User talk:Tone - Wikipedia

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• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
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Hey, just wanted to pop over to discuss the JEJ blurb discussion closure. I understand, as an admin, it's within your discretion to rule that consensus will not form as you please, but I really can't help but think this just doesn't make any sense. From a quick look, there seem to have been 32 supports versus 15 opposes, and while I know we don't operate off a direct vote, I feel like closing a discussion with a better than 2:1 support:oppose ratio within 48 hours simply is way too prematurely quite frankly looks like a supervote. Not alleging intentional malfeasance or anything here, but I really think this discussion deserved more run. Thanks. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Feel free to reopen if you believe a strong consensus can be reached, no hard feelings on my side :) Tone 06:59, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Pats2017 (talk) 16:16, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

• It was a good close. It’s just a shame StarWars fanboys insist that everyone connected to the film needs a blurb. Some of those support rationales are just woeful, which puts the 32 support votes into much clearer context. - SchroCat (talk) 21:12, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  There's no shame in pride. From the outside, looking in, sure, it can make one shake one's head. But once you're in (in any in-group), you're in it to win it. As a guy who hasn't watched Star Wars and sometimes feels weird about what he has seen, yeah, "a bit much". Kudos to them for trying, good close notwithstanding. The "real shame" (in my eye) is how we all tend to wait till our supposed heroes and legends have died before trying to give them props and screen time. I like Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara, personally. In "a perfect world", a recent movie about the recently deceased could have gone down as a newsworthy lifeline. C'est la vie, though, whatever happened happens. It was a pleasure (no sarcasm intended) reading that emotive dialogue about supervotes between you and Pats2017. Hope it's productive, and cheers all around. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Just realized you're all talking about the first close and I'm talking about the last one. I don't think it really matters, now. But yeah, in hindsight, the first one wasn't quite good enough to stay closed. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:44, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hey Tone,

My name is Mark Bland and I'm a pro-wrestler from St. Louis that is going into the St. Louis Indepedent Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. A couple of friends noted I should be featured on Wikipedia. I told them I was at one time. When they went to try and figure it out, they said the page was deleted years ago. They showed me the stuff and it had a link to talk to who deleted the page.

I read on your profile if you are curious what was up or think it was done improperly, shoot you a message on your page and lets talk. So I am reaching out personally to find out what happened and if there is any way to fix it.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing from you. s968339 (talk) 19:35, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I checked the history of Mark Bland and I see it was deleted in 2005 (wow, that's a long time ago). I bet things have changed since and it is time for reassessment. Ideally, bios are not written by individuals themselves but by someone else. I suggest the article is first written in the WP:Draft space and then evaluated, if all checks, it can be moved to the main space. Hope that helps :) Tone 19:58, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply