User talk:Horatio Snickers/Archive 1

Hello Horatio Snickers, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

A tag has been placed on Cabbagehead, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

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Wikipedia reference desks are intended to provide answers to questions, not as a forum for self-indulgent trolling. Consequently, since you have taken it upon yourself to engage in a blatant trolling attempt with this edit [1], I have deleted it. And a word of advice - don't kick up a fuss about it, as it is certain to rebound on you if you do. People who do nothing whatsoever of any benefit towards improving Wikipedia, but instead waste our time with inane questions, and then announce the they are intending on proposing themselves for "candidacy for the Wikimedia Foundation Board" are unlikely to win any sympathy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:04, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Andy,

Thank you for your message. Whilst I am sure you have acted in the best of intentions, I have to disagree with you for your actions. What is the point of a Reference Desk if you do not allow people to ask questions? Also, I would very much dispute that my question was an attempt to "troll" the reference desk. The question you removed was a genuine enquiry, following on from my previous question about the system that runs this encyclopedia. Do you not consider this to be a real question somehow? The fact remains that a) it is possible that any editor may put a statement on an article on this encyclopedia that contains misleading, false or libelous information, b) that the person whom the information is about may consider themselves to be libelled or defamed by that information, and c) they may question who is responsible under law for the publication of that information on the internet. Please do let me know if any of these facts are demonstrably false.

As I am interested in the governance of Wikipedia (and please do not take my intention to run for the WMF board next year lightly - it remains my long term goal) - I felt that the reference desk was a reasonable place to ask such a question, and to hopefully receive useful information and/or links to places where this is discussed, not to be 'reverted' as taking part in 'self-indulgent trolling'.

I understand you may have misunderstood my intentions, but I ask you to please reconsider your actions in this case, and either restore my question to the reference desk, or direct me towards a more suitable forum to make such an enquiry. I for one would find the Reference Desk a more welcoming place without a group of editors who seem to relish leaping on genuine questions, making silly jokes and/or removing the questions because they personally do not like them. If this is supposed to be an encyclopedia where anyone can make a contribution, surely the removal of a genuine question should be a matter of consensus rather than the whim of one person.

I look forward to your response.

Horatio Snickers (talk) 11:39, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I stand by my actions, and have nothing further to say on the subject. AndyTheGrump (talk) 12:48, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't pull this again unless you want to be reported to ANI for personal attacks. μηδείς (talk) 03:38, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Users who create or add such material will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you.

Personally, I'd dispute whether that actually constituted a personal attack - by my definition of 'threat', I'd imagine preferring one of two options regarding a public figure constitutes speculation rather than a genuine wish for that person to be hanged from the neck until dead. And I hardly think you're the ideal person to lecture me on making flippant remarks on the reference desk! Did you see I found the article you were looking for, by the way? Horatio Snickers (talk) 11:10, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Mangoe (talk) 21:44, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Horatio Snickers,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Glass jar for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. VI-007 (talk) 20:52, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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