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That's all, really. // roux 12:25, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Crash! We ec'ed while declining the same speedy with virtually the same edit summary. :) -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:07, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
-- Efe ( talk) 04:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You don't know me, but you may want to respond to this accusation at 'North America', from someone who doesn't know when to quit and believes you are editing anonymously (sockpuppeting). I suggest you read the remainder of that discussion, where I've responded and brought up a number of points. I won't relent (though I've had enough of this user), and this user hasn't convinced me through reputable sourcing or otherwise. 69.158.144.210 ( talk) 11:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're interviewing all ArbCom candidates for an article this week, and your response is requested.
Please respond on my talk page. We'll probably go to press on Tuesday, but late responses will be added as they're submitted. Thanks, Ral315 ( talk) 10:25, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Point taken--I deferred to your judgment since you've been more involved with this than I have. I guess seeing his genormous block log set something off in me. 13 distinct blocks in a year? We've indefblocked people for less than that. For that reason, I proposed that he be indefblocked and banned the next time he steps out of line ... I hope it wasn't too harsh, but this was because his overall record isn't anything to write home about. Blueboy 96 17:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but statements like "but don't come to his talk page to sling about accusations and hassle him in such a manner, that truly is uncivil.", while ignoring the reality of the situation, making up things that are clearly not true, and acting as if something went against the policy in which there was clearly no incivility, are highly inappropriate. This should probably be removed immediately, especially when most of your opposes are for this very reason. Your opposes right now, along with your actions, read like an RfA that would lead to a desysopping, not as a vote for a legitimate candidate. You can do the right thing and remedy this action immediately. Ottava Rima ( talk) 00:42, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
That option should have been on the table from the moment he was told to stop attacking me and kept doing it.
But no.. he gets away with it. He gets away with spreading lies. Had I done any of that you would have blocked me without a moment's thought. I am so sick of all this. // roux editor review 02:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
As regards your message on my talk- people had been claiming in the thread a block would just be punitive, I was just saying this was not the case if it stopped him at least temporarily, and/or then deterred. But if he really will stop now without a block, I see what you mean.:) I think it was you that said in the thread that people know what OR is capable of and it might well cause problems for him in the future. I imagine that could be a reassuring sign for Roux that OR's behaviour isn't being ignored. Anyway, maybe now there'll be permanent reform, we live in hope.:) Sticky Parkin 13:55, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
G'day. Photographer is my partner, and has given permission for it to be used. I probably selected the wrong legal information when I uploaded it, sorry about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBrownDog ( talk • contribs) 05:32, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you again, she has taken pictures of the entire Brisbane Lions squad (40 + players) so we can put them on Wikipedia. Does she have to grant permission on each photo individually? Is it easier if she just registers on Wikipedia and uploads them as her own images, or does she still have to grant permission?
An article that you have been involved in editing, Human legitimacy principle, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Human legitimacy principle. Thank you. andy ( talk) 15:53, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
IIRC, you'll need to tell Gurch ( talk · contribs) you've withdrawn rather than editing the bot page where it will be overwritten by GurchBot. Sorry you felt you didn't want to continue in the running - please don't let withdrawal from this spread to withdrawal from WP: we need you! ➨ ❝ ЯEDVERS❞ a sweet and tender hooligan 18:07, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
As the uploader I was actually trying to find a quick means to suggest deleting it as it wasn't needed (I went with a different image instead). Is there a particular speedy template for that? I tend to upload images often for articles as necessary so it would be handy for future reference.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 05:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I was doing DYK verifications and I came across your articles on the Norfolk Island Pigeon and Lord Howe Island Pigeon. I wanted to commend you for your excellent research and writing, so I hope you can accept this token of my appreciation:
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In tribute to your successful efforts in expanding the content and character of Wikipedia. Ecoleetage ( talk) 13:02, 13 December 2008 (UTC) |
BorgQueen ( talk) 10:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
WilyD, I noticed you were having some difficulties with the new DYK template; I'm sorry to hear that. The template is still very much an ongoing experiment, and I'm working with some other editors to try to make it simpler and make its usage clearer; there is an ongoing discussion at Template talk:DYKsuggestion about ways to improve the template. If you have any thoughts about what specifically you found difficult, or what might be helpful or make the template easier, you are welcome to leave a comment there or at my talk page. The problem right now is, as you probably noticed, the template does some nice things when you're used to using it and know how everything works, but if you're not used to using it then it can be pretty confusing, so I'm hoping we can find ways to make everything more transparent and user-friendly. Thanks, — Politizer talk/ contribs 17:57, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board. Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message! Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge Talk Contribs, 17:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC) |
BorgQueen ( talk) 17:06, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 11:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
For your information the article Jeff Buckley is not a "biography of a living person", and it never has been! While I'm here: I like your choice of articles that you've made/got to GA. The Lord Howe Pigeon DYK was especially interesting! Sillyfolkboy ( talk) 18:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. I guess I'll put it up for AfD again. Leave Sleaves talk 13:11, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you deleted File:Tom Birdseye Signature.gif from WP:PUI as a blatant copyright infringement. Signatures, however, are not generally subject to copyright. I noted this in the discussion and the nominator withdrew the nomination. Why did you delete it? Best, IronGargoyle ( talk) 22:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Are you sure that he is notable enough? What about Peter van Stolk, who has no article but has a Forbes profile and was the former CEO and founder of a notable corporation? my name inc —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC).
