Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Russell Hantz (5th nomination)

How to get the little box with links to previous AfD discussions to show up

Does anyone know? Is there a template for it? It seems like it'd be useful here.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 22:10, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

@User:Alf.laylah.wa.laylah: Maybe u could try asking at the help desk :) Survivorfan1995 (talk) 22:15, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

I redid the nomination template, it's back now. Tarc (talk) 00:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Tarc. How did you do it?— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:01, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Just the normal Template:Afd2, and copied the nominator's rationale and sig into it. Not sure why it didn't work when he did it, it all looked normal. Tarc (talk) 01:26, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks!— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:31, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 19 April 2014

(1) As per WP:Ban, please revert [1].

(2) Please add "<s>" after the initial asterisk at this edit, and add
</s> <small>[WP:Ban, ~~~~~]</small>
at the end with edit comment "WP:Ban", or equivalent.

Unscintillating (talk) 21:07, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Note WP:BAN does not authorize retroactive strike out or deletion of a newly banned members edits or comments. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:35, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree with Ad Orientem about this and have (a) discussed it with Unscintillating before and (b) just now started a discussion here: User_talk:Unscintillating#Editing_closed_discussions_while_invoking_WP:BAN.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:46, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Not done: per the objections above. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 07:51, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

• @Mr. Stradivarius: What is there about the objections that is a reason not to do the edit request?  An administrator should have the working knowledge that on a talk page, strikeouts of the edits of the sockpuppet of a banned editor are routine; and by clicking on a couple of links, that the sockmaster is not a newly banned editor.  Why does our WP:Banning policy mean nothing?  If you need more information, the place to discuss is WT:Banning policy.  Unscintillating (talk) 01:34, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

• Why don't you wait until you get consensus at WT:Banning Policy? Is it so desperately important to make this edit, which a number of editors think is misguided, that you can't wait till there's a definitive answer in an ongoing conversation? Why don't you have an RfC or advertise the discussion in a wider venue so you can get a definitive answer? You certainly don't have one now, so why should anyone hurry up with this edit?— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:41, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

• It is not my job to figure out what it is about WP:Banning policy that you don't understand.  You've had plenty of opportunities to read the policy for yourself.  The place to raise issues is WT:Banning policy.  Unscintillating (talk) 01:57, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

• It is not my job to figure out what it is about WP:Consensus that you don't understand.  You've had plenty of opportunities to read the policy for yourself.  The place to raise issues is WT:Banning policy.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:15, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

• WP:Banning policy is a policy.  It states, "This page documents an English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that all editors must normally follow. Changes made to it should reflect consensus."  Unscintillating (talk) 23:54, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

• WP:Consensus is a policy.  It states, "This page documents an English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that all editors must normally follow. Changes made to it should reflect consensus."— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:21, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

• Why is a long-closed AfD's talk page still percolating up my watchlist? In the grand scheme of things, who really give a rat's backside what we strike or do not strike from a settled discussion involving socks on both sides? The article was rightly kept, as the subject more than satisfies the project's general notability guidelines. Leave it at that and move on, please. Tarc (talk) 00:26, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

• That's in room 12A.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:43, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

• This topic is still being discussed at WT:Banning policy#Banning enforcement.  FYI, Unscintillating (talk) 00:35, 21 May 2014 (UTC)