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I Have removed the deletion template, and posted my rationale for doing so. If you have any questions or comments, please use the talk page of the article to discuss deletion, or my talk page to leave me any messages you may have for me.
I have removed the deletion tag from the ADHOC page, and have given my reason on the edit summary. Sorry for not notifying you sooner, I wasn't sure of standard procedures. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Redian ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC).
Thanks for your comments. Is the page better now? I've added some links. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nitinblr ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC).
Please don't change a disambiguation page, which is intended to assist readers in navigating the encyclopedia, to a redirect without a very good reason or editorial consensus at the Talk page. Thanks! -- Dhartung | Talk 21:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I saw you prodded my orphaned page Alkemade Line for deletion. When I created this article, it was because I was reading about ternary phase diagrams, and did not find my textbook particulary clear on the subject of alkemade lines. I therefore created a stub article, hoping that it would get expanded. As it is now, it is not very useful, and it would be no big loss if it were to be deleted. But maybe others would come along looking for an eplxanation, like I was?
I think what needs to be done, is to get some information on ternary phase diagrams, as a start as a section in the Phase diagram article. Then the alkemade line can be explained there, and perhaps Alkemade line can be made into a redirect page to that section.
I will see if I can write something on ternary phase diagrams. If I do so before the alkemade page gets deleted, I'll remove the prod and create a redirect. Dr bab 08:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok. Emerson
I have removed the deletion tag and have asked for help on the AgileGraph Talk Page. I appreciate your help. Agilegraph 06:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
i noticed that you added a reference required tag in the page. i added content and references for the article and removed the tag. Pls let me know if that is OK. Kalyan 20:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your frankness and help propaniac. I appreciate it. Agilegraph 02:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm convinced. I apolgize for the loose cannon remark. Not-notable. Schmiteye 03:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from Ana Silvera, which you proposed for deletion. I am leaving this message here to notify you about it. I probably lean slightly to the inclusionist side, but I've expanded the article slightly and added references. I'm not convinced it fails the notability test, but if you want to take it to afd I will completely understand. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to it. Instead, feel free to list the article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Steve block Talk 19:13, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
The page Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, section "how it works", states that "Articles that have been discussed on AfD are not candidates for Prod". Since the article had had an AfD (then called a VfD, but these two are the same), it should not have been prodded. No harm done, and I can imagine that many people don't know that AfD = VfD anyway. Fram 13:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, if Engineman removes the WP:PROD notice, as of course he is entitled to, I would support taking it to AfD. Regards, — BillC talk 17:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
The deletion tag on the Serukeirewa article has been removed, and the article itself – as poorly written as it was – has been wikified. The tag was removed because, if an article on a Fijian chief fails a notability test, then at least 80 similar articles in Category:Fijian chiefs must likewise fail. The article may qualify for AfD due to lack of references (which I could not find), although many articles in Category:Fijian chiefs must likewise be deleted in that event. Cheers. -- Liveste 01:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
And why wasn't there any more discussion after my "hangon" was posted? That short film was made by the government during World War II to remind people back at home that when they sent their sons and husbands off to war, they might not be coming back. I don't know what the WikiMOS definition for notablity is, then most of the other shorts on this site could just as well be deleted. Why, again was it not notable enough?-- Dudeman5685 16:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I've removed your prod from the Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina article. It seems like a notable enough neighborhood to me, especially considering its age. We keep articles on tiny towns and neighborhoods all the time, and this article is referenced. If you disagree with my removal of the prod tag, then please, by all means, take it to AfD. Corvus cornix 20:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi - I've objected to the deletion - could you discuss why you propose the deletion? Sholto Maud 12:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed your comments on the Les AfD. Seeing as you take notability seriously, what's your opinion on User:Deckiller/Notability (fiction)? Any suggestions? — Deckill er 03:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
After Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plot of Les Misérables closed as a deletion, I'm challenging the way the closing administrator acted as in violation of Wikipedia rules. Your participation is welcome at that discussion, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 14. Please keep in mind that only arguments related to either new information or to how Wikipedia rules were violated or not violated in closing the discussion will be considered. It isn't a replay of the original AfD. I'm familiar with WP:CANVASSING and I am alerting everyone who participated in that discussion to the deletion review. I won't contact anyone again on this topic, and I apologize if you consider this note distracting. Noroton 04:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I have added some sourced material about the book to the article. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 01:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Nice job cleaning up the Untitled dab and the titles of the listed articles. Thanks for going to the trouble :) Propaniac 01:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