Thanks for making 2008 an interesting and enlightening year for me; at some point, our paths have crossed and I've found your comments amusing, helpful or thought-provoking—I'll let you guess which!
Hi, with respect I think you missed the point in declining the speedy deletion of this article You said "claims to be the world's largest diving club", however, that statement applies to the national British Sub Aqua Club and not to the individual club in Mid Herts. Regards, WWGB ( talk) 22:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
I think you are mistaken. Jimmy G. Tharpe's book is by 21st Century Press. According to its website: "If you have a manuscript and want it published, feel free to call... " Their slogan is "We are a subsidy press that wants to partner with you." They explain: "Though we are a subsidy press, I prefer to call it a partnership. As a subsidy press, the author pays all up front costs for publishing the book." It's a vanity press, the author pays to have it editted and printed. Tgreach ( talk) 23:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure why my Wiki page was deleted.
All the content on the page is written by me. It was taken from our club website www.MidHertsDivers.com - which is also written by me. If another site displays that content, they don't own the copyright of it.
Also, the statement "largest diving club in the world" applies to BSAC and not our club. Perhaps the deleter should have read the article properly.
These are not good enough reasons to delete my Wiki page.
How do I go about getting it reinstated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MidHertsDivers ( talk • contribs) 12:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello, the other day you deleted some content I added to wikipedia, since I have read a bit more on how to handle copyrighted material. Since Phoebe Wall Howard has written the appropriate emails to both wiki permissions email address allowing GFDL from her site http://www.phoebehoward.com to be hosted on Wikipedia. Can the pages and image now be reinstated? Thank you, Pmachac ( talk) 07:31, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Care to explain this to me? I assume you've made an honest mistake, but i'd like to know if theres something wrong. Cheers! John Sloan ( view / chat) 21:07, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate it. Happy editing.. -- Omarcheeseboro ( talk) 15:12, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your keep in
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/7_Day_Week. Could you enlighten me what 'OR' means --
Pnb73 (
talk)
08:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for dropping the speedy. At this point Commissioner Jones is primarily notable as a state legislator, but if someone wants to start the AFD process I won't argue it. I just wanted to clean up and reference the article so it didn't look like a lame cut and paste job. (Sometimes I think I should find a better hobby than categorizing uncat pages, but it makes much less clutter in my home than other hobbies of mine.) Thanks for your work with the OTRS system! -- Oddharmonic ( talk) 12:25, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I've seen you do it twice now, so I figured I'd tell you. The DYK template isn't calculated for wikilinked signatures. Just give your name and the template will link your userpage and talk page. The way you do it now makes the links look funny. - Mgm| (talk) 22:39, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, I was puzzled by your comment in this AfD, since I can't find any sources that discuss these elements. Could you put some links to these sources on the AfD page so I can read them? Thank you Tim Vickers ( talk) 17:19, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, I noticed you are in Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles and I remembered your name from the G2/Prince of Canada dispute. I wonder, does "deleted articles" stretch to deleted contribs? If so, could you please eMail me mine? I'd be awfully grateful, I've been wanting to take a peek at mine for ages. ;) Thanks -- Cameron * 21:53, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Dravecky ( talk) 18:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
WilyD. please never, ever, in your life, post maps you made up and attempt to pass them as fact. PLEASE!
~RF —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ragingfred ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Wily, The first two "bad speedy's" you linked to were the same edit, and neither one of them was the user in question. Could you double check your links?--- Balloonman PoppaBalloon 21:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Oh god, you're right... I did reference IP edits... Switching to neutral... ErikTheBikeMan ( talk) 03:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the input, you accidently reverted to an older version. ( talk)03:43, 29 January 2009 EST
Re your comment, "band has article", the band is currently not doing very well at AfD (not a single keep vote yet). So what do I do - do I add this to the AfD or create a new one? If the former how do I add it? -- role player 22:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in, and I wanted to let you know I appreciated all of the comments, advice, criticism, and seriously took it all to heart this past week. I'll do my absolute best to not let any of you down with the incredible trust given me today. rootology ( C)( T) 07:56, 1 February 2009 (UTC) | ![]() |
Dravecky ( talk) 13:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering, do you think you might be able to edit this picture slightly
to include Jupiter in orbit, so that the relationship between the Trojans and Jupiter could be readily understood? Hope that's not too much trouble. Serendi pod ous 12:08, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think that only notes that refer to actual sources (books, journals, etc.) need to have corresponding entries in the References section. If the task seems too daunting, maybe it would be best left as a possible to-do after FAC? I would hate to disrupt the stability of the article with a big undertaking. I wouldn't withhold support over it, it's just a preference. -- Laser brain (talk) 18:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Many thanks for your support in my RFA. There's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here. PS like your user page, nice use of Lolcat. Were Spiel Chequers 20:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I wanted to thank you for your constructive comments at my (failed) RfA. I'm glad you were able to dig up past mistakes so that users could !vote on the most information possible; my goal was to keep it as open and transparent as it could be. I have begun admin coaching with another user and hope to fill in the gaps you and some others respectfully pointed out. Hopefully I can earn your trust some time in the future! And there is a general thank you on my talk page if you're interested. ~ ωαdεstεr16 «talk stalk» 16:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Speedy guidelines say: "Neologisms. If not obviously ridiculous, new specialized terms should have a wider hearing." - so there's clearly some room for interpretation of what's "obviously ridiculous".
If a neologism is obviously ridiculous, how should it be nominated for deletion? Is there a valid speedy category or should they always be via "prod"? pablo hablo. 14:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I had tagged Latinos in Atlanta for no content as there has been no actual article content added since the article was created a week ago. Also there are 5 registered users who's only contributions have been (similar) edits to this article. I know that isn't deletion criteria but it is rather curious. Is there something that is more appropriate, it doesn't look like it is actually under construction.-- kelapstick ( talk) 14:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have now replied to your comment on my bot's BRFA.
Regards,
The Helpful One 16:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I just rolled back an edit of his – the same one to Muhammad that you had previously reverted multiple times. He just messaged me in this thread asserting that his edit was in good faith; what should be done? → Dyl @ n 620 18:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
→ Dyl @ n 620 19:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
You stated that Shut your mane was not nonsense. What do you make of the emoticon? A wikipedia entry isn't a chatroom or instant messenger, let alone a message board, so how would such a statement be "encyclopedic" at all? Ottava Rima ( talk) 18:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Smilie faces can be "understood" but are patent nonsense. I really don't know how you can argue otherwise. Ottava Rima ( talk) 15:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Entirely consists of? No, it needs to have some -redeemable- piece of information. For it not to be G1, you need to prove that there is something worth saving, not the opposite. The page was not even to a state that it could be considered to have bad grammar. It is a series of random words with random myspace type symbols thrown together. You might as well shoot darts into a dictionary and type what you hit. Ottava Rima ( talk) 16:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Wily.
I do not seem to understand why you just removed a CSD tag from the article " Bugger". I tagged it per WP:CSD#A5.
-calvinps- ( talk) 22:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Ok, i will bear this in mind in future, thanks! Macromonkey ( talk) 12:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
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which I read on User talk:Macromonkey. So simple and yet so correct. I salute your skills in explaining it in such simple terms! So Why 12:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I added a little info and some refs to your user page on David Youmans. I happened to look at your contributions and noticed it, and, being a Youmans, couldn't resist adding a little. The sources seem to disagree on where he is born, but the Loyalist source seems to be pretty positive. Perhaps the others are just assuming that he was born in Canada? Sadly, though, I'm not sure this is ever going to work itself up to enough notability for a real article. Brianyoumans ( talk) 15:00, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you again but the image guy over at the Jupiter Trojan FAC is asking for the sources used to generate Hektor's orbit. Hope it's not too much trouble but could you link to it? Thanks. Serendi pod ous 15:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Potash One, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{
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the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact
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00:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, I just asked a question there that you should be aware of: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Remember_WP:BLOCKME.3F Please join in if you feel appropriate. Toddst1 ( talk) 02:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible for us to coordinate in creating a lasting 404 page? I have a source code prepared with many more outside sources than the original or even the newer 404 deleted pages. If you are interested please contact me back. Thank you for your work on wikipedia. Frebel93 ( talk) 03:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[ [1]
Yeah, I used to buy into all that but as far as I'm concerned assuming bad faith of new users is a bad thing, assuming bad faith of those making stupid comments/can't be bothered to do a bit of leg work is totally acceptable. RaseaC ( talk) 22:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, I don't see any entire sections that could be archived (maybe MBisanz != MZMcBride, though it's not doing much harm). I could selectively archive stuff from the "Based upon one deletion?" section, but that would probably cause more drama than it prevents. Most of what's there right now is people voicing support for MBisanz's continuation as an admin and, there being no place to do that on the recall page proper, it seems appropriate to allow it on the discussion page. I'll keep an eye on it, though, and do feel free to chime in with any other suggestions (or reiterations of that one, if there's something specific you think should go). Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 21:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
I came across User:WilyD/Amalgamation of Toronto from a Google search, recently Amalgamation of Toronto was created. Can some of your page be used in it? Cheers Epson291 ( talk) 01:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I see you removed my {{PROD}} nomination for Ireland–Zambia relations with the edit summary "transparently notable topic". Before I take it to AfD, could explain a little more about what you mean by "transparently topic"? I'm not sure what you mean, and I wanna make sure I'm not missing something before I spend the time writing up the AfD. Thanks. Yilloslime T C 05:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I was scanning Jimbo's talk page and I saw your comments. I noticed a word you kept messing up on. morale is not spelled moral. If you have low morale, you are not happy, high morale and you are happy. A moral is what the story is trying to teach you. At the end of fable in Aesop's Fables, there is a moral. Feel free to delete these comments at any time. Griffinofwales ( talk) 19:37, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Concerning
your protection of
Carl Stephenson (producer), I wouldn't consider one vandalistic edit in four months an excessive BLP violation, and the previous dispute seems resolved since the two editors left. Would you consider setting at least an expiration for the semi protection?
