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I remember playing that game but I sure have had a heck of a time trying to find it. It was probably on a Reasonable Solutions "Graphic-Less Games" disk. Sarsaparilla (talk) 22:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I may still have that game somewhere, on a 5 1/4" disk! If I find it, I'll post it on the Internet. It must have been shareware or freeware. Sarsaparilla (talk) 22:03, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

if it was in fact an important game (as stated in the article), than there should be some information out there. Perhaps the title is in error? -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 22:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's necessary to make some assertion of importance in order to avoid issues with CSD A7. Importance is in the eye of the beholder, though. Sarsaparilla (talk) 22:06, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you that this article has problems, but I did see some assertion of notability in that it's asserted he is the author of articles, etc., and thus I have declined the speedy deletion tag that you applied. However, I do urge you to use the PROD tag or submit it for Articles for deletion, whichever you think is more appropriate. I do apologize for substituting my judgment and if you have any questions or problems, I'm at your service on my talk page. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:19, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for understanding, and my apologies for causing you extra work. I'll keep an eye on the article and boot it when its five days are up, if required. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:32, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a friendly heads up on Bloody Hell. The article had already been prodded before, and that prod was contested, so it can't be prodded again. Feel free to take it to AfD if it needs to go (which it probably does). --Fabrictramp (talk) 22:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MasterHand,

I saw you tagged my article for fast deletion and it was deleted before I can even write any explanations. What you are stating in your message is because the content is identical to the first article that was deleted. There was a problem with the first article (I got a message from Shoessss about that) and I have reedited the article according to your requirements. Therefore I request undeletion of the article as I don't agree it was identical to the one deleted previously. Please give me some advice how to proceed if I don't get it right. Thanks --Accuse La Banks (talk) 21:49, 18 January 2008 (UTC) Accuse La Banks[reply]

In order to request that a previously-deleted article be restored, please visit Wikipedia:Deletion review and follow the procedure. I haven't done it before myself, but feel free to contact me if you have questions and I'll help as best as I can. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 22:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Apache papa 2.1(Part Scandal). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. --Accuse La Banks (talk) 16:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I agree that this is an easily replaceable image. I'll see if I can round one up, if not I'll create one myself. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 14:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Fair use rationale has been added. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 14:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At one point you had useful comments here on the AfD. The article continues, with some recent editwarring and attempts to get an RfC. If you had time to look at it, it would be much appreciated.--Gregalton (talk) 05:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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This image was uploaded years ago when the rules were much different. There is no valid fair use rationale for use of publicity photos in biographies of living people, so I'm going to let this one be deleted. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 17:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Fair use rationale added. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 02:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've nominated this article for deletion. It still has no sources besides the book itself, and having got hold of a copy of the book, I find that it actually makes no claims to be derived from an authoritative survey, so I see no notability. Since you've edited the article or participated in the old AfD you might like to comment. As there has been confusion about the book's actual content, I'd be happy to back up all the assertions I've made by Emailing you scans of the relevant pages. Best, Iain99^{Balderdash and piffle} 21:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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This image was uploaded years ago when the rules were much different. There is no valid fair use rationale for use of publicity photos in biographies of living people, so I'm going to let this one be deleted. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 06:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you recently voted in AFD concerning an unreleased album. I invite you take part in the conversation here Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(music)#Unreleased_albums any input you have would be appreciated. Ridernyc (talk) 09:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although I mostly agree with you that it is questionable whether it is a horror film, I am not in agreement with ignoring talk page discussions. Please read the considerable discussion about the issue before overriding others' opinions with your own and without additional discussion. Thank you. Ward3001 (talk) 16:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion doesn't matter. The talk page doesn't matter. What matters is that the sentence isn't referenced. If it can be backed up by a reliable source, we can add it back in. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 16:59, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to settle this, I added a citation. Thank you. Ward3001 (talk) 17:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'm not the big bad deletionist ogre some would paint me as. Just get some sourcing on this darned thing to justify its existence, OK? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No offense intended, I just feel (after doing some checking) that the article notable enough for inclusion. I agree that it sorely lacking in secondary sources and citations. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 16:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

it would make sense to move the page to which this currently redirects (Barncluith, Hamilton) as no other Barncluith currently exist which require the DAB content. (DB-R2?)

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The article Straw man (literature) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced orgional research

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