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See also:

  • File:OggDS0995.exe - Wikipedia should not be hosting executables. Not only are we not a mirror site, but I don't think that we want to be in the business of endorsing unknown executables.
  • Agreed. Also, the executable is built for a single platform (WIN32) and (IMHO) all Wikipedia objects should not have to rely on a single platform. Hence .jpg, .png, .ogg . A links page may be helpful to offer visitors locations to download suitable software to view files. F1lby
  • Micuparis does not survive the google test (I only found links to www.micuparis.net). Seems to be self promotion only by User:Bugmafia. -- mkrohn 09:55 Apr 1, 2003 (UTC)
I found two that didn't link to that site, but googling for Bucharest + "Little Paris" got 418 hits. It seems to be a legitmate nickname. Whether it merits an article is a seperate question. --Infrogmation 18:58 Apr 2, 2003 (UTC)
I checked the two links you mentioned and they seem to be the name of some city guide. Apart from that and the selfpromotion of User:Bugmafia there is no mention of "micuparis" at all, not even a single hit on google groups! Please don't get me wrong: I like the current version and find it interesting but would feel better if this material is integrated into the article about Romania. At the moment we don't have any evidence that this word is used at all, therefore I suggest deleting the article. -- mkrohn 22:28 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • List of people named Fred. -- goatasaur
    • Hear, hear. This sort of rubbish gives wiki a bad name. We really have gone overboard with pointless ridiculous lists lately. What next [[Lists of Left Handed People From Montana with a Nose Piercing]] STÓD/ÉÍRE 00:26 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)
    • It's a bit like (a portion of) Biographical Listing/F, except that it is by first name. It can be useful for people who are at least as well known by their first name as by their last. And the usefulness of such lists have increased since the search facility of wikipedia is often disabled. However, I deleted names without any info about the person (neither in the list nor through a link) - Patrick 15:57 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)
  • Hail to the Thief and St. Anger
    • Both seem to be by User:Michael who is banned. Speculation about albums not yet released. No real info in either article (neither could there be seeing as they're not out yet). And the dates look wrong as well (June 10 is a Tuesday). --Camembert
      • Hail to the Thief is Radiohead's new album [1]. St. Anger is Metallica's newest album, which is (I think) a live album due to be released on DVD also [2]. -- goatasaur
      • I know that, but neither of them are out yet. They might not come out for months after their due date, or change names before being released, or even not appear at all. There is also Chinese Democrazy, which I would also like deleted. --Camembert
  • Bauska
    • Possible copyvio. --mav 09:04 Apr 4, 2003 (UTC)
  • Petri Gerdt - A suspected criminal in Helsinki, does this warrant inclusion? -- Notheruser 22:08 Apr 4, 2003 (UTC)
    • Yes. As long as the article is neutral and the facts can be verified. This seems to be the case. -- JeLuF 08:22 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
    • I agree that the page is a valid one, but I do feel that it might be too much 'balkanisation'. I think it would be an improvement to merge the text on this page into Myyrmanni bombing, and change this page into a redirect to that one. Andre Engels 10:56 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Who is who of the Taliban was moved to Taliban members. I don't see any reason to keep that page as a redirect due to the title's wording. -- Notheruser 22:23 Apr 4, 2003 (UTC)
    • people might have linked to it, bookmarked it, etc. Also, it improves google-searching. It costs nothing to leave these redirects.
  • Heisei emperor - The title of this redirect is rude, for in current convention the era name will be used as his posthumous name. Nanshu 02:17 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
  • Brg StaySafe - poorly written and a google search failed to return any hits (besides wikipedia and acapedia). -- Notheruser 03:46 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
just check the software webiste that still has yet to provide an English version. The poorly written page is being rewritten on Wangame Studios based on info from the Chinese version. The title Brg StaySafe cannot be found anywhere on the site and should be removed from wiki unless the original poster provides a proper title naming. kt2
  • About the Rectum page: The correct word is rectrum. Rectum is a latin term used with mathematical concepts - eg latis rectum. Should this vitally important page come out? Arno 02:31 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
Not so, rectum is correct. Just as latis rectum = straight side, the English meaning of rectum comes from "rectum intestinum" = straight intestine -- Someone else 08:08 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)
  • 9Jack9 - redirect to (nearly unused) user page; no pages link here -- Infrogmation 18:12 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)
    • One of the many leftovers of the old wikipedia software. They are there for compatibility. Keep it. It won't be fair to keep Zoe and Ed Poor etc and delete some "smaller" contributors. -- JeLuF 20:55 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
  • Mare - created by me, too quicly. -- looxix 21:10 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)
  • Maria - created by me, too quicly. -- looxix 21:10 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)
  • CGSR - possible copyright violation -- John Owens 20:11 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
  • Suppes speculation (and Suppes Speculation): this is odd hypothetical physics, by someone who admits it hasn't been published anywhere except the Wikipedia. Vicki Rosenzweig 22:14 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
  • I'm not sure, but I think autodynamics might fit into the same category. Any "real" physicists familiar with this particular relativity alternative? -- John Owens 13:42 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Florian_Weissbach
    • please delete. Silly joke page. Not appropriate to FW nor wikipedia.
