As one of the previous contributors to {{ Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!
I saw you changed the visibility of previously-deleted copyvio versions. Would it not be better to just remove all versions dated before 12 March 2012? They had all been deleted, and then a fresh version of the article was started on 12 March 2012. I don't know how difficult that would be, or whether it is important, but that would make the history look the same as if the article had not been speedied in the first place. Aymatth2 ( talk) 12:56, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi my page was automatically deleted because some of the article was similar to an external site. i don't own the site, but i was the one who wrote the info there (it's an Israeli films database), like other sites that need the information about that Director and films that contribute to the Israeli culture. more than that, the article at wikipedia was translated from the Hebrew-wiki-page, so it is just translation. i have changed as much as i could the text at the external site, but the update takes 4-10 days.
it's a bio about this person - movies he made, prizes he won and where he grew up - there is no much "play" with the info way of writing. you will also find plus-minus similar info at IMDb site, where i updated his info too.
please help me get that page back online. check the details and information. what to i need to do next to have that page in English wiki too? thank you חנה ושרי - ייצוג יוצרים ותוכן ( talk) 06:27, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
T H A N K Y O U!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by חנה ושרי - ייצוג יוצרים ותוכן ( talk • contribs) 05:53, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I have searched in vain for the good path to get administrator’s help for the following issue and so I decided to send this request to some including you.
I have considerably expanded the article Guerrilla filmmaking and took care in referencing it as far as I could (over 90 links to trustful sources). I am an experienced editor of Wikipedia. For my surprise, the article was reverted by user CIRT to a preceding stub version mainly consisting of a very narrow list of films. Many important contents were removed. Self promotional vandalism seems to be the reason of such intervention, sustained by acute threats. I do not intend to respond with helpless and inconsequent arguments and the time I have to dedicate to Wikipedia is quite limited.
I’d be happy if you could pay some attention to this occurrence and let you decide whatever you think is reasonable.
My best,
Tertulius ( User talk:Tertulius) 05,02, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
... this. I didn't even think to check whether it had. I assumed that someone doing so would close the DRV... but of course if they didn't know about it. Nicely done. Thanks mate. St★lwart 111 22:16, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
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ThaddeusB ( talk) 16:58, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you stop the madness, please check the edit history. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 09:46, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Actually it would be nice to talk with you about problems with my site. I can not understand why you keep deleting my article about Riedel Communications. I tried to fix it but instead of opening a discussion the site was deleted immediatly...We have no problem with the copyright here as I am working at Riedel, the english Version is a translation of our german page ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riedel_Communications) and this page is not marked as advertising...-- BeyondTime ( talk) 11:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
At first It´s not your encyclopedia, it´s a encyclopedia for ALL. If I look through all the other articles about companys our article compared to that is not advertising at all...And all materials and informations in these articles are legal and free content. Maybe it is a solution to contact the company Riedel Communications in this situation to see what their opinion is about that. This article descripes the company Riedel. As with many other wiki sites already... The articles describes the company, the products and milestones. Is it prohibited to name events in which the company was involved in the past? I do not think so! Normally articles do not get deleted asap, you work together so that you have a nice article in the end. If thou you do not feel in a position to help us with that and instantly delete our article again and again, I would like to talk to another person about that.-- BeyondTime ( talk) 12:54, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you please restore this article [2] so that it would make it easier for individuals to see when going through the AFD process. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ronald_Duncan_(martial_arts)_(2nd_nomination) Thank you. CrazyAces489 ( talk) 14:22, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for taking the initiative to remove that RfA. It was a totally unprecedented way of closing one and I'm not sure that simply eradicating it from the records is the best way to go, but we have been getting a sudden short sharp wave of inappropriate nominations over the last four weeks or so. That said, I don't think our criteria are absurdley high. In the absence of any easy way to defrock sysops who go astray, in this post 2007 era I believe them to be about right. All the best for 2015. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 17:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi there again. Just wanted to enquire how did you reach this conclusion? Any diffs that I missed? Thanks for keeping a watch on this. Wifione Message 18:25, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Reviewing new articles by banned users I came across a bunch that are marked with copyright notices. The creator is indef banned for copyvio. I tagged for delete, but maybe that is wrong? Legacypac ( talk) 06:10, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sabina Altynbekova, it says that "Anyone who wants to create a redirect at this title is free to do so". Why was the article for "Sabina Altynbekova" deleted AFTER I created a redirect to Kazakhstan_women's_national_volleyball_team#2014_Junior_Asian_Championships? -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 14:30, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
This has been re uploaded again. Perhaps more needs to be done? 49.197.25.5 ( talk) 01:50, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Where and when was the request for the move made? For some reason I can not find it. The whole move is a bit strange as people in Co. Clare refer not only to the village but also to the dam as Ardnacrusha. To be true: with the dam being the better known one outside Co. Clare. The Banner talk 20:55, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, many thanks for the comments. I do agree that there was too much puff in the article I submitted. The external links were actually there largely as citations. Being new to creating articles, I was unsure how to insert them as such. I assume that the links connected to THIMUN affiliates are inappropriate, and will delete them. You suggest that 'nearly every paragraph' was G11, yet the bulk of the article past the introduction and history seem very innocuous to me. Am I missing something? Please bear in mind that the majority of traffic for this article will be high school students looking to familiarise themselves with THIMUN rules and procedures.
It seems that creating rough drafts for my personal use (practice) in the sandbox is wrong. Would that page have been deleted from my user space? If not, could I create a draft there and then request feedback?
Many thanks, Moseley101 ( talk) 20:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic.. regarding Pickled Pepper Productions Ltd., it was created by User PickledPepperProductions ( talk · contribs), so I thought there was a clear COI and probably a User name violation but I see you've added the AfC template now, so I have no issue letting it go through the process. Thanks for all your mop work :) JMHamo ( talk) 02:09, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
I would argue that this block on Idcworld-jmc ( talk · contribs) is inappropriate. WP:UN states that, while account names implying ownership by an organization are not allowed, account names indicating a person at an organization are OK (third bullet under WP:ISU). Clearly, this account name indicates user JMC (J. Michael Cobb) at IDC World. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 13:50, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
At 14:53 on 15 January 2015 it seems that you deleted this page as G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement. This seems incorrect because:
Please can you therefore restore the content. I suggest that you userfy it for me because, as explained at the RfA, I have identified further sources and so can readily improve the content while removing any copyright concerns. Andrew D. ( talk) 17:00, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
William Sullivant Vanderbilt Allen (1860 - 1931) [...]
He was a member of (or at least seen in a photograph in the Smithsonian collection sitting amongst) the Society of American Artists, Jury of 1890. [1] [2]
== Works ==
An evening by the lake [3]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, William}} [[Category:American artists]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:1860 births]] [[Category:1931 deaths]] [[Category:Vanderbilt family]]
(All prose added by User:Gaff.) The remainder of the article was the entire prose contained on [3]. Is that sufficient for your purposes?