I think you'll like what I did--the stub is now at Russian Archeological Congress. If you have any difficulty in maintaining it, let me know, & I will protect. DGG ( talk) 20:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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Sorry for the accidental removal of the formatting, as you guessed that was not the intention. -- LiamE 23:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for that incorrect edit. There was a problem with my exceptions list, which I've now corrected. Thanks Rjwilmsi 21:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Way to go! Exactly what I would have done if I had time yesterday! SlackerMom 17:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Disambiguation pages are supposed to have no incoming links; and in most cases redirects should not have incoming links either as a matter of best practice, though editing just to drop single-redirect links isn't good practice generally (exceptions to the best-not-to-link-via-redirect are things like R-with-possibilities, R-from-merge and R-from-subtopic). Surely you know that. I could very well justify leaving it a disambiguation page. If you still want to delete it, take it to
WP:RFD. --User:Ceyockey (
talk to me) 22:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC) (updated --User:Ceyockey (
talk to me)
23:18, 3 November 2007 (UTC))
I have removed your PROD from James Brown (magician) as he is regarded as one of the best close up magicians of modern times, having won the Magic Circle's prize for being the best close up magician last year and also having came 2nd in the International Magic Competition. In Magic these are two highly prestigious awards, and therefore James Brown is notable according to Wikipedia:Notability (people) - "The person has received significant recognized awards or honors." -- Samtheboy ( t/ c) 21:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you removed the direct link to The Cure that I inserted because, as you say, linking to The Cure (disambiguation) is sufficient. I disagree (and I'm not a fan of the band). I believe that people will look for the band often enough for the direct link to be useful – given that we're editing a section titled "media and entertainment" and looking at the other links in that section, I'd speculate that the proportion of users coming across this page while looking for the band will be high. If conforming to WP:LAYOUT#See_also is your concern then in my opinion it would be better to remove the duplicate link from the "See also" section instead. What do you think? (I suggest to continue the discussion here, I'm not really using my own talk page) SeL ( talk) 00:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
as per MOS:DP
What is this? Maury ( talk) 00:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
you may not be aware of this (but you would be if you had read the article before blanking it), but this was a major topic in 17th to 18th century philosophy. The existing article barely scratches the surface and serves as a brief sketch until someone can be bothered to write a full treatment. Once anyone does, this will be a long and involved article on early modern intellectual history. Hardly something that can be addressed within a disambiguation page. -- dab (𒁳) 10:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I take it you are a DAB purist :)
I happen to agree with all five points you list, as a rule of thumb. But we should also ask ourselves why it is people keep ignoring them. Partly, of course, because they don't think, or don't realise what a disambiguation page is. But there are more complicated cases. I argue that in some cases, it will be valuable to give a brief idea of *why* the disambiguation is done the way it is. This applies in cases where the disambiguated senses are not, in fact, entirely unrelated. Thus, Shina (Hinduism) and Shina language are a matter of pure disambiguation. These are completely unrelated words that just happen to share a transliteration. The same goes for race (racing) and race (classification of human beings). History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene) is disambiguated from History of Armenia in another way, one being the title of one (*the*) early work on the History of Armenia. A much more difficult case is Gothic. I do not think the present version is superior to my January 2006 version. Another nightmare is (was) Chaldean (see the talkpage). These difficult cases need both an awareness what a dab page is and a thorough knowledge of the various meanings' interrelations. -- dab (𒁳) 17:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
There really was no need to be sarcastic. We should be striving to improve the articles by all means necessary, not to delete them by any means necessary. Just because you and me cannot improve it does not mean no one can. You could have at least looked into ways to bring the article to someone's attention instead of hasting to delete it on sight.
Anyway, since the article is now gone as a copyvio, I'm just ranting, I guess...— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); 17:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
User:69.228.2.135 makes a good point, with poor presenation in the edit here. Corn only "most commonly refers to maize" depending on your perspective. THe phrasing "Corn may refer to:" is probably most neutral. Jeepday ( talk) 21:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated Monica (given name), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monica (given name). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Calvin 1998 Talk Contribs 20:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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Welcome!
Hello, Propaniac, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out
Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}}
after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome!