Cheers,
Amalthea
19:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
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I recreated the page. Would you mind re-opening the AFD and let it run its natural course. Thanks. Inmysolitude ( talk) 14:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I also query your original speedy deletion and was about to take this whole sorry mess to WP:AN as I had licensing concerns before you speedied it again under G12. Although the original speedy was strictly within G7 I don't feel it is within the spirit of G7 especially with so many keep votes and I feel WP:COMMONSENSE should have applied - once you've submitted it to Wikipedia it's no longer yours to control so if the consensus is to keep then it is my opinion it should be kept. I'm not really sure how to take this forward as although I feel it needs wider discussion I'm not sure WP:DRV is the way to go as your deletion was perfectly reasonable. AfD was clearly getting a consensus of keep here so I'm not sure it's an AfD issue anyway as the consensus is that there should be a page the question is whether it should be the one you originally speedied. I'm interested in your thoughts. At the moment I'm mindful to take this to WP:DRV just to give it a wider airing - if you can point me somewhere more appropiate to discuss it it wold be appreciated. I will probably also post at Wikipedia Talk:CSD to see if the criteria needs revising. Dpmuk ( talk) 15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Well done with identifying part of the text to Louis XIV, just wondering whether the redirect is legitimate though. Cheers, MLauba ( talk) 14:41, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
You removed the speedy deletion template from this page, saying "plausibly edited by others?" Be assured that it has not been edited by others. Huskysker, 74.9.216.50 (now blocked as an open proxy), and MaryEastVill are all the same user. The other edits to the article, by Addbot, Wetman, and me, were all minor maintenance edits.
Your edit summary also said: "Either way, no reason to cut off our nose, our face wouldn't even be spited." I beg to differ. Among the long-term disruptive behaviors for which this user earned his/her community ban is falsification of sources. This has included adding content that was copied verbatim from copyrighted sources but was inserted in articles with citations to completely unrelated sources (typically an obscure book title with a date from the early 20th century that is not available online), citations to plausible sounding sources that upon examination do not even vaguely support the content, and reference callouts that identify an online source as something completely different than what it actually is (for example, a PDF of a school system brochure was identified as being the Wall Street Journal -- and the brochure did not have information relevant the factoid that the reference callout was attached to). Many of this user's contributions appear to be highly plausible, but after having investigated far too many of this user's edits, I think it would be foolhardy for Wikipedia to accept at face value ANYTHING that this user contributes. Unless you are prepared to personally verify and stand behind the contents of the subject article, please delete it.
Note that this is not the first time this article has been created by this particular sockpuppet collective. I am aware of Neptune Island (New Rochelle) and Neptune Island (New York), but there may be others. -- Orlady ( talk) 19:29, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York). Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Orlady ( talk) 04:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Neptune Island (Long Island Sound), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neptune Island (Long Island Sound). Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Orlady ( talk) 04:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I figured it was apparent why the List of state ornithological sites article needed deleting as I misnamed and created new correctly named article which it points to. I have re-added a request with an explanation. I don't care either way, it just makes no sense to not delete. speednat ( talk) 12:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the fair adminship of a recent speedy deletion request. Closetindex ( talk) 23:36, 21 March 2009 (UTC)closetindex
Hello! Could you please transwiki List of films by gory death scene to wikia:annex:List of films by gory death scene and wikia:list:List of films by gory death scene? Thanks! Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 19:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
So, how are is that complete rewrite coming? :) -- Laser brain (talk) 21:41, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Moldova–South Korea relations, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moldova–South Korea relations. Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Yilloslime T C 04:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Regarding your comments that Freddy Hutter obviously asserts notability, the article says that he:
In other words, he explains what he does for a living. Are these remarkable things that he does, that by mentioning him he makes himself out to be notable?
