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MfD headings level

I would still like to see these changed, so could you please comment on the talk page. Thanks, MrKIA11 (talk) 20:16, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

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I know how and where to archives the closed discussion (to the mfd archive) but when do I archive them? Rather, how long do we keep the closed out mfd's under the closed discussion section before taking them to the archive? Should I leave 5 there, and archive the rest? — MaggotSyn 11:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

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thanks again Xaosflux, you are wonderful! you have my vote for anything. Inclusionist (talk) 09:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

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Typo?

m:Meta:Administrators/confirm#Dbl2010 Kylu (talk) 05:34, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

(your reply: on meta)
It looks like someone else fixed the typo[1]. You had {{remote}} instead of {{remove}}[2], hence me note. I'm not much fond of others changing people's votes, even for obvious typoes, and was just letting you know. Thanks for participating, by the way! :) Kylu (talk) 02:20, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Make a page

I have nominated Make a page (|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. MBisanz talk 02:39, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

User:Cenarium/Protected templates

Yes, I've been thinking to propose it for inclusion in Wikipedia space for a time. I'm yet to decide how to propose it though. Other admins already use similar pages, for example see User:Hersfold/Lockbox, User:Ameliorate!/DYKlock... As I said there, I'd support a centralized page in Wikipedia space. Cenarium Talk 04:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for defending my talkpage from the 4chan morons, it hasnt gone unnoticed. The reason I dont want my talk page protected is because of moral principals. Looks like they got bored.....for now. Thanks again !   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 10:42, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

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As this page is CURRENTLY up on RFD, I've reversed the deletion, and delisted it as a speedy deletion candidate. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion#Make_a_page_.E2.86.92_Wikipedia:Sandbox for the ongoing discussion. Thank you, — xaosflux Talk 15:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

 ???

Why you give me a welcoming, even after I been editing for 2 years? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolman1250 (talkcontribs) 22:14, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

See reply on your talk. — xaosflux Talk 01:28, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

CSD image tags

I rechecked "Raptures End Cover 001.jpg" and i still see nothing. When I try to view it directly I get the error: The image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Raptures_End_Cover_001.jpg" cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

I checked some of the others and I am not sure what the issue was/is as they are clearly duplicates. In the past I have marked the unused ones for CSD and been told I have to mark to lower resolution ones for CSD, not the unused ones, which I what I did in these cases. To be clear are you asking I go back and retag the unused images, even if they are higher resolution? Soundvisions1 (talk) 14:33, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Block Q

Hello, Xaosflux! Re: AIV report. The IP was blocked, but not the registered user Mywebsearch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). Wasn't sure if you saw that or not. Rgrds. --Tombstone (talk) 15:01, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Category:Ballets by Arthur Sullivan

I think that your deletion (without discussion or notice) Category:Ballets by Arthur Sullivan was a bit hasty; please see User talk:Shoemaker's Holiday#Category:Ballets by Arthur Sullivan and restore the category until the matter has been resolved. — Robert Greer (talk) 23:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

replied on your talk. — xaosflux Talk 12:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

MfD Problem

Hi, Xaosflux! You recently closed the discussion Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Joelporter with the result being "Speedy Keep per WP:BITE". However, there has been a mistake on our part, as User:Dravecky pointed out to me. The page was created on 1st November 2007, and not 2008. We had !voted on keeping the page, thinking that it was created only a few minuted ago. I guess you can't delete it now without another discussion, so I'm re-nominating it for deletion. Chamal talk 14:47, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I think I messed it up big. Thanks for fixing it.

Chamal talk 14:59, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Apologies

I accidentally reverted a page that you were deleting, thinking it was vandalism. Accept my apologies (I'M NOT WORTHY!) Mononomic (talk) 01:46, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

np, replied on your talk. — xaosflux Talk 01:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Concordia

You closed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Concordia and it says that WP:CCD and WP:CONCORD were deleted. Actually, they remain as redirects to the historical main Concordia page. The MfD page says "Don't change." Is it nonetheless okay to make this minor correction? If it makes any difference, the CCD shortcut is used in hundreds of pages; the longer one in just a few. Matchups 02:57, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

replied on your talk. — xaosflux Talk 03:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: MFD for StSFD

Hi X - thanks for closing the SfD/WSSP deletion page. Thought I'd better point out though that one of the changes you made actually repeated information already on the page (have a look at the fifth item in the "what this page is not for" section). Perhaps refactoring the two lines together somehow...? Grutness...wha? 04:42, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

replied on your talk. — xaosflux Talk 05:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Yup - that looks better - I've also moved it to the top of that "not for" section so it's a little more prominent. Cheers. Grutness...wha? 09:54, 4 November 2008 (UTC)



Editor Assistance Request

Dear xaosflux,

We are attempting to create a Wikipedia Page for Lou Stanasolovich who is founder, CEO and President of Legend Financial Advisors, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA. Our company Web site is www.legend-financial.com. We are having difficulty once we have created the page, it is being deleted and we are not sure what we are doing wrong. We are putting in descriptive content that uses a neutral point of view and we believe we are complying with Wikipedia's editorial guidelines. We are primarily seeking to post factual biopgraphical information about Mr. Stanasolovich. Mr. Stanasolovich is a highly regarded and an extremely accomplished financial advisory professional who is frequently sought after by the national media and industry conferences to speak about various topics. Our goal is to create a short, factual Wiki about him as his name is often searched upon in search engines due to the media recognition he receives. We have noticed that a friend of ours in the financial advisory profession, Harold Evensky has successfully built a Wiki article and we were attempting to model Lou's after his but it still got deleted. Could you please advise us as to how we can mold the content a certain way in order to create and sustain the article? Also, is there a Wiki customer service contact person we could speak with directly by telephone if we continue to experience problems? We are excited about being part of the Wikipedia community to provide objective information about one of the most prominent figures in the financial advisory profession. Please advise.

Best Regards, --LFA061807 (talk) 14:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk, — xaosflux Talk 01:36, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

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Please do not delete the Yip Pin Xiu article

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