My reading of User:Dennis Brown's AFD close is that the copyright issue was overlooked. (I'm pinging him as a courtesy, though he's currently inactive, and there's no reason to expect him to come out of retirement just to comment on this.) The claim of involvement doesn't pass the laugh test, and if anything, it paints the candidate in a poor light and directly contradicts my own statement of support. — Cryptic 18:18, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic, could you please add the AfC creation template to Nuur dugle, Somalia as I am not entirely sure how it's done. Thanks, JMHamo ( talk) 23:46, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
{{
subst:AFC draft|creator's username}}
is the incantation you were looking for. —
Cryptic
00:00, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to understand with you how should I re-create the article about Better Decisions Forum. It's not a promotional page about company, product or persons. I wanted to create an encyclopedic page about a series of conferences related to business, academic and technology topics (just like TED Conference) related to Decision Making process. All the event connected to the Forum are free and there are different independent articles about the events. Maybe the structure of the article wasn't right, can you give me any advice? EddyWilly ( talk) 17:14, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Both reasons have validity. I encourage you to read the guidelines and resubmit with appropriate adjustments. Good luck and thanks for contributing. Legacypac ( talk) 19:25, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, could you please semi-protect Adam Morgan (English footballer) as an IP keeps reverting me to add unsourced info to the BLP article. Thanks, JMHamo ( talk) 20:57, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Cryptic, My humble request to you restore the wiki page of Misee Harris (actress). You said on editors summery " G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page" and "It was previously been deleted by a discussion" I agree with you. It was deleted for lack of reliable references but this new page was created with new contents & references based on recent development. Can you please check again the contents of the article & reliable references. It's okay , you can remove the re-direction , please don't delete the whole page!
Dr.Misee Harris is a notable subject.Can you please re-check? Thanks Man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khocon ( talk • contribs) 04:07, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Cryptic, It's okay. Thanks for your help & support. I will use your instruction. Honestly , Misee harris deserved a wiki article! Give me some suggestions then or so it is possible to restore it again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khocon ( talk • contribs) 05:27, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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For covering a new editors ( Y ) Deunanknute ( talk) 01:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC) |
Rocksbd is evading your salting of their band page by creating another, Recent (Bangldeshi Band). They seem intent on promoting their band. 331dot ( talk) 16:06, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
(Deletion log); 04:35 . . Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page Dave Huddart (A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events): A7: Bio with no explanation of significance. Also an expired WP:PROD with (not-so-great) rational "why is this here?")
See you have a sense of humor. And great reading comprehension. I was trying to be different and hopefully amusing. why is this here? Is another way of saying he was not wiki worthy aka not notable. But I guess those are lousy reasons to delete an article.
Postcard Cathy (
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Hi Cryptic, I got notif, that You thanked me :-) thank You for the thanks. I just try to confirm that it was for my PROD (hardly anything else, yet as not being admin, I do not see who prceded it and deleted it). Frankly, I wasn't quite sure by what measures, what procedure I should choose on this type of issue (AfD? PROD? just hoax or what?) and what description to give.
The think is the article became an issue on Czech Twiter, til one moment one my colleague at work notified me and we both studied it.It seemed fishy right away, but being written in such a manner, it wasnt easy to disprove. Fortunatelly other Wikipedians took part in it actively and disproved the literary sources at library. (and I just hoped there would not be needed any scans of the journals, for it would take even more troubles and times)
Would You have recommended me different approach? Procedure?
I would be most interested who did write it and why. It looked like some attempt of University professor of history to showcase how such a thing can survice on wiki. But at the same time he would benefit mostly if he would new our procedures, so he choose the best sources and topic to make it difficult for us.
Well the article was mess, yet a bit fun in a awkward way too, so I archived it in one of my subpages to look upon :-). User:Reo On/To do/Haď
Have a good time
Petr aka Reo + 11:22, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to support the article I just wrote yesterday.
02:34, 30 January 2015 Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page Semcad (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
The article looks like an advertisement of a product from a company. However, I was looking for information about the article I wrote months ago, and I never found it. That is why I wrote the article, Semcad is a tool that scientist uses for simulating magnetic fields and the lack of information about it is a shame in this area. I'm not related to the company who produce this tool at all. I just want to give a reference for future scientist who want to use this tool (Semcad) in order to show the that it exist. Similar pages are:
I want to improve the page later on, and add categories like history and more references.
Thanks for your understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marloncitopr ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
No discussion on the talk page of this move and you move because another editor requested it? Read the history of the article. This is not an uncontroversial move and pretty clearly violates WP:MILMOS#UNITNAME "the subject is clearly more commonly known by one of the previous names." Check out the page history, where a reason was given for the reverse move. The 52d saw combat under the "from" name and was a partially manned unit under the final name. I'd revert your move, but for some reason I get a message saying that it was already reverted, although it hasn't. -- Lineagegeek ( talk) 00:19, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I can't understand why you are reverting the removal of a redirect that is preventing the posting an AfD. With the redirect in place it reposts the ol group AfD to the AfD log. I'm I doing this wrong? Legacypac ( talk) 14:08, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
All you have to do is transclude the current afd on the daily page, as you eventually did here. There's absolutely no need to touch the previous nomination's page. — Cryptic 15:42, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Cryptic. I just saw this edit [6], and I understand that it's about maintenance and deleting unused versions of non-free images. Was all of the rest of the paperwork for existing uses of the current version in order? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 14:31, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I see you recently were instrumental in removing the article on Ryan Collinson on notability grounds. To that effect, you apparently used the PROD procedure. I must have missed seeing the article during the indicated time period. If I had, I can’t honestly say if I would have opposed the deletion nomination or not. My interest in this issue is simple: I wrote the article!
It is said that the classic definition of ambivalence is watching one's mother-in-law driving off a cliff in one’s brand new Cadillac! That’s sort of the way I felt when I discovered the article was deleted. I've always felt somewhat embarrassed at having written it. My one and only interest in the subject himself was that he appeared to be a rare target of opportunity for me to finally create an article on Wikipedia as opposed to merely editing articles. He seemed to meet the notability guidelines at the time.
I had never even heard of the kid until someone, knowing my (rather causal) interest in theater, sent me a You Tube link in which the boy performed one of his numbers from Billy Elliot, the Musical. I discovered that he hadn’t yet had a Wiki article, did what limited research I could and wrote the article to which a few others later made minor edits and additions. The article largely remained mine alone. Thus, my regret at seeing it deleted, my one and only article! I also liked the idea that the subject was so young. Should he eventually become a major entertainment figure, then I could have had the future satisfaction of having created his article “way back when” as if I had anachronistically "discovered" say, John Travolta in his salad days, and that the article would have endured long after I leave the scene.
On the other hand, I understand your point and, I must confess, I am somewhat disappointed in the subject from a personal perspective. In an effort to update his article with hopefully further professional credits, I followed his Twitter tweets for awhile and was bemused finding myself instead following the youthful ramblings of, well, a kid, a typical kid seemingly more bent on impressing his juvenile tribe than contributing to the world of “art” or even concentrating on learning the niceties of the English language, one might add. Alas, I discerned no glimmer of Mozart in him, though I wish him well in the future.