He says that his website is popular. That isn't inherently a claim of his own notability, and since it's an autobiography, and therefore a vanity piece, I wasn't inclined to make the necessary inferences of his own notability on his behalf.
In other words, I feel pretty confident that the article "does not indicate why its subject is important or significant" ( WP:CSD A7). Also, note that this is different from simply asserting significance. The provision was intentionally reworded following discussion a couple of months ago.
—Largo Plazo ( talk) 22:18, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
AN/I thread about you: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Borderline_disruption_by_User:WilyD henrik• talk 08:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like to request the page I deleted yesterday by mistake. My intention was to make a Sandbox page instead I made a regular one. I am still working on the content of this person so I can present a more complete article about him. I am new in here and it's being a little difficult for me to format it the way I would like. I have to read tutorials and open other pages so I can copy some layouts.
Thanks in advance.
Kinouria ( talk) 04:18, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I've restored it. Regards, Rjd0060 ( talk) 15:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Please do not remove PROD tags with the edit summary "rm bad tag" as it is uncivil. You are of course entitled to remove PROD tags that you disagree with, but you do not have the right to leave insulting edit summaries while doing so. Thanks. Yilloslime T C 00:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I apologize for not responding to your first post; its heading was messed up and it got entangled with the Signpost so I overlooked it. If you want to work on the article, I will be happy to userfy it for you to expand using these sourcs and move to the article namespace, as I noted in my closure. — Admiral Norton ( talk) 12:59, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I just saw your job at that article. Very well done, man. -- Enric Naval ( talk) 20:57, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Australia–Uruguay relations, I have expanded the article and included new references but it seems there is a mass hist aria to say delete. I have seen your introduction of sources on other articles such as this one and am wondering if you can look it over. Thanks - Marcusmax( speak) 14:53, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I added a fact and a source about a double citizenship law, but I don't know the specific details and I could only make a vague statement. Can you check it out and fix it? -- Enric Naval ( talk) 20:10, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Wily, you've weighed in here before, so I figured I'd let you know about the current discussion at Names for Americans, if you haven't seen it already. We're trying to strike a compromise on the name, and I'd appreciate the input.-- Cúchullain t/ c 13:59, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Thought you might like to know that your Kuiper belt picture is popping up on university professors' lectures. Just type "kuiper belt" into youtube. Well done! Serendi pod ous 11:35, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Kosovo – Panama relations has been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to explain your opinions. Go and see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovo – Panama relations. Thank you for your time! -- Turkish Flame ☎ 17:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
See: Wikipedia_talk:Article_Rescue_Squadron#Abusive_AfDs where the dismisal of your 36 references are mentioned. Ikip ( talk) 01:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
I finally got around to doing it, your work looks good. - Epson291 ( talk) 16:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey WilyD! User:Geoff Plourde has agreed to take up the case that I filed a while ago. Mediation taking place here. Your input would be hugely appreciated. Thanks! Night w ( talk) 04:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Please unblock Ikip. We do not use blocks to enforce wikibreaks. ÷ seresin 20:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Comorian–Kosovan relations, Kosovan–Peruvian relations, Kosovan–Maltese relations and Kosovan–Luxembourgian relations have been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to explain your opinions. Go and see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comorian–Kosovan relations, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovan–Peruvian relations, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovan–Maltese relations and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovan–Luxembourgian relations. Thank you for your time! -- Turkish Flame ☎ 07:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
I miss your AfD votes. I hope all is well with you. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 08:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
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WilyD, This is cerberusrunning (newbie). I put up an article for Kim Eveleth, but someone totally deleted it (I think, since I can't find it.) Will you please explain if you can undelete it, and how to make an article that won't get deleted? I'm working on articles on producers/directors, and put up a template on Kim Eveleth, producer (you can see it on my cerberusrunning/entertainment industry template page.
