User talk:ArchStanton69

Problem with John West Kinney? It's a biography. Please explain. Steve Kinney

That was Morty himself. Cool, huh?Ollie the Magic Skater 01:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, cool! Just too bad that there is no page on me on Wiki that I can edit. Cheers, ArchStanton 18:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

{nonsense} and {db-nonsense} are exactly equivalent. In fact, I think one is just a redirect to the other, so there's no need to modify the tag. Fan-1967 16:28, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for letting me know.

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It is always nice to see new folks active on Wikipedia. I used the standard welcome since I see no one took the trouble to say hi when you joined a few months back. You know much of that, but...

It is, however, quite rare for someone to enter Wikipedia with:

• 226 total edits as of this entry (per ArchStanton69 (talk • contribs • non-automated contribs • wikichecker • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email))
• Few original contributions
• Greatest contributions to pop culture articles like Susanna and the Magical Orchestra which have little lasting merit.
• Most of ones time on Wikipedia spent in AfD.

and to start off one’s Wikipedia career with a campaign to delete articles that are borderline on meeting the Wikipedia:Notability (people) guidelines. Your prod ( {{dated prod|concern = {{{concern|reason Not notable, his publications are in Norwegian only, and are local history books for 4 Norwegian muncipalities}}}|month = January|day = 11|year = 2007|time = 16:39|timestamp = 20070111163949}}) on Arnfinn Kjelland is rather unusual.

I do strongly appreciate your notifying me; very much the civilized and right thing to do.

I don't intend to delete/contest your prod on the Arnfinn article. You're partially right, of course, the Kjelland article is not in the same class as the Churchill article & never will be. But I would suggest he easily meets the Wikipedia:Notability (people) (“the individual is more well known and more published than an average college professor”); I live on another continent, have never met the man, and am aware of his work. I've read enough of his work on historic Norwegian property law to consider him noteworthy enough to add to Wikipedia)—but if the article goes, it goes. He is a legitimate & serious author in an area of growing historic interest to a subset of the population (but all history is only of interest to a subset of the population).

Wikipedia is a relational database which can handle a large number of articles. Over the past 2 years the number has much more than doubled. The topics covered become ever more detailed. My bet is that we delete Arnfinn Kjelland today, in another two years we'll have Arnfinn Kjelland back.

I’d suggest that you refrain from working further AfD nominations (except for obvious trash which you've clearly helped with) until you’ve created some serious articles. Then you will be more than welcome to clean out other’s contributions.

Look forward to seeing more of your work! Skål - Williamborg (Bill) 05:59, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for expressing myself such that you felt patronized. Comments on your thoughtful and intelligent comments follow:

• Appreciate your reminding me that I can remove prods (I felt just a bit patronized by that observation myself, since I have removed a couple of prods over the years, but never on articles I initiated). As stated above, I do not intend to delete your prod on the Arnfinn article. If you elect to leave it and the admin who responds when the prod times-out elects to delete Arnfinn, so be it.
• Yes I may have overreacted. I have spent enough time in AfD space myself to recognize marketing, do not write promotional pieces for anyone, and felt offended that my material should have come across as a promotional piece. But if you felt it reads as promotional, I accept that I need to improve my work.
• My calling your adding a few prods a "campaign" was indeed harsh and judgemental. You're obviously intelligent and capable, so I should have assumed good faith. Please accept my apology for harsh wording.
• I am particularly heartened that you will broaden your focus to include increasing the number of articles on notable Norwegian people, with inclusion of Norwegian writers. If you checked my contributions and noted I've originated over a dozen of these articles (usually by poorly translating articles from the Norwegian Wiki), I appreciate your research and thoughtful comment. If you did it instinctively, since this is an area that (in my opinion) is worthy of improvement, that is even better. I sincerely welcome any efforts there.
• And as to "pop culture", I rather apologize for my lopsided view. I am old enough to have seen Bob Dylan in Dinkytown. In his generation there were hundreds & hundreds of other pop rock groups who would probably have been added to Wikipedia by the fans of that day if Wikipedia had existed then. And most of those groups have totally vanished, deservedly so. So yes, I do think there is a lot of Fancruft amongst that subset of Wiki articles. Early on I considered starting my own campaign to cull the weaker of these, but concluded that Wikipedia is a relational database with lots of space & Wikipedia would be better off if I let folks who contribute to popular culture police their own turf while I focused on adding material in areas that interest me.

It is a pleasure seeing you here in Wikipedia. Pleased that you didn't let a cranky, surly, crusty, old curmudgeon drive you away. Happy editing - Williamborg (Bill) 01:28, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AFD now opened at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arnfinn Kjelland. GRBerry 15:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you followed the process you are aware that the concensus agreed with your call—Arnfinn Kjelland has been deleted. Properly called & well done. Thanks for your patience and forebearance - Williamborg (Bill) 00:48, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wasnt sure how to post a message to you. WHY DO YOU KEEP DELETING THE PAGE I AM CREATEING ON TONY STONEM???????????? my user name is KevGGrif — Preceding unsigned comment added by KevGGrif (talk • contribs)

Something funny about your username.... in Horrible Histories Wicked Words book there's a page with "ARCH STANTON WANTED FOR SPELLING 'COLOR' WITH A 'U' "

Oh well, if it makes Clint Eastwood's westerns cooler with the younger generation....

BTW, keep the good work up.... --sunstar net^talk 13:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I saw you made an edit about Nesset. You claim he has changed his name and is prbably with the Salvation Army. That may well be, but have you found any evidence to support it? I too am a Norwegian. The Norwegian page doesn't mention this and I haven't seen any remarks about it in the press. --Teodor605 10:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! I too share you rlove of spaghetti westerns check out my extensive work on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -I added the cast section and all the images and also started articles on all the actors e.g Lorenzo Robledo , Antonio Casale (a.k.a Bill Carson , Enzo Petito and Antonio Casas recognize them? Please could you help me by returning the favour in translating Aage Samuelsen. It would mean a lot to me. THanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 12:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot mate great I really appreciate it. It is an extreme coincindence but as I got the message I had just edited The Good the Bad and the Ugly adding the Italy cinema tag!! Cheers mate. Bill Carson. "A aawn off little runt like Tuco"!!! Thanks!