User talk:Mel Etitis

Happy New Year

• Wow... knew you'd gone inactive, but since summer of 2007 I find surprising... getting so I don't know any admins anymore. Sigh. Be well. Hope the book went well. // FrankB 01:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Marmalade

I noticed {merge} flags on both the Marmalade and Dean Ford and the Gaylords pages back in August 2008. I added my full agreement to such a merger on both article's talk pages and, rather breezily, said that without any dissent from elsewhere, I would effect the merge procedure by the end of 2008. God knows why I did, because I have got cold feet. I do not think there is anything contentious, just that the procedure looks a little daunting to me. Could you oblige, or give me a fool's guide as to how to effect it. Do not lead me to the Wiki help pages for mergers - that gave the cold feet in the first place. Your obedient, cack handed and addled old fool,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 18:36, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Khuê Văn Các.jpg

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Criticism_of_Israel

On December 29, 2006, you deleted Criticism_of_Israel. I can't find any reference to a discussion about why. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.127.188.10 (talk) 03:07, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Triumphant Institute of Management Education

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Fair use rationale for File:The Windy City Strugglers.jpg

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Wojciech Bruszewski

You deleted Wojciech Bruszewski - why? He was a great Polish artist, innovator and video artist with an international reputation who has recently died aged 62. See this (and translate) - http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Bruszewski

David Hall

An article with content and sources that is not a copyright violation is unlikely to be deleted. In this instance, the article was identified as a copyright violation. 21:49, 2005 April 10 Mel Etitis (talk | contribs) deleted "Wojciech Bruszewski" ‎ (content was: '{{d}} www.voytek.pl') Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:39, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tulsi (musician)

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fails WP:GNG, playing a tambura requires no skill, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tulsi (musician) holds true

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Your deletion

Why did you delete Wojciech Bruszewski? See http://voytek.pl/ - he was a very important international video art pioneer, and died this year, see http://www.lux.org.uk/blog/wojciech-bruszewski-polish-video-artist-1947-2009 87.112.27.96 (talk) 01:00, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Your deletion

Why did you delete Wojciech Bruszewski? See http://voytek.pl/ - he was a very important international video art pioneer, and died this year, see http://www.lux.org.uk/blog/wojciech-bruszewski-polish-video-artist-1947-2009 87.112.27.96 (talk) 01:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Proposed deletion of Trevor Blumas

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MfD nomination of User:Soltak/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Suspension of admin privileges due to inactivity

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time

where do you get it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.174.230 (talk) 20:40, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Brown people AfD

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Speedy deletion nomination of Subhrajit Mitra

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Rajkumar Kanagasingam

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PROD Hearing (person)

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Proposed deletion of Paul Goldberg (musician)

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