Thanks. cerberusrunning 19:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
I could really use your input at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ned Scott/Wikinfo. Thanks. -- Ned Scott 21:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, could you take a look at this page Mother_Sayamagyi.It has been re-tagged after you removed the tag. Thank you. Mysticeditor ( talk) 15:56, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I've left you a response at Talk:Vintage Real Estate. Cheers. Hairhorn ( talk) 16:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Welcome back, belatedly. Steve Smith ( talk) 09:06, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Wiley, I've replied to your post on Talk:Javed Kodu. Hamza [ talk ] 09:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Thought I'd explain myself. I'm deleting the comments by Cbevers on several talk pages per SOAP. They are unconstructive rants by someone who is hugely uninformed about how copyright works. I feel those rants do nothing except serve as a discouragement for working on the articles. The user hasn't been active in over 4 years, and will doubtfully contribute to wikipedia... In fact, before I saw those messages I tried emailing him months back asking for a small piece of information, and didn't even get dignified with a response. the other solution it to archive the discussion. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:17, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I dont you think you understood the situation. El Cajon Dam needs to be moved to El Cajón Dam, (with redirect). Not El Cajón Dam (Argentina) to El Cajón Dam. Regards. Rehman( +) 15:40, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Your rationale here doesn't make any sense to me. Can you clarify? To wit, the content is being stored in article space incorrectly and is a duplicate of another article. Why shouldn't it be deleted? ScienceApologist ( talk) 21:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
That's the third time it's been recreated. Should be blocked now IMO. !! Justa Punk !! 03:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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On 2 March you deleted the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities page for "unambiguous copyright infringement". However, use of the material, based on a page from the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities website, was fully authorised by the Council, and was not, therefore, an infringement. I intend to recreate the page, again with full permission to use any material from the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC) website, and request that this time it should not be deleted on non-existent grounds. Leah Granat —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCoJeC ( talk • contribs) 00:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
In March you mentioned the following in the discussion area of the Nemesis Star article--
"Hipparcos doesn't have a parallax for it, so it's dimmer than v = 11.5"
I am a non-scientist, but found your point interesting. Can you tell me what magnitude "v = 11.5" is?
Can you tell me what that magnitude is relative to say, a dim red dwarf, brown dwarf or several jupiter mass planet?
Appreciatively,
75.166.172.10 ( talk) 12:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
You had previously participated in a deletion discussion for this subject, at its first AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Miller (South Carolina politician). It has been nominated for deletion, again. The discussion is taking place, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Miller (South Carolina politician) (2nd nomination). Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 22:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the recent addition to the Americas, is it right to have that in the infobox without it even being mentioned in the article? Not questioning its accuracy, just its validity in the infobox with the present state of the article. A short sentence with source is probably all that is needed. Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 11:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
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Annie Louisa Walker at the
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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:39, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
As you commented in the earlier discussion, I wanted to make you aware of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bands Against Bush (2nd nomination), which I have just started. Please feel free to comment there if you wish. — Gavia immer ( talk) 21:50, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Way back in March 2007 you started a discussion at the
'Deep-throating' talk page. There is currently a
discussion on related matters and I just wondered if you might be inclined to weigh in at all? Thanks very much.
TyrS
chatties
08:44, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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The Nodd I'm not sure why this article was deleted. Please advise. In Defense of the Artist ( talk) 21:08, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Just give up Wily, they won't stop the spamming and you can't win by arguing from sources when they aren't looking at them. WuzzyKnees ( talk) 09:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
GLIC Article The article was removed July 1st from Serbian Wikipedia for same reasons. If the article is approved, I could make my own friendship circle website and movie marathon event...and put it on Wikipedia? Didn't know that thats what encyclopedias are for. There is only one organisation large enough, old enough and with big enough media coverage to be valid for an Article - Queeria, apart the fact it done alot for their LGBT community. GLIC on the other hand done nothing important, only made friend circle that embodies below 0,01% of our population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.117.194.34 ( talk) 14:13, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
Dear WilyD,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name
HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.115.210 ( talk) 21:51, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bill Hammons is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Hammons (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.
You participated in the first AFD discussion, the article was recreated and I thought you might want to comment. Coffeepusher ( talk) 15:44, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
The template on this wasn't added properly, I fixed it for you. Could you provide details on how you came to conclusion of Keep. If you are happy you came to the correct decision I intend to send it to WP:DRV. Thanks.-- Otterathome ( talk) 16:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Could you possibly start a section on my talk page (or email me, if this is not appropriate) with the edit summary I added where I identified the subject of the deleted article Kendriya Vidyalaya, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow? I'd like to discuss it with the editor who started the deleted article. Thanks! -- Shirt58 ( talk) 11:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
There were just 3 keep !votes (not based in any policy, given that this article - and the articles it was derived from - is completely unsourced), 1 keep/merge, 4 delete (including the nom; 1 without policy-based arguments), and 3 merge. I don't really see a consensus to "keep", nor do I see (given that this is not a vote) how policy could lead to a "keep" closure. I would appreciate if you could expand on your closing rationale. Thanks. -- Guillaume2303 ( talk) 08:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello... I noticed that you removed the CSD template I put on Barry saks and made it a redirect to Baritone saxophone. I had thought about that before placing the template on the page, but I did a Google search prior and the term turned up no references whatsoever to a saxophone. Was curious why you made it a redirect instead. Thanks. MsFionnuala ( talk) 15:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was Speedily deleted - fair use is never allowed in the userspace. WilyD 16:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Interesting rule, I hadn't seen that one. Now that I've looked, I still don't see it and I feel I should ask, where is it? I do believe this is the rudest thing that's happened to me in my years here. htom ( talk) 18:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm gay.
