User talk:Kallahan

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Kallahan, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Kralizec! (talk) 21:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Eric Violette

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[edit] Apology

I would like to apologize for the unfriendly welcome I have given you. When several newly registered editors jumped into the Super Duper Tuesday merge debate, I failed to assume good faith and unfortunately jumped to conclusions. As an admin, I should know better and am sorry you were bitten.

While I understand if you feel otherwise, I hope you believe me when I say that my speedy deletion nomination of the Eric Violette article had nothing to do with our Super Tuesday disagreement. As new Wikipedia users are more likely to create questionable content, I normally review and "clean up" the contributions of new editors as I run into them. I am sorry for any appearance of impropriety on my part, as that was never my intention. Regardless, as a member of Cat:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles, I am more than willing to get you a copy of the article if you wish to recreate a WP:NOTE-compliant version with sources and citations.

Thank you for your time, and sorry again for starting things out on the wrong foot. --Kralizec! (talk) 21:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please considering warning vandals after reverting them

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Super Tuesday (2008): You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. --Kralizec! (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

While many anonymous editors really are just testing, too many are vandals, and in my opinion, vandalism is the most insidious threat to Wikipedia. In the case of persistent or repeat vandals, the only way to effectively protect the project is have the editor's IP address blocked, and the only way to have a vandal blocked is after an escalating series of warnings. In the case of 63.226.41.164 (talk · contribs), I went ahead and issued an {{uw-error1}} warning after you reverted their edit to Super Tuesday (2008). Thanks for your help in fighting vandalism, Kralizec! (talk) 18:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Delegate estimation table

There currently is a discussion for removing the table on the talk page, so the removal was not done out of the blue. If you think more discussion is needed, feel free to leave your opinion. The discussion is here Talk:Opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008#Table for 15% threshold. Leebo T/C 07:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Super Tuesday

I agree completely with your sentiment [1] on Super Tuesday. However only administrators can protect articles, so I went ahead and semi-protected it until the day after the election. --Kralizec! (talk) 14:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Results table

Nice work on the results table you added [2] to the Super Tuesday (2008) article! The table added by Ericl back in July [3] was ok, but I could never figure out how to make it "better" short of just copy-and-pasting individual lines out of Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 and Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008. Your solution looks great! Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 02:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Er ... did you mean to remove West Virginia [4]? --Kralizec! (talk) 19:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Overly exuberant deletions are not idiotic, they are just ... bigger than we intended! However if you want really stupid, you should check out some of my recent blunders! --Kralizec! (talk) 19:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of projects supported by George Soros

I have nominated List of projects supported by George Soros, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of projects supported by George Soros. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mønobi 01:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Super Tuesday II, 2008

I just created the Super Tuesday II, 2008 article. If you could look it over with your expert eye, I would be most appreciative. Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 22:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Texas primary

Thanks for your comments at Talk:Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008. I'm trying to move us quickly toward consensus on the Texas issue. Please vote here: Talk:Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008#Moving Toward Consensus. Thanks! Northwesterner1 (talk) 08:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] McHenry Article

Please provide the reason why you feel it necessary to remove factual, sourced information from the McHenry page- it seems you have some reason to be concerned with it. --152.17.138.92 (talk) 18:21, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Super Tuesday III, 2008

If you could cast your expert eye over the newly created Super Tuesday III, 2008 article, I would appreciate it. --Kralizec! (talk) 16:09, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Super Tuesday II, 2004

Er ... perhaps my understanding of the dates is wrong, but since Mini-Tuesday was held on February 3 and the main Super Tuesday event was in March ... then Super Tuesday II, 2004 was actually that year's March Super Tuesday election? --Kralizec! (talk) 22:38, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discover the Networks

David Horowitz's right-wing political polemic site is flagrantly biased, agenda-driven and not a reliable source for anything other than its own opinions. Do not reinsert its citations. FCYTravis (talk) 01:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Do not revert material which has been removed because it is not cited to a reliable source. Doing so is a violation of our verifiability policy and may lead to your being blocked. FCYTravis (talk) 02:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I reverted again because... that was the last good version. I did not realise that you reverted me twice on the article - first to the totally stripped version then to the unacceptable version. I simply undid your last edit - which took the article back to the totally stripped version that you edited in. The version now existing contains reliable sources, and is thus, of course, acceptable and useful. FCYTravis (talk) 02:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I left a comment at talk page of List of projects supported by George Soros. You can ask an advice at the notice board or find other sources.Biophys (talk) 17:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Please see this discussion, and you are welcome to participate there. I would recommend to cite some alternative sources if possible.Biophys (talk) 01:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
  • What the guys above said. Being cited is not a magic talisman, especially if the purported source is polemical. See WP:ONUS. Guy (Help!) 11:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)