IZAK
12:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I Have removed the deletion template, and posted my rationale for doing so. If you have any questions or comments, please use the talk page of the article to discuss deletion, or my talk page to leave me any messages you may have for me.
I have removed the deletion tag from the ADHOC page, and have given my reason on the edit summary. Sorry for not notifying you sooner, I wasn't sure of standard procedures. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Redian ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC).
Thanks for your comments. Is the page better now? I've added some links. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nitinblr ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC).
Please don't change a disambiguation page, which is intended to assist readers in navigating the encyclopedia, to a redirect without a very good reason or editorial consensus at the Talk page. Thanks! -- Dhartung | Talk 21:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I saw you prodded my orphaned page Alkemade Line for deletion. When I created this article, it was because I was reading about ternary phase diagrams, and did not find my textbook particulary clear on the subject of alkemade lines. I therefore created a stub article, hoping that it would get expanded. As it is now, it is not very useful, and it would be no big loss if it were to be deleted. But maybe others would come along looking for an eplxanation, like I was?
I think what needs to be done, is to get some information on ternary phase diagrams, as a start as a section in the Phase diagram article. Then the alkemade line can be explained there, and perhaps Alkemade line can be made into a redirect page to that section.
I will see if I can write something on ternary phase diagrams. If I do so before the alkemade page gets deleted, I'll remove the prod and create a redirect. Dr bab 08:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok. Emerson
I have removed the deletion tag and have asked for help on the AgileGraph Talk Page. I appreciate your help. Agilegraph 06:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
i noticed that you added a reference required tag in the page. i added content and references for the article and removed the tag. Pls let me know if that is OK. Kalyan 20:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your frankness and help propaniac. I appreciate it. Agilegraph 02:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm convinced. I apolgize for the loose cannon remark. Not-notable. Schmiteye 03:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from Ana Silvera, which you proposed for deletion. I am leaving this message here to notify you about it. I probably lean slightly to the inclusionist side, but I've expanded the article slightly and added references. I'm not convinced it fails the notability test, but if you want to take it to afd I will completely understand. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to it. Instead, feel free to list the article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Steve block Talk 19:13, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
The page Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, section "how it works", states that "Articles that have been discussed on AfD are not candidates for Prod". Since the article had had an AfD (then called a VfD, but these two are the same), it should not have been prodded. No harm done, and I can imagine that many people don't know that AfD = VfD anyway. Fram 13:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, if Engineman removes the WP:PROD notice, as of course he is entitled to, I would support taking it to AfD. Regards, — BillC talk 17:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
The deletion tag on the Serukeirewa article has been removed, and the article itself – as poorly written as it was – has been wikified. The tag was removed because, if an article on a Fijian chief fails a notability test, then at least 80 similar articles in Category:Fijian chiefs must likewise fail. The article may qualify for AfD due to lack of references (which I could not find), although many articles in Category:Fijian chiefs must likewise be deleted in that event. Cheers. -- Liveste 01:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
And why wasn't there any more discussion after my "hangon" was posted? That short film was made by the government during World War II to remind people back at home that when they sent their sons and husbands off to war, they might not be coming back. I don't know what the WikiMOS definition for notablity is, then most of the other shorts on this site could just as well be deleted. Why, again was it not notable enough?-- Dudeman5685 16:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I've removed your prod from the Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina article. It seems like a notable enough neighborhood to me, especially considering its age. We keep articles on tiny towns and neighborhoods all the time, and this article is referenced. If you disagree with my removal of the prod tag, then please, by all means, take it to AfD. Corvus cornix 20:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi - I've objected to the deletion - could you discuss why you propose the deletion? Sholto Maud 12:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed your comments on the Les AfD. Seeing as you take notability seriously, what's your opinion on User:Deckiller/Notability (fiction)? Any suggestions? — Deckill er 03:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
After Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plot of Les Misérables closed as a deletion, I'm challenging the way the closing administrator acted as in violation of Wikipedia rules. Your participation is welcome at that discussion, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 14. Please keep in mind that only arguments related to either new information or to how Wikipedia rules were violated or not violated in closing the discussion will be considered. It isn't a replay of the original AfD. I'm familiar with WP:CANVASSING and I am alerting everyone who participated in that discussion to the deletion review. I won't contact anyone again on this topic, and I apologize if you consider this note distracting. Noroton 04:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I have added some sourced material about the book to the article. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 01:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Nice job cleaning up the Untitled dab and the titles of the listed articles. Thanks for going to the trouble :) Propaniac 01:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
