User talk:Zeke pbuh
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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!
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Don't forget Hanlon's Razor 07:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about reverting overtop your edits in Scientology earlier. Wiki doesn't have a safety feature (as with edits) to detect and warn about changes by other users during reverts. I try to get in and revert quickly, but during the window when I was doing that, your edit was saved then squashed seconds later. Oops! AndroidCat 17:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nominations
I see that you tried to nominate ScientologY for deletion. The nomination was not complete, however. I've tagged this particular article for speedy deletion, but for future reference, you can go to WP:AFD for information on the deletion policy and how to nominate an article for deletion. For quick reference, you can view Template:AfD in 3 steps for an easy walkthrough of the 3 steps required to make a complete nomination. --Icarus 07:21, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Just a couple of notes
Hi, while your contributions to Scientology articles are much appreciated, there are some things that you should know about:
- Categorization. You've categorized a number of articles with the category tag
[[Category:Scientology|*]], such as Sonny Bono. The general rule on categorization is that an article which is already in a sub-category doesn't need to be in a parent category as well. Sonny Bono was already in Category:Scientologists, so there isn't a need to add him to Category:Scientology as well. There are some exceptions to the rule, but it may be better to wait until you've got more experience to tackle those. Also, the use of "*" in a category tag has a special meaning in Wikipedia convention. If a category tag contains a pipe symbol (the "|") after the category name, whatever is after the pipe symbol becomes the sorting tag for the article in that category. Thus,[[Category:Scientologists|Bono, Sonny]]would make sure that Sonny Bono shows up on the category page for Category:Scientologists and make sure he shows up in the "B"s. Using a "*" for the sorting tag means the article will go in a special section before all other articles in the category. As you can imagine, an article should only receive that sorting tag if it has a very special relationship to the category (such as Scientology has with Category:Scientology, for example, or as List of Scientologists has with Category:Scientologists.) Otherwise, it should usually be sorted under the article title -- exceptions would be people, who are generally sorted by their last names first (hence why "Bono, Sonny") and articles whose titles incorporate part of the category name (hence why articles in the form "Scientology and X" usually have "X, Scientology and" as their sorting tag.) - CamelCase redirects. You might notice articles with names like "ScientologY" and "DianeticS" -- in fact, I know you noticed one, because you marked it for deletion. Your reason for deletion indicated that you thought it existed in case of accidental misspelling. Actually, it dates back to a time when all article titles on Wikipedia had to be CamelCase. When the software had improved and this limitation was no longer in place, these articles became redirects -- but that doesn't always mean they can simply be eliminated. Sometimes a redirect contains history that must be retained in order for Wikipedia to comply with the GFDL. In general, it's rarely necessary to remove redirects, even "useless" ones; they're cheap both in terms of server space and the load on the server of returning the page redirected to. It's only necessary to remove a redirect when it's actively harmful in some way. You might want to look at WP:RfD to get a better sense of the process. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:38, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Living in Nashville?
Judging by some of your contributions, it looks like you live in Nashville. If so, add your name to the list: User:RockOfVictory#Users around Nashville. --J. J. 15:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] John Edwards
Hi,
You deleted some text from the J.E. page today, I was wondering if you'd be a bit more forthcoming about why. The article itself mentioned the test, critique of the test, and I believe a rebuttal. Seems valid to include, I'll look up the refs when I have the time, but I'm a bit uncomfortable with wholesale removal. Thanks, WLU 19:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] My response
Hi. I deleted a few poorly written lines mentioning a poorly framed "test" by a "researcher" with a vested interest in "proving" psychic abilities exist, and sound arguments debunking the "tests" as not valid. If bad testing and the repeated debunking of bad testing is worthy of inclusion (which sometimes is the case), the bad tests should not be referenced as potentially valid. zeke_pbuh
I'll look into the references and get back to you.WLU 23:20, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