To be fair, however, I’m uncertain if his seeming dearth of recent professional accomplishments is more a function of a lack of offers or his personal desire (or that of his parents') to concentrate on his professional and academic education with the intention and hope of resuming an active career as an adult if such an opportunity presents itself.
On the other hand (I’m beginning to sound like Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof), he did have the lead/title role in a major theatrical West End production of a musical encompassing a score by Sir Elton John, which makes him more notable in my estimation than many subjects of Wiki articles that I have encountered. This seeming lack of consistency is one of the downsides to Wikipedia that I have noted.
Still, and again, although I am uncertain if I would have objected, I would respectfully suggest that should you use the PROD method of deleting an article in the future, that you might drop a note on the talk pages of the article’s creator and major contributors (if any) simply as a courtesy for them to weigh in before any action is affected.
By the way, just out of curiosity, what made you take an interest in this article one way or another? Reading your user page, you seem as unlikely to be reading it as I was to write it!
Best regards. HistoryBuff14 ( talk) 17:37, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Crpytic, I would like to know why did you delete the value I wrote about " leverate". The information I provided about this company was fully supported by pro. websites of the FX Industry (Leverate's industry). When you answer, please give a private answer. Regards, N — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nadavavni ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
I noticed you deleted the image of author Thomas Pynchon on the grounds that it violated Wikipedia's non-free content criteria, since Mr. Pynchon is still living and therefore a free photograph could be taken of him. However, this fails to take into account the fact that Mr. Pynchon is a recluse who has never made a public appearance and hasn't been clearly photographed in nearly 60 years. I understand the rationale behind deleting non-free images of living people, but in this case it seems exceedingly unlikely a free image could ever be taken of the subject to to his secrecy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.28.135.149 ( talk) 04:17, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
That was wonderfully amusing snark on the silly, thankfully-now-deleted TUN faux article page! I am the Oink that nominated it for deletion. Also interesting to me:
I shall try to create to compose a barn star of Delightful Snark Giggles. You will be the first recipient!
-- FeralOink ( talk) 15:06, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
I just logged back onto WP after an absence of several weeks, and found that you had applied a PROD to Ranger Boats, and subsequently deleted it on expiration. No quibbles with the procedural move, but there are numerous sources which establish Ranger as the largest manufacturer of bass boats in the world. Was their independent support of this in the article? Maybe not -- can't see for sure since that article is gone -- but to not have an article about the largest manufacturer of a significant genre of boat seems to be just plain wrong. I know it's the author's job (and I can't remember if I was the original author or not -- I'm guessing I was) to establish sources, but a Google search turned up plenty of evidence that would establish notability.
I intend to re-establish the article, as I have time, and this time I will include more independent sources. Please do not interfere with the creation process -- I don't have the time to devote to WP that I once did. - Realkyhick ( Talk to me) 16:37, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, there's some active editing and discussion going on about the Sageworks article at Talk:Sageworks, and you're invited to participate. Some editors commenting in the recent AFD have already been invited by another editor, and i am just making a point to contact the others, including you, to avoid any appearance of selectivity. -- do ncr am 22:56, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
It's a shame I did not know this was getting deleted. I would've explained why it is notable... Zigzig20s ( talk) 00:55, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Please can you explain precisely why you deleted our contribution on " Convertible debt shuffle"?
I understand that this is a new term, which is correct, but in the same way the Option Pool Shuffle was "new" a few years ago. And is now commonplace. Codifying this term will raise the mechanic to startups and small companies, and assist them when negotiating with VCs. We don't stand to make any direct benefit from it become an accepted term.
Separately, if you felt the article was overly partisan - which we disagree with - then please suggest appropriate edits. Not a deletion.
-- Swfindlay101 ( talk) 15:59, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
--All I was trying to do, was help other startups by sharing this term and related findings. I will wait for others to write a similar article later, once it's considered main stream. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swfindlay101 ( talk • contribs) 15:45, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Please give me some feedback why you deleted the website of my housing cooperative. We are one of the first co-ops in New York and the first one in Ithaca. We are a member of North American Students of Cooperation and an important part of the Cornell college culture.
You can find some references about the co-op here: [7]
And about the house (page 62): [8]
Many other coops have pages on Wikipedia that haven't been deleted. Kaimast ( talk) 19:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey, I'm so sorry. I thought about emailing you yesterday but I saw the actions were a few days old so thought it best not to bug you. Can't see a link to it here, but suffice to say, absolutely nothing to do with you or your decision. I promise that makes sense somewhere. Panyd The muffin is not subtle 14:17, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Regarding your removal of a photograph [ 16:11, 22 February 2015 Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page File:Anita Ekberg with Johnson family bus.jpg (F11: No evidence of permission for more than 7 days)]. That was a family photograph taken by family and included as part of history. What was your justification? Thank you for answering JendaAJ ( talk) 21:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Cryptic. I'm writing to you concerning the deletion of the file Tigran_Tsitoghdyan_with_his_painting_from_Mirror_series.png on 10 Feb, 2015 15:55 I have forwarded the permission of the author of the photo (who is actually the person to whiom the article is dedicated) to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, nevertheless later you have deleted the image. Could you please explain why? If the email was not received I can forward it to you once again and would kindly ask you to restore the image in the article. Otherwise please let me know what went wrong. This is my first experience at Wikipedia, so i'm kind of lost a bit. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamik.m ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
WHY DID YOU DELETE MY PAGE????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tehkingofsweg ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Where would I find any discussion about the proposed deletion of this page? It completely escaped my radar, which, as the author, rather concerns me. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 23:56, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi I would like to know why my page on the Operations Research Society of South Africa was deleted. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berndtlindner ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Is it possible for normal users to move a page without leaving a redirect? Or is that only something an admin can do? It's mainly the reason I didn't just move it back instead and decided to tag it for speedy, I wasn't exactly sure what to do in that situation. Thanks for your reply. - War wizard90 ( talk) 06:38, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for deleting that accidentally created redirection page for me. It is very very frustrating not being able to fix simple problems myself. Hawkeye7 ( talk) 09:51, 8 March 2015 (UTC) |
Ebartey ( talk) 14:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)Hi everyone, I created a page and I need you to delete so i could start another or if you could help me in resposting. The name of the page is Rev Ismaila H.Awudu.