How to Reedit Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda page with under the copyright policies? --MR 14:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manowiki123 ( talk • contribs) y u delete mah page?
An editor has asked for a deletion review of 3 CD Collector's Set (Rihanna album). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SplashScreen ( talk) 13:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Run the World (song). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SplashScreen ( talk) 13:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, WilyD, I saw that you declined my G11 nom for the Jericho project page. (It still seems pretty darn promotional to me, but that's one of the things where YMMV applies pretty heavily, so no biggie). I did have other concerns with the article, though; specifically its copyright status. In particular, compare the "Jericho Model" section to this page. I couldn't find enough copied material to feel comfortable with a G12, so I just left it, but if the article's gonna be kept, it probably needs a thorough check. (I'll take out that section myself and see if I can find anything else, but it should probably have multiple eyes on it.) Thanks! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
These are highly improper - your close is clearly a vote based on your own opinion of the article, rather than an evaluation of the discussion. Please consider re-opening them. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 17:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Barack Obama on Twitter. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 22:09, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi WillyD, there is an issue at AIV, would you please have a look at the page history. Thanks Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 08:48, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with this - that's my first persistent vandal who new about AIV. Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 09:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with Trnmshj ( talk · contribs) and all the IPs.
Callanecc (
talk •
contribs)
talkback (etc) template appreciated.
09:01, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Just thought I'd let you know that when you deleted this article you missed the talk page. Cheers. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 09:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Wiki user Wily D .... May i please just say that this page was created to represent our love for a very close friend of ours. It wasnt designed to, in anyway shape or form, tarnish or disrespect her.
It is a statement used among a group of close friends and has pretty much become a tradition as it were. It is something that will stay with a our group of good friends for the rest of our lives and we shall take it with us in our hearts.... cause in the end its all in gd jest, words binding a group together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mt2882 ( talk • contribs) 07:51, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Mt2882 ( talk) 08:03, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
next nomination for deletion or merge or proposed rfc or whatever, could you help me write it? You seem to be able to explain the policies very well, what do you say? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 05:37, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your many contributions about the knowledge and mystery of Wikipedia articles especially the edits of sandboxes, economy, and helping many Bots !-- Mr.Goblins ( talk) 19:47, 29 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks for closing. I'm actually glad it was deleted. It was proving to be a huge waste of community resources. Keeping it would have only kept arguments going and we already lost an exceptional editor over it. I'm sad to see Woz2 go. He could have been really helpful in my efforts to whip the {{request edit}} process into shape :-( I even got heckled over Twitter on this stupid article I didn't even create. User:King4057 ( EthicalWiki) 16:46, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not sure where I should respond to your rejection, so I'll do so here. I don't understand why the article shouldn't be deleted. Spam is not the only issue. There's also a potential conflict of interest and copyright issues. The article was written primarily by an editor who admits that he/she may have a conflict of interest, someone who has never, as far as I can tell, cited sources other than books published by Caister/Horizon Press in this or any other article. Additionally, some of the passages I checked were copied word-for-word from the books that were cited. I don't know if the rest of the article was plagiarized since Google Books doesn't have all the books listed in the reference. CatPath ( talk) 09:44, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
According to both logic and the Oxford English dictionary, America means the whole land mass of the western hemisphere including both North and South America. If North and South America are not both parts of America, then what else are they part of??? For Usonians to arrogate (i.e. claim for oneself something that is not properly one's own) the name America to themselves alone, is the very definition of arrogant. It's also completely absurd: how can America be in North America? Then such arrogant and ignorant people actually wonder why others around the world have such a low opinion of them and their country!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Epikuro57 ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Why do you believe it should not be deleted, it is never going to be used. Obtund Talk 14:07, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Why did you delete my redirect to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pollution ?
Glad to see your name active again in this project. We both know that we always been in the opposite side of each other when it came to notability and CSDs in particular, but I've always trusted your judgement there, and we need as many active administrators as we can in that area. Welcome back. Secret account 09:53, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you please restore the redirect ? --Ne0 (talk) 13:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC) -- Ne0 ( talk) 06:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you please restore Vblock or provide me with a copy Vblock or userfy Vblock please? Thanks! Qthrul ( talk) 07:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, This article is a typical creation of IP serial vandal Eddie Ostroski, and the IP addresses are as usual from around Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania - so I've notified User:EncMstr who has created a filter to block him. Ostroski never responds to messages on any of his talk pages, so there's no point in trying to engage with him. Cheers, Bahudhara ( talk) 08:07, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Considering that from the time that I received my first warning at 02:47, 11 August 2012 and I had already stopped tagging articles for CSD by 23:56 10 August 2012, a 2-hour difference, was it really necessary to block me for "disruptive editing" for a full 24 hours? ⁓ Hello 71 03:46, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, this was not a misfiring of a bot. I myself checked it and tagged for copyvio, see
Talk:Perugu_Ramakrishna_(Poet)#Contested_deletion, after that I have removed problematic portion and started rewriting the article.
