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This entry was posted on 10-14-2007 and is filed under uncategorized.

Below I am reposting DGG's warning to me that they placed on my talk page:

WARNING

The attempt to delete this article for the reasons given is directly contrary to the cooperative principles of wikipedia. (I pass no judgment on any of the articles themselves--I am an ingnoramus on the subject) But to do so as a combination of revenge and experiment is interfering with the operation of AfD & other processes of the encyclopedia, and could well be considered reason for a block. I hope you will realize your error, and apologize on the relevant talk page, and at the afd. The correct action there is to ask to withdraw the request for deletion. DGG 14:46, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Here is my reply that I posted on their talk page:

If you are ignorant of the subject as you seemed to have indicated on my talk page, don't let that cause you to have any doubts about issuing me a warning of being blocked. What say we leave the warnings to somebody a little more familiar with the subject?

The operation of Afd as you alluded to, is supposed to serve the goal, not be the goal. We may disagree on what the goal is, as do Wikipedia's deletionists and inclusionists. But where pray tell is this discussion supposed to be had? The vague term you used on my talk page, other processes, might just be the disagreements that are Wikipedia. So can the process interfere with itself? Perhaps with your help, it can.

I'd ask you to objectively look at the two articles and reconcile why one is toast and the remaining one still has no sources? Nanabozho 08:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

My own description of what motivated me to make my AfD of the Australian Band's article that appeared on a couple of talk pages, was my attempt to illustrate to the people who are actually writing these articles, what is happening to them? The use of the words Revenge, and Block, and perhaps the call for a withdrawal by me, point out the lack of objectivity of the poster, and ironically, the difficulty they may have, cooperating with others.

When we look at all the discussion in defense of the Australian Misery, we have to wonder where all that sentiment was when the Minneapolis band was being considered? Generally I see the two bands as interchangeable, but the AfD's provided opposite outcomes.

 

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