Howdy, the UTRS team has received an unblock request for User:Tinchojos requesting reconsideration of the indef block you placed on their account. The editor admitted that they made a mistake in not replying to the copyright notifications and is requesting an unblock with the promise that it will not occur again. Since you were the blocking admin, I'd like to get your opinion before taking further action on their unblock request. Thanks, Nakon 01:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I really don't see the point of these edits you made here and to my user sandbox page you kindly deleted. If I had wanted to retain the page history, I could have simply moved it into mainspace myself. ww2censor ( talk) 17:45, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, my page CDH Proton Center was deleted, can you help me understand why? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IChevako ( talk • contribs) 20:43, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
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This is for all of the hard work you do, especially deleting files! I'm sure it gets tiring, but your work is much appreciated! Corky | Chat? 02:29, 28 March 2015 (UTC) |
A new articles was written to replace the Riedel Communications copyvio article that you deleted on November 28, 2014. I was asked on OTRS to move it in place of the prior article, and I did. If you think it's not OK, please let me know. DGG ( talk ) 05:13, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
You deleted this as F5 but the file seems to be in use, so maybe the deletion should be undone. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 15:05, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, just a question: you removed an F11 from the file File:Engineers CC - Roslyn Harbor, NY.jpg and put an "OTRS pending" on. Do you know if that OTRS ticket actually has substance to it? I'm asking because this editor has reuploaded this same image about half a dozen times despite multiple deletions since mid-February, always claiming he had what sounded like a "for-Wikipedia-only" permission from the owners, and apparently entirely unwilling to react in any way to the information that that was not enough. I gave him an explicit block warning on 5 March [9] not to re-upload it another time, which he ignored with this latest upload on 17 March, so I'm rather tempted to go ahead and block him now, unless somebody can confirm he actually got a new and improved license for it this time. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:50, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Someone brought it to my attention that a page discussing my work as an artist and writer has been removed. Why? This page has been maintained by people I do not now and it has existed on wikipedia by many years. Thank you, Don Ritter (not the politician) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.2.50.18 ( talk) 17:54, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
You deleted a file called LEAP Africa Logo.jpg and I am wondering why. This image has been removed several times but I have asked the organization that owns it to send an email to wikipedia permitting my use, which they have done several times. I don't understand what I should do now.
Leapsandbounds ( talk) 12:08, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know how I could change the username. Can I ask for your assistance? Wikipedia 22:32, 2 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iranian Cinematographers ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I noticed you deleted an article concerning Michael Featherstone for copyright violations in January, and as a new article on Phoenix Global (the company founded by Michael Featherstone) has been created I thought you may be able cast a watchful eye over it. The subject appears notable, and there are many reliable sources documenting issues around the company and Mr Featherstone. There was a lot of copy and paste material in the article and it certainly did not appear to be written with NPOV. I've had a go at cleaning it up, but would appreciate your thoughts on it and the revisions made so far. 79616gr ( talk) 05:30, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
Would you consider reverting the changes made by Theo's Little Bot to
File:All Men Are Mortal, 1946 French edition.jpg and
File:Drakengard2ground gameplay.jpg where you revdeleted the previous versions? The images were already at a sufficiently low resolution before being resized, and all the bot did was introduce unnecessary resizing artifacts. Thanks. --
Ahecht (
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Please restore the following file for which I plan to provide a fair use rationale: File:Pocket PC 2000.png Mdrnpndr ( talk) 15:12, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
I just saw that my page has been deleted on the terms of "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion". Please let me know the content that looked like advertising so that i can modify it. My aim was to create a Wiki page with no intent of advertising.
Abhinav0712 ( talk) 04:30, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, per your request to reduce an image: [ [10]], I uploaded a reduced image but have screwed it up a bit and need your assistance. The new image that I submitted to replace the previous image is here: [ [11]]; and then I managed to submit another orphaned image that needs to be deleted. Thanks Evenrød ( talk) 22:52, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, question on the deletion of Peter Landrock's image ( File:Peter Landrock.png). I sent a request for permission on Sat, 16 May 2015 09:55:58 +0200. Here is a pdf version of my mail: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14845022/Email%20requesting%20release%20of%20Peter%20Landrock%27s%20image.pdf . Here is the ticket: Ticket#: 2015051610007766 What went wrong? -- ScienceGuard ( talk) 05:17, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, Why did you delete the picture I uploaded of Farid Simaika? This is a picture owned by myself of a deceased relative. There is no copyright involved (as this is my picture). Youssef Simaika — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youssef simaika ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Will you restore my pages: 15:29, 31 May 2015 Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bear on the Square Mountain Festival (G13: Abandoned AfC submission; copyvio pasted together from various sources)
I write the website, which is used for the event schedules and changes for each year. The intention of the Wikipedia pages is to record the structure of the festival and some history of events over the past 19 years. thanks Davemoser123 ( talk) 15:55, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping cleanup and patrolling. :) PawanAhuja ( talk) 08:46, 9 June 2015 (UTC) |
This user User:Sonusn07itsme is continuously removing speedy deletion tag over a copied article. He has copied the article from Ankit Fadia and replaced his name with his own. Help. Thanks PawanAhuja ( talk) 09:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, would you restore this deleted non-free logo [12]? A n00b incorrectly replaced it with an image they uploaded to commons that was deleted as a copyvio (it's a logo). Kindzmarauli ( talk) 14:04, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know why you deleted the entry I made on Amos A. Phelps. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.120.112.150 ( talk) 12:59, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, can you please help me figure out how to modify and edit my page you took down. The last thing I want is to break any rules or not follow Wiki guidelines. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FYH Oscar ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Just stopping by to say thanks for the delete of the requested page! Best, Pax Verbum 05:18, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, you recently deleted the FullTimeDevils page I created due to A7: No credible indication of importance (web content), I've re-drafted the page and added various references from national news outlets. How should I go about submitting the updated page for review? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furious Mythical Beast ( talk • contribs) 20:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
You recently deleted Screen NSW page. I believe I can answer your concerns with the page. The reasons were listed as:
1. It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic.
2. It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant.
to address them in order:
1. The pagee is not advertising anything or any of the above. Screen NSW is the state government funding body for film and television production in the state of NSW, Australia. I used the copy from its website which states its mission statement and government function. It is not a company so it doesn't make money or advertise.
2. I disagree that the page foes not indicate why the subject matter is important. It is important because Screen NSW is the NSW governments funding body for the TV and Film industry in NSW. There are many similar government bodies listed for Australia and this is one of the largest. Below are three other such government bodies listed for Australia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/Screen_Australia
/info/en/?search=ScreenWest
/info/en/?search=Film_Victoria
It would be fantastic if you could let me know what would make this page better rather than deleting it as it is a page that many Australians in the screen industry will find a useful reference point. It would be great to have this on Wikipedia shortly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shellyprawn ( talk • contribs) 03:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
You recently deleted Threewave Software but I am not able to find any record of any discussion about whether the page should be deleted. Could you direct me towards where I might find a record of the deletion discussion? BananaLanguage ( talk) 14:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that you were doing some categorization work with my Sandbox and test deletion tags. If the page was categorized by those tags, would it still be deleted despite the warnings on my Sandbox itself, the Sandbox Talk Page, AND my User Talk page? Why does categorization even matter to begin with? It's just a test. Wiki you now, Wiki you later! ( talk) 18:29, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I saw you manually created yesterday's permissions dated category. I have filed a BRFA at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/B-bot 5 in hopes of being able to provide a backup to Hazard-Bot (if it does return) or a replacement (if it is gone for good). -- B ( talk) 18:59, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
As one of the previous contributors to {{ Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!
I saw you changed the visibility of previously-deleted copyvio versions. Would it not be better to just remove all versions dated before 12 March 2012? They had all been deleted, and then a fresh version of the article was started on 12 March 2012. I don't know how difficult that would be, or whether it is important, but that would make the history look the same as if the article had not been speedied in the first place. Aymatth2 ( talk) 12:56, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi my page was automatically deleted because some of the article was similar to an external site. i don't own the site, but i was the one who wrote the info there (it's an Israeli films database), like other sites that need the information about that Director and films that contribute to the Israeli culture. more than that, the article at wikipedia was translated from the Hebrew-wiki-page, so it is just translation. i have changed as much as i could the text at the external site, but the update takes 4-10 days.
it's a bio about this person - movies he made, prizes he won and where he grew up - there is no much "play" with the info way of writing. you will also find plus-minus similar info at IMDb site, where i updated his info too.
please help me get that page back online. check the details and information. what to i need to do next to have that page in English wiki too? thank you חנה ושרי - ייצוג יוצרים ותוכן ( talk) 06:27, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
T H A N K Y O U!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by חנה ושרי - ייצוג יוצרים ותוכן ( talk • contribs) 05:53, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I have searched in vain for the good path to get administrator’s help for the following issue and so I decided to send this request to some including you.
I have considerably expanded the article Guerrilla filmmaking and took care in referencing it as far as I could (over 90 links to trustful sources). I am an experienced editor of Wikipedia. For my surprise, the article was reverted by user CIRT to a preceding stub version mainly consisting of a very narrow list of films. Many important contents were removed. Self promotional vandalism seems to be the reason of such intervention, sustained by acute threats. I do not intend to respond with helpless and inconsequent arguments and the time I have to dedicate to Wikipedia is quite limited.
I’d be happy if you could pay some attention to this occurrence and let you decide whatever you think is reasonable.
My best,
Tertulius ( User talk:Tertulius) 05,02, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
... this. I didn't even think to check whether it had. I assumed that someone doing so would close the DRV... but of course if they didn't know about it. Nicely done. Thanks mate. St★lwart 111 22:16, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
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Can you stop the madness, please check the edit history. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 09:46, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Actually it would be nice to talk with you about problems with my site. I can not understand why you keep deleting my article about Riedel Communications. I tried to fix it but instead of opening a discussion the site was deleted immediatly...We have no problem with the copyright here as I am working at Riedel, the english Version is a translation of our german page ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riedel_Communications) and this page is not marked as advertising...-- BeyondTime ( talk) 11:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
At first It´s not your encyclopedia, it´s a encyclopedia for ALL. If I look through all the other articles about companys our article compared to that is not advertising at all...And all materials and informations in these articles are legal and free content. Maybe it is a solution to contact the company Riedel Communications in this situation to see what their opinion is about that. This article descripes the company Riedel. As with many other wiki sites already... The articles describes the company, the products and milestones. Is it prohibited to name events in which the company was involved in the past? I do not think so! Normally articles do not get deleted asap, you work together so that you have a nice article in the end. If thou you do not feel in a position to help us with that and instantly delete our article again and again, I would like to talk to another person about that.-- BeyondTime ( talk) 12:54, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you please restore this article [2] so that it would make it easier for individuals to see when going through the AFD process. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ronald_Duncan_(martial_arts)_(2nd_nomination) Thank you. CrazyAces489 ( talk) 14:22, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for taking the initiative to remove that RfA. It was a totally unprecedented way of closing one and I'm not sure that simply eradicating it from the records is the best way to go, but we have been getting a sudden short sharp wave of inappropriate nominations over the last four weeks or so. That said, I don't think our criteria are absurdley high. In the absence of any easy way to defrock sysops who go astray, in this post 2007 era I believe them to be about right. All the best for 2015. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 17:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi there again. Just wanted to enquire how did you reach this conclusion? Any diffs that I missed? Thanks for keeping a watch on this. Wifione Message 18:25, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Reviewing new articles by banned users I came across a bunch that are marked with copyright notices. The creator is indef banned for copyvio. I tagged for delete, but maybe that is wrong? Legacypac ( talk) 06:10, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sabina Altynbekova, it says that "Anyone who wants to create a redirect at this title is free to do so". Why was the article for "Sabina Altynbekova" deleted AFTER I created a redirect to Kazakhstan_women's_national_volleyball_team#2014_Junior_Asian_Championships? -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 14:30, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
This has been re uploaded again. Perhaps more needs to be done? 49.197.25.5 ( talk) 01:50, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Where and when was the request for the move made? For some reason I can not find it. The whole move is a bit strange as people in Co. Clare refer not only to the village but also to the dam as Ardnacrusha. To be true: with the dam being the better known one outside Co. Clare. The Banner talk 20:55, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, many thanks for the comments. I do agree that there was too much puff in the article I submitted. The external links were actually there largely as citations. Being new to creating articles, I was unsure how to insert them as such. I assume that the links connected to THIMUN affiliates are inappropriate, and will delete them. You suggest that 'nearly every paragraph' was G11, yet the bulk of the article past the introduction and history seem very innocuous to me. Am I missing something? Please bear in mind that the majority of traffic for this article will be high school students looking to familiarise themselves with THIMUN rules and procedures.
It seems that creating rough drafts for my personal use (practice) in the sandbox is wrong. Would that page have been deleted from my user space? If not, could I create a draft there and then request feedback?
Many thanks, Moseley101 ( talk) 20:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic.. regarding Pickled Pepper Productions Ltd., it was created by User PickledPepperProductions ( talk · contribs), so I thought there was a clear COI and probably a User name violation but I see you've added the AfC template now, so I have no issue letting it go through the process. Thanks for all your mop work :) JMHamo ( talk) 02:09, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
I would argue that this block on Idcworld-jmc ( talk · contribs) is inappropriate. WP:UN states that, while account names implying ownership by an organization are not allowed, account names indicating a person at an organization are OK (third bullet under WP:ISU). Clearly, this account name indicates user JMC (J. Michael Cobb) at IDC World. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 13:50, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
At 14:53 on 15 January 2015 it seems that you deleted this page as G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement. This seems incorrect because:
Please can you therefore restore the content. I suggest that you userfy it for me because, as explained at the RfA, I have identified further sources and so can readily improve the content while removing any copyright concerns. Andrew D. ( talk) 17:00, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
William Sullivant Vanderbilt Allen (1860 - 1931) [...]
He was a member of (or at least seen in a photograph in the Smithsonian collection sitting amongst) the Society of American Artists, Jury of 1890. [1] [2]
== Works ==
An evening by the lake [3]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, William}} [[Category:American artists]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:1860 births]] [[Category:1931 deaths]] [[Category:Vanderbilt family]]
(All prose added by User:Gaff.) The remainder of the article was the entire prose contained on [3]. Is that sufficient for your purposes?