  • Images of Rachel Corrie
    • It was on here a while ago and removed unilaterally. The shrine still exists, the hagiography continues, and it's tiresome. Vote to delete. Danny 11:25 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
      • I vote to delete as well, we have a biography already. -◈¡◈
    • Again, detailed talk at Talk:Images of Rachel Corrie
    • According to our policy, if this page is deemed to be unnecessary it should be redirected to Rachel Corrie rather than deleted. Martin 11:32 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • The issue isn't the current name, it is the actual existence of this POV shrine. No renaming will solve that issue.
    • It would really help if we avoided rehashing the same arguments if people discussed this at Talk:Images of Rachel Corrie rather than cluttering up this page with the debate.
    • Actually, whenever that is done, the page mysteriously disappears of the Votes for deletion page and so nothing happens. We have discussed the issue to death there and still this page lingers on. So leave it here and please please make a decision to get rid of this nonsensical POV shrine. STÓD/ÉÍRE 21:17 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • This page is now a redirect to Rachel Corrie so it is no longer the rather cringe-inducing shrine it once was. STÓD/ÉÍRE 01:13 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • Nothing mysterious - I removed it before because this page is called votes for deletion, not votes for redirection. Martin
  • Adaptation. (Notice period within page name.)
    • Text exists within Adaptation. Seems to have been a typo when creating the page. Jketola 18:30 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • so redirect it.
  • Photometry - errorneously created by me -- looxix 21:09 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • I made it into a stub; perhaps you can add to it? -- Notheruser 23:04 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • I decrease its stubiness factor a bit more. -- looxix 23:57 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
  • Oliver Lawson - Nonsense article -- RTC 20:34 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • Oliver Lawson - It could be about a fictional character, in which case that should be made clear; or it could be someone's way of anonymously mocking a friend, cow-orker, or whatever. -- John Owens 22:28 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • It was created by a person (217.39.18.16) that vandalized Baghdad airport and after that was reverted, it now is linked to by nothing. -- RTC 07:09 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • George Washington/List of albums - from repeatedly banned user Michael/Weezer/George Washington -- Infrogmation 23:53 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
    • You are the weakest and by far the most annoying link, Michael. Goodbye. STÓD/ÉÍRE 01:13 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • On the other hand, it's kind of handy to have a list available to us of which articles are going to need to be repaired next. <g> -- John Owens 05:55 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • and Samane Vignaket as well, posted from same IP and taken from same web server andy 07:50 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Lonnie Frisbee needs either some serious NPOV work, or deletion. Having never heard of this (alleged) person, it's hard to tell which. But it can't stay as is, either way. -- John Owens 05:52 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • Google search seems to indicate this is a real person. Nevertheless, I still think that deleting is not a bad idea, since NPOVing will mean 'rewriting' in this case anyway, so it's even less useful than a copyright violation. Andre Engels 10:56 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Similarly Critique of Dialectical Reason, about Georg Hegel's work, even though he couldn't be bothered to link to Hegel. :p Very POV, basically says it's a piece of crap, and any such critique should probably just go on the Hegel article anyway, or perhaps dialectical reason. -- John Owens 20:40 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Fungible article content is A fungible is a tradable commodity. Which is incorrect. Unless someone wants to write about the history of the concept of fungibility from a legal aspect, the term really is not a candidate for an encyclopedia article. Jordan Langelier 15:02 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • Now redirects to a proper stub. It certainly is an interesting topic due to controversy over its merits, particularily when applied to foods. Mkweise 22:57 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)


  • Laurent: created with a badly choosen name, now moved and disambiguated. -- looxix 19:17 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Astrid: created with a badly choosen name, now moved and disambiguated. -- looxix 19:17 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
  • Elaine: Created with a badly chosen name - moved to a more sensible location Elaine Benes - delete this page - don't think it should re-direct to Elaine Benes as the name/word "Elaine" is simply too generic to be specifically about one sit-com character, or any one entry for that matter Tompagenet 21:20 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • A redirect would indeed be bad. I created a disambiguation page for Elaine, which seems reasonable.
  • poaching (Why?) would appear to be a waste of space - the article is badly written, and any discussion of the reasons or ethics of poaching should be under the poaching article Tompagenet 13:01 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • Image:Persepolis.jpg was labeled "With permission, only for personal usage from traveladventures"; I don't think Wikipedia counts as "personal usage", does it? Boilerplate in place. -- John Owens 21:54 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • Revenge, contain just "Arguably, a basis of morality". -- looxix 22:32 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • 'zine - nothing links to it; shoudld be deleted. Zine already exists (which is fine), and redirects to Fanzine. Kingturtle 04:41 Apr 11, 2003 (UTC)
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