User talk:Msaikens

Deleting pages
Before you take action for the deletion of a pages it is the best practice to engage local editors first if possible and then if no consensus is possible start a request for deletion. See Deletion policy for more information. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 22:36, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

RfD and delete tag
If you wish to end the RfD you can close it (any user can close RfDs). You should not tag the page for deletion with the RfD still open. (I have reversed the new tag}. I agree with your conclusion for the RfD. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 02:18, 25 February 2012 (UTC)


 * See User_talk:QuiteUnusual. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 04:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually that's not true, the deletion policy is clear that only admins can close RFDs, my earlier comments were misleading QU TalkQu 19:57, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Issue in you signature
The link to your talk page in your signature is not right. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 04:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll fix it within a few days...if I can find it... --Msaikens

Closing RfD discussions
Please see the RFD section of the deletion policy. One week after the last comment if participants have mostly reached consensus about what to do, action will be taken by an administrator. This is followed later by Administrators necessarily must use their best judgment, attempting to be as impartial as is possible for a fallible human, to determine when rough consensus has been reached. These two sections make it clear that the policy is for administrators to perform RfD closures. For this reasons I've reverted the two you've closed. I'm sure you did them in good faith but, in practical terms as well as policy ones, there' no point in you closing decisions as "delete" because you can't delete the book.

Also I'm not trying to be funny or clever with this question, it's an honest one - how much of the content on Wikibooks have you read? The reason I'm asking is you are a new contributor which may mean you haven't read very much of the material here (of course you may be a long time reader, which is why I'm asking). The norms around content are very different on Wikibooks to, say, Wikipedia and the strong emphasis on avoiding "advertising" that Wikipedia has don't exist here. This isn't a very deletionist project either and it's unusual to have someone new begin to contribute and have their focus so strongly on deletion. Just wondered if maybe it was unfamiliarity with the project. QU TalkQu 19:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I've replied to your reply on my talk page. Thanks for taking the time to reply - QU TalkQu 15:16, 19 March 2012 (UTC)