My reading of User:Dennis Brown's AFD close is that the copyright issue was overlooked. (I'm pinging him as a courtesy, though he's currently inactive, and there's no reason to expect him to come out of retirement just to comment on this.) The claim of involvement doesn't pass the laugh test, and if anything, it paints the candidate in a poor light and directly contradicts my own statement of support. — Cryptic 18:18, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic, could you please add the AfC creation template to Nuur dugle, Somalia as I am not entirely sure how it's done. Thanks, JMHamo ( talk) 23:46, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
{{
subst:AFC draft|creator's username}}
is the incantation you were looking for. —
Cryptic
00:00, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to understand with you how should I re-create the article about Better Decisions Forum. It's not a promotional page about company, product or persons. I wanted to create an encyclopedic page about a series of conferences related to business, academic and technology topics (just like TED Conference) related to Decision Making process. All the event connected to the Forum are free and there are different independent articles about the events. Maybe the structure of the article wasn't right, can you give me any advice? EddyWilly ( talk) 17:14, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Both reasons have validity. I encourage you to read the guidelines and resubmit with appropriate adjustments. Good luck and thanks for contributing. Legacypac ( talk) 19:25, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, could you please semi-protect Adam Morgan (English footballer) as an IP keeps reverting me to add unsourced info to the BLP article. Thanks, JMHamo ( talk) 20:57, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Cryptic, My humble request to you restore the wiki page of Misee Harris (actress). You said on editors summery " G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page" and "It was previously been deleted by a discussion" I agree with you. It was deleted for lack of reliable references but this new page was created with new contents & references based on recent development. Can you please check again the contents of the article & reliable references. It's okay , you can remove the re-direction , please don't delete the whole page!
Dr.Misee Harris is a notable subject.Can you please re-check? Thanks Man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khocon ( talk • contribs) 04:07, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Cryptic, It's okay. Thanks for your help & support. I will use your instruction. Honestly , Misee harris deserved a wiki article! Give me some suggestions then or so it is possible to restore it again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khocon ( talk • contribs) 05:27, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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For covering a new editors ( Y ) Deunanknute ( talk) 01:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC) |
Rocksbd is evading your salting of their band page by creating another, Recent (Bangldeshi Band). They seem intent on promoting their band. 331dot ( talk) 16:06, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
(Deletion log); 04:35 . . Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page Dave Huddart (A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events): A7: Bio with no explanation of significance. Also an expired WP:PROD with (not-so-great) rational "why is this here?")
See you have a sense of humor. And great reading comprehension. I was trying to be different and hopefully amusing. why is this here? Is another way of saying he was not wiki worthy aka not notable. But I guess those are lousy reasons to delete an article.
Postcard Cathy (
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16:50, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, I got notif, that You thanked me :-) thank You for the thanks. I just try to confirm that it was for my PROD (hardly anything else, yet as not being admin, I do not see who prceded it and deleted it). Frankly, I wasn't quite sure by what measures, what procedure I should choose on this type of issue (AfD? PROD? just hoax or what?) and what description to give.
The think is the article became an issue on Czech Twiter, til one moment one my colleague at work notified me and we both studied it.It seemed fishy right away, but being written in such a manner, it wasnt easy to disprove. Fortunatelly other Wikipedians took part in it actively and disproved the literary sources at library. (and I just hoped there would not be needed any scans of the journals, for it would take even more troubles and times)
Would You have recommended me different approach? Procedure?
I would be most interested who did write it and why. It looked like some attempt of University professor of history to showcase how such a thing can survice on wiki. But at the same time he would benefit mostly if he would new our procedures, so he choose the best sources and topic to make it difficult for us.
Well the article was mess, yet a bit fun in a awkward way too, so I archived it in one of my subpages to look upon :-). User:Reo On/To do/Haď
Have a good time
Petr aka Reo + 11:22, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to support the article I just wrote yesterday.
02:34, 30 January 2015 Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page Semcad (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
The article looks like an advertisement of a product from a company. However, I was looking for information about the article I wrote months ago, and I never found it. That is why I wrote the article, Semcad is a tool that scientist uses for simulating magnetic fields and the lack of information about it is a shame in this area. I'm not related to the company who produce this tool at all. I just want to give a reference for future scientist who want to use this tool (Semcad) in order to show the that it exist. Similar pages are:
I want to improve the page later on, and add categories like history and more references.
Thanks for your understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marloncitopr ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
No discussion on the talk page of this move and you move because another editor requested it? Read the history of the article. This is not an uncontroversial move and pretty clearly violates WP:MILMOS#UNITNAME "the subject is clearly more commonly known by one of the previous names." Check out the page history, where a reason was given for the reverse move. The 52d saw combat under the "from" name and was a partially manned unit under the final name. I'd revert your move, but for some reason I get a message saying that it was already reverted, although it hasn't. -- Lineagegeek ( talk) 00:19, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I can't understand why you are reverting the removal of a redirect that is preventing the posting an AfD. With the redirect in place it reposts the ol group AfD to the AfD log. I'm I doing this wrong? Legacypac ( talk) 14:08, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
All you have to do is transclude the current afd on the daily page, as you eventually did here. There's absolutely no need to touch the previous nomination's page. — Cryptic 15:42, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Cryptic. I just saw this edit [6], and I understand that it's about maintenance and deleting unused versions of non-free images. Was all of the rest of the paperwork for existing uses of the current version in order? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 14:31, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I see you recently were instrumental in removing the article on Ryan Collinson on notability grounds. To that effect, you apparently used the PROD procedure. I must have missed seeing the article during the indicated time period. If I had, I can’t honestly say if I would have opposed the deletion nomination or not. My interest in this issue is simple: I wrote the article!
It is said that the classic definition of ambivalence is watching one's mother-in-law driving off a cliff in one’s brand new Cadillac! That’s sort of the way I felt when I discovered the article was deleted. I've always felt somewhat embarrassed at having written it. My one and only interest in the subject himself was that he appeared to be a rare target of opportunity for me to finally create an article on Wikipedia as opposed to merely editing articles. He seemed to meet the notability guidelines at the time.
I had never even heard of the kid until someone, knowing my (rather causal) interest in theater, sent me a You Tube link in which the boy performed one of his numbers from Billy Elliot, the Musical. I discovered that he hadn’t yet had a Wiki article, did what limited research I could and wrote the article to which a few others later made minor edits and additions. The article largely remained mine alone. Thus, my regret at seeing it deleted, my one and only article! I also liked the idea that the subject was so young. Should he eventually become a major entertainment figure, then I could have had the future satisfaction of having created his article “way back when” as if I had anachronistically "discovered" say, John Travolta in his salad days, and that the article would have endured long after I leave the scene.
On the other hand, I understand your point and, I must confess, I am somewhat disappointed in the subject from a personal perspective. In an effort to update his article with hopefully further professional credits, I followed his Twitter tweets for awhile and was bemused finding myself instead following the youthful ramblings of, well, a kid, a typical kid seemingly more bent on impressing his juvenile tribe than contributing to the world of “art” or even concentrating on learning the niceties of the English language, one might add. Alas, I discerned no glimmer of Mozart in him, though I wish him well in the future.
To be fair, however, I’m uncertain if his seeming dearth of recent professional accomplishments is more a function of a lack of offers or his personal desire (or that of his parents') to concentrate on his professional and academic education with the intention and hope of resuming an active career as an adult if such an opportunity presents itself.
On the other hand (I’m beginning to sound like Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof), he did have the lead/title role in a major theatrical West End production of a musical encompassing a score by Sir Elton John, which makes him more notable in my estimation than many subjects of Wiki articles that I have encountered. This seeming lack of consistency is one of the downsides to Wikipedia that I have noted.
Still, and again, although I am uncertain if I would have objected, I would respectfully suggest that should you use the PROD method of deleting an article in the future, that you might drop a note on the talk pages of the article’s creator and major contributors (if any) simply as a courtesy for them to weigh in before any action is affected.
By the way, just out of curiosity, what made you take an interest in this article one way or another? Reading your user page, you seem as unlikely to be reading it as I was to write it!
Best regards. HistoryBuff14 ( talk) 17:37, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Crpytic, I would like to know why did you delete the value I wrote about " leverate". The information I provided about this company was fully supported by pro. websites of the FX Industry (Leverate's industry). When you answer, please give a private answer. Regards, N — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nadavavni ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
I noticed you deleted the image of author Thomas Pynchon on the grounds that it violated Wikipedia's non-free content criteria, since Mr. Pynchon is still living and therefore a free photograph could be taken of him. However, this fails to take into account the fact that Mr. Pynchon is a recluse who has never made a public appearance and hasn't been clearly photographed in nearly 60 years. I understand the rationale behind deleting non-free images of living people, but in this case it seems exceedingly unlikely a free image could ever be taken of the subject to to his secrecy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.28.135.149 ( talk) 04:17, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
That was wonderfully amusing snark on the silly, thankfully-now-deleted TUN faux article page! I am the Oink that nominated it for deletion. Also interesting to me:
I shall try to create to compose a barn star of Delightful Snark Giggles. You will be the first recipient!
-- FeralOink ( talk) 15:06, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
I just logged back onto WP after an absence of several weeks, and found that you had applied a PROD to Ranger Boats, and subsequently deleted it on expiration. No quibbles with the procedural move, but there are numerous sources which establish Ranger as the largest manufacturer of bass boats in the world. Was their independent support of this in the article? Maybe not -- can't see for sure since that article is gone -- but to not have an article about the largest manufacturer of a significant genre of boat seems to be just plain wrong. I know it's the author's job (and I can't remember if I was the original author or not -- I'm guessing I was) to establish sources, but a Google search turned up plenty of evidence that would establish notability.
I intend to re-establish the article, as I have time, and this time I will include more independent sources. Please do not interfere with the creation process -- I don't have the time to devote to WP that I once did. - Realkyhick ( Talk to me) 16:37, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, there's some active editing and discussion going on about the Sageworks article at Talk:Sageworks, and you're invited to participate. Some editors commenting in the recent AFD have already been invited by another editor, and i am just making a point to contact the others, including you, to avoid any appearance of selectivity. -- do ncr am 22:56, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
It's a shame I did not know this was getting deleted. I would've explained why it is notable... Zigzig20s ( talk) 00:55, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Please can you explain precisely why you deleted our contribution on " Convertible debt shuffle"?
I understand that this is a new term, which is correct, but in the same way the Option Pool Shuffle was "new" a few years ago. And is now commonplace. Codifying this term will raise the mechanic to startups and small companies, and assist them when negotiating with VCs. We don't stand to make any direct benefit from it become an accepted term.
Separately, if you felt the article was overly partisan - which we disagree with - then please suggest appropriate edits. Not a deletion.
-- Swfindlay101 ( talk) 15:59, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
--All I was trying to do, was help other startups by sharing this term and related findings. I will wait for others to write a similar article later, once it's considered main stream. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swfindlay101 ( talk • contribs) 15:45, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Please give me some feedback why you deleted the website of my housing cooperative. We are one of the first co-ops in New York and the first one in Ithaca. We are a member of North American Students of Cooperation and an important part of the Cornell college culture.
You can find some references about the co-op here: [7]
And about the house (page 62): [8]
Many other coops have pages on Wikipedia that haven't been deleted. Kaimast ( talk) 19:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey, I'm so sorry. I thought about emailing you yesterday but I saw the actions were a few days old so thought it best not to bug you. Can't see a link to it here, but suffice to say, absolutely nothing to do with you or your decision. I promise that makes sense somewhere. Panyd The muffin is not subtle 14:17, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Regarding your removal of a photograph [ 16:11, 22 February 2015 Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page File:Anita Ekberg with Johnson family bus.jpg (F11: No evidence of permission for more than 7 days)]. That was a family photograph taken by family and included as part of history. What was your justification? Thank you for answering JendaAJ ( talk) 21:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Cryptic. I'm writing to you concerning the deletion of the file Tigran_Tsitoghdyan_with_his_painting_from_Mirror_series.png on 10 Feb, 2015 15:55 I have forwarded the permission of the author of the photo (who is actually the person to whiom the article is dedicated) to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, nevertheless later you have deleted the image. Could you please explain why? If the email was not received I can forward it to you once again and would kindly ask you to restore the image in the article. Otherwise please let me know what went wrong. This is my first experience at Wikipedia, so i'm kind of lost a bit. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamik.m ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
WHY DID YOU DELETE MY PAGE????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tehkingofsweg ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Where would I find any discussion about the proposed deletion of this page? It completely escaped my radar, which, as the author, rather concerns me. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 23:56, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi I would like to know why my page on the Operations Research Society of South Africa was deleted. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berndtlindner ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Is it possible for normal users to move a page without leaving a redirect? Or is that only something an admin can do? It's mainly the reason I didn't just move it back instead and decided to tag it for speedy, I wasn't exactly sure what to do in that situation. Thanks for your reply. - War wizard90 ( talk) 06:38, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for deleting that accidentally created redirection page for me. It is very very frustrating not being able to fix simple problems myself. Hawkeye7 ( talk) 09:51, 8 March 2015 (UTC) |
Ebartey ( talk) 14:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)Hi everyone, I created a page and I need you to delete so i could start another or if you could help me in resposting. The name of the page is Rev Ismaila H.Awudu.
