on WP:3O

Good morning; I am not sure how you deduced that my copposition to the bulk replacement of the page was resolved, but I assure you that it was not.OldZeb (talk) 07:06, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

OK, I restored it (diff). — Athaenara ✉ 07:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of JUMP - The IAESTE Training and Motivation Seminar

What do I have to change on the text in order to keep the page? All the infos written on it was from me. People in IAESTE often ask me what is JUMP? So why not having a info page about JUMP? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aekeller (talk • contribs) 19:54, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I posted {{Uw-coi}} information on your talk page regarding the conflict of interest guidelines.

Did you read any of the linked explanatory pages? — Athaenara ✉ 20:00, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Meanwhile I read the pages. Thanks for the infos. I already sent a mail to permissions-en for granting permission: Granting Misplaced Pages permission to copy material already online (JUMP - The IAESTE Motivation and Trainings Seminar)

Can you unlook the page, or do I have to go through the enire process? Aekeller (talk) 20:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest says

Don't create new articles
Don't create any new articles (or recreate any deleted articles) on any subject related to your conflict of interest. Similarly, don't create articles that discuss a company or group you are affiliated with. If no article exists and you believe one should, you can make a request for someone else to post one at Misplaced Pages:Requested articles. You may make a draft in your userspace (e.g. a page like User:yourname/yourcompany to mention in your request.

— Athaenara ✉ 02:00, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I read Misplaced Pages:Requested articles Please do not add new requests to this page. Instead, read the following. So, what should I do now... request or not? I am getting careful new. I do not want to screw up my reputation any more... Meanwhile I put the draft on my user page User:Aekeller/JUMP_-_The_IAESTE_Motivation_and_Training_Seminar. Under which categorie would it fit best?Aekeller (talk) 06:23, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I can only recommend the Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. — Athaenara ✉ 07:29, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Martinez & Caldwell again

Hi Athaenara. Even though the block on our Martinez & Caldwell vandal doesn't expire until June, I continue to monitor for it every day. Today I discovered that he hijacked the page Schnappi using 69.251.215.93 (talk). By the way, are you familiar with Deletionpedia? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Oy ... — Athaenara ✉ 20:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)