I think you'll like what I did--the stub is now at Russian Archeological Congress. If you have any difficulty in maintaining it, let me know, & I will protect. DGG ( talk) 20:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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Sorry for the accidental removal of the formatting, as you guessed that was not the intention. -- LiamE 23:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for that incorrect edit. There was a problem with my exceptions list, which I've now corrected. Thanks Rjwilmsi 21:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Way to go! Exactly what I would have done if I had time yesterday! SlackerMom 17:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Disambiguation pages are supposed to have no incoming links; and in most cases redirects should not have incoming links either as a matter of best practice, though editing just to drop single-redirect links isn't good practice generally (exceptions to the best-not-to-link-via-redirect are things like R-with-possibilities, R-from-merge and R-from-subtopic). Surely you know that. I could very well justify leaving it a disambiguation page. If you still want to delete it, take it to
WP:RFD. --User:Ceyockey (
talk to me) 22:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC) (updated --User:Ceyockey (
talk to me)
23:18, 3 November 2007 (UTC))
I have removed your PROD from James Brown (magician) as he is regarded as one of the best close up magicians of modern times, having won the Magic Circle's prize for being the best close up magician last year and also having came 2nd in the International Magic Competition. In Magic these are two highly prestigious awards, and therefore James Brown is notable according to Wikipedia:Notability (people) - "The person has received significant recognized awards or honors." -- Samtheboy ( t/ c) 21:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you removed the direct link to The Cure that I inserted because, as you say, linking to The Cure (disambiguation) is sufficient. I disagree (and I'm not a fan of the band). I believe that people will look for the band often enough for the direct link to be useful – given that we're editing a section titled "media and entertainment" and looking at the other links in that section, I'd speculate that the proportion of users coming across this page while looking for the band will be high. If conforming to WP:LAYOUT#See_also is your concern then in my opinion it would be better to remove the duplicate link from the "See also" section instead. What do you think? (I suggest to continue the discussion here, I'm not really using my own talk page) SeL ( talk) 00:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
as per MOS:DP
What is this? Maury ( talk) 00:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
you may not be aware of this (but you would be if you had read the article before blanking it), but this was a major topic in 17th to 18th century philosophy. The existing article barely scratches the surface and serves as a brief sketch until someone can be bothered to write a full treatment. Once anyone does, this will be a long and involved article on early modern intellectual history. Hardly something that can be addressed within a disambiguation page. -- dab (𒁳) 10:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I take it you are a DAB purist :)
I happen to agree with all five points you list, as a rule of thumb. But we should also ask ourselves why it is people keep ignoring them. Partly, of course, because they don't think, or don't realise what a disambiguation page is. But there are more complicated cases. I argue that in some cases, it will be valuable to give a brief idea of *why* the disambiguation is done the way it is. This applies in cases where the disambiguated senses are not, in fact, entirely unrelated. Thus, Shina (Hinduism) and Shina language are a matter of pure disambiguation. These are completely unrelated words that just happen to share a transliteration. The same goes for race (racing) and race (classification of human beings). History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene) is disambiguated from History of Armenia in another way, one being the title of one (*the*) early work on the History of Armenia. A much more difficult case is Gothic. I do not think the present version is superior to my January 2006 version. Another nightmare is (was) Chaldean (see the talkpage). These difficult cases need both an awareness what a dab page is and a thorough knowledge of the various meanings' interrelations. -- dab (𒁳) 17:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
There really was no need to be sarcastic. We should be striving to improve the articles by all means necessary, not to delete them by any means necessary. Just because you and me cannot improve it does not mean no one can. You could have at least looked into ways to bring the article to someone's attention instead of hasting to delete it on sight.
Anyway, since the article is now gone as a copyvio, I'm just ranting, I guess...— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); 17:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
User:69.228.2.135 makes a good point, with poor presenation in the edit here. Corn only "most commonly refers to maize" depending on your perspective. THe phrasing "Corn may refer to:" is probably most neutral. Jeepday ( talk) 21:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated Monica (given name), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monica (given name). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Calvin 1998 Talk Contribs 20:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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