Howdy, the UTRS team has received an unblock request for User:Tinchojos requesting reconsideration of the indef block you placed on their account. The editor admitted that they made a mistake in not replying to the copyright notifications and is requesting an unblock with the promise that it will not occur again. Since you were the blocking admin, I'd like to get your opinion before taking further action on their unblock request. Thanks, Nakon 01:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I really don't see the point of these edits you made here and to my user sandbox page you kindly deleted. If I had wanted to retain the page history, I could have simply moved it into mainspace myself. ww2censor ( talk) 17:45, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, my page CDH Proton Center was deleted, can you help me understand why? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IChevako ( talk • contribs) 20:43, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
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This is for all of the hard work you do, especially deleting files! I'm sure it gets tiring, but your work is much appreciated! Corky | Chat? 02:29, 28 March 2015 (UTC) |
A new articles was written to replace the Riedel Communications copyvio article that you deleted on November 28, 2014. I was asked on OTRS to move it in place of the prior article, and I did. If you think it's not OK, please let me know. DGG ( talk ) 05:13, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
You deleted this as F5 but the file seems to be in use, so maybe the deletion should be undone. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 15:05, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, just a question: you removed an F11 from the file File:Engineers CC - Roslyn Harbor, NY.jpg and put an "OTRS pending" on. Do you know if that OTRS ticket actually has substance to it? I'm asking because this editor has reuploaded this same image about half a dozen times despite multiple deletions since mid-February, always claiming he had what sounded like a "for-Wikipedia-only" permission from the owners, and apparently entirely unwilling to react in any way to the information that that was not enough. I gave him an explicit block warning on 5 March [9] not to re-upload it another time, which he ignored with this latest upload on 17 March, so I'm rather tempted to go ahead and block him now, unless somebody can confirm he actually got a new and improved license for it this time. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:50, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Someone brought it to my attention that a page discussing my work as an artist and writer has been removed. Why? This page has been maintained by people I do not now and it has existed on wikipedia by many years. Thank you, Don Ritter (not the politician) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.2.50.18 ( talk) 17:54, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
You deleted a file called LEAP Africa Logo.jpg and I am wondering why. This image has been removed several times but I have asked the organization that owns it to send an email to wikipedia permitting my use, which they have done several times. I don't understand what I should do now.
Leapsandbounds ( talk) 12:08, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know how I could change the username. Can I ask for your assistance? Wikipedia 22:32, 2 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iranian Cinematographers ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I noticed you deleted an article concerning Michael Featherstone for copyright violations in January, and as a new article on Phoenix Global (the company founded by Michael Featherstone) has been created I thought you may be able cast a watchful eye over it. The subject appears notable, and there are many reliable sources documenting issues around the company and Mr Featherstone. There was a lot of copy and paste material in the article and it certainly did not appear to be written with NPOV. I've had a go at cleaning it up, but would appreciate your thoughts on it and the revisions made so far. 79616gr ( talk) 05:30, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
Would you consider reverting the changes made by Theo's Little Bot to
File:All Men Are Mortal, 1946 French edition.jpg and
File:Drakengard2ground gameplay.jpg where you revdeleted the previous versions? The images were already at a sufficiently low resolution before being resized, and all the bot did was introduce unnecessary resizing artifacts. Thanks. --
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Please restore the following file for which I plan to provide a fair use rationale: File:Pocket PC 2000.png Mdrnpndr ( talk) 15:12, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
I just saw that my page has been deleted on the terms of "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion". Please let me know the content that looked like advertising so that i can modify it. My aim was to create a Wiki page with no intent of advertising.
Abhinav0712 ( talk) 04:30, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, per your request to reduce an image: [ [10]], I uploaded a reduced image but have screwed it up a bit and need your assistance. The new image that I submitted to replace the previous image is here: [ [11]]; and then I managed to submit another orphaned image that needs to be deleted. Thanks Evenrød ( talk) 22:52, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, question on the deletion of Peter Landrock's image ( File:Peter Landrock.png). I sent a request for permission on Sat, 16 May 2015 09:55:58 +0200. Here is a pdf version of my mail: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14845022/Email%20requesting%20release%20of%20Peter%20Landrock%27s%20image.pdf . Here is the ticket: Ticket#: 2015051610007766 What went wrong? -- ScienceGuard ( talk) 05:17, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, Why did you delete the picture I uploaded of Farid Simaika? This is a picture owned by myself of a deceased relative. There is no copyright involved (as this is my picture). Youssef Simaika — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youssef simaika ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Will you restore my pages: 15:29, 31 May 2015 Cryptic (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bear on the Square Mountain Festival (G13: Abandoned AfC submission; copyvio pasted together from various sources)
I write the website, which is used for the event schedules and changes for each year. The intention of the Wikipedia pages is to record the structure of the festival and some history of events over the past 19 years. thanks Davemoser123 ( talk) 15:55, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping cleanup and patrolling. :) PawanAhuja ( talk) 08:46, 9 June 2015 (UTC) |
This user User:Sonusn07itsme is continuously removing speedy deletion tag over a copied article. He has copied the article from Ankit Fadia and replaced his name with his own. Help. Thanks PawanAhuja ( talk) 09:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, would you restore this deleted non-free logo [12]? A n00b incorrectly replaced it with an image they uploaded to commons that was deleted as a copyvio (it's a logo). Kindzmarauli ( talk) 14:04, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know why you deleted the entry I made on Amos A. Phelps. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.120.112.150 ( talk) 12:59, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, can you please help me figure out how to modify and edit my page you took down. The last thing I want is to break any rules or not follow Wiki guidelines. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FYH Oscar ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Just stopping by to say thanks for the delete of the requested page! Best, Pax Verbum 05:18, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, you recently deleted the FullTimeDevils page I created due to A7: No credible indication of importance (web content), I've re-drafted the page and added various references from national news outlets. How should I go about submitting the updated page for review? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furious Mythical Beast ( talk • contribs) 20:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic,
You recently deleted Screen NSW page. I believe I can answer your concerns with the page. The reasons were listed as:
1. It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic.
2. It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant.
to address them in order:
1. The pagee is not advertising anything or any of the above. Screen NSW is the state government funding body for film and television production in the state of NSW, Australia. I used the copy from its website which states its mission statement and government function. It is not a company so it doesn't make money or advertise.
2. I disagree that the page foes not indicate why the subject matter is important. It is important because Screen NSW is the NSW governments funding body for the TV and Film industry in NSW. There are many similar government bodies listed for Australia and this is one of the largest. Below are three other such government bodies listed for Australia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/Screen_Australia
/info/en/?search=ScreenWest
/info/en/?search=Film_Victoria
It would be fantastic if you could let me know what would make this page better rather than deleting it as it is a page that many Australians in the screen industry will find a useful reference point. It would be great to have this on Wikipedia shortly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shellyprawn ( talk • contribs) 03:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
You recently deleted Threewave Software but I am not able to find any record of any discussion about whether the page should be deleted. Could you direct me towards where I might find a record of the deletion discussion? BananaLanguage ( talk) 14:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that you were doing some categorization work with my Sandbox and test deletion tags. If the page was categorized by those tags, would it still be deleted despite the warnings on my Sandbox itself, the Sandbox Talk Page, AND my User Talk page? Why does categorization even matter to begin with? It's just a test. Wiki you now, Wiki you later! ( talk) 18:29, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I saw you manually created yesterday's permissions dated category. I have filed a BRFA at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/B-bot 5 in hopes of being able to provide a backup to Hazard-Bot (if it does return) or a replacement (if it is gone for good). -- B ( talk) 18:59, 23 June 2015 (UTC)