--
Tito Dutta
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09:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for work in progress. Actually, you are right, the company did a switch in its model after feedbacks received during a Tech Conference in London last June, while showing the 1st version of the product. It's now an application which will be free of charge on iTunes, like I wrote it. And it will be launched next month during Techcrunch Disrupt in San Francisco that way. I did some corrections regarding the legal status of the company, after validations. Thank again. Philjeudy ( talk) 18:10, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm pretty sure the Chris Par page that you recently decided was not a hoax may have been a judgement in error... the page includes such gems as:
If not in error, that particular page needs some serious consideration for AfD...
Best,
Reynhart ( talk) 06:25, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 07:22, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 07:29, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos (2nd nomination) seems fine overall - thanks for taking the trouble. But a small nitpick, if I may. WP:TRIVIA does not mean what you seem to suggest (that we should exclude trivial matters). What that shortcut actually says is "Sections with lists of miscellaneous information (such as "trivia" sections) should be avoided as an article develops. Such information is better presented in an organized way.". In other words, that's a stylistic point about the way we arrange sections in articles. A better shortcut for your point is WP:TRIVCOV. That's an argument to avoid and so is comparatively weak. Warden ( talk) 12:31, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Nice rescue. Dloh cierekim 17:11, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Wily, thanks for taking a look at Petroleum Helicopters International, Inc..
When I raised the issue of copyvio, I was referring to this version [2].
The problem was that there was a lot of direct overlap with [3], as well as some close paraphrase. The fundinguniverse article was not, and is not, referenced.
Then, an editor reworded material, as shown in these edits. [4]
For example, the earlier version included "In 1972, PHI placed a major order for new helicopters costing about $5 million. The purchase increased the company's fleet to 233 aircraft and by 1974; the company was employing 1,000 people. At the time of its 25th anniversary, they were maintaining operations at 13 Gulf Coast and 5 foreign bases. By the end of the decade, the company's fleet achieved a total of 308 aircraft, the largest non-military fleet of helicopters in the world." This text is almost exactly the same as the fundinguniverse article.
The later version changed some of the words around, e.g., "PHI placed a major order for new helicopters costing about $5 million" was changed to "the company put in an order for modern helicopters totaling $5 million." Here is the whole section.
"In 1972, the company put in an order for modern helicopters totaling $5 million. These acquisitions grew the company's inventory to 233 helicopters and the company was employing 1,000 people. Upon their 25th anniversary, they were sustaining operations at 5 international bases and 13 coast sites. Toward the latter part of the 70’s, PHI’s fleet achieved a total of 308 helicopters, the biggest non-military group of aircraft on the globe."
Perhaps when you said "duplication is minimal" you were looking at the later version, and using the duplication detector, which only gets verbatim matches?
Bottom line is that changing "modern" to "new" and "world" to "globe" does not address the copyvio issue. Most of the article is still very close paraphrase of published, copyright material.
I am referring to this policy. WP:Copy-paste#Can_I_copy_and_paste_if_I_change_the_text_a_little_bit.3F
Logical Cowboy ( talk) 15:31, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
There are some close paraphrasings in that version; I'm not sure they're substantial enough to constitute infringement (but I'm not sure, perhaps, that they're not either.) I do think that they're not "unequivocal cases, where there is no free-content material on the page worth saving". Since there's only a single author, probably the history can be partially deleted but the licence retained, since they'll still be attributed (with Jetijonez's permission?), but I'm not really an expert. The best thing to do is bring it up at Wikipedia:Copyright problems and ask for advice, I would, but I should be getting home at the moment. If you don't, I probably will later. Wily D 16:48, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for jumping in of the Americas article....needs lots of work.. great to see someone finally help in cleaning up the article. Moxy ( talk) 17:30, 23 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hi,
You recently deleted the page Spunti e ricerche; rivista d'italianistica for copyright infringement. I am the holder of the copyright and have now sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org as required to verify this.
Could you please re-instate this page?
Thanks, Ed. Imtechnology ( talk) 07:42, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
The reason I nominated this for R3 deletion is not because it is not English, it is because it is missing the opening quotes, so therefore is an unlikely typo. (There are two sets of closing quotes, and only one set of opening quotes) -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 05:59, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
The reason I nominated this as R3 is not because it is not English, it is because the entire title is encapsulated in quotation marks, thus is an unlikely typo. -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 06:00, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Theyre also orphans in addition to being misnamed. Lihaas ( talk) 07:47, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Could I have an update? Thank you Philjeudy ( talk) 02:35, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Maybe I'm being a bit sensitive, but perhaps you're not WP:AGF. Not just to myself, but others too. [5] [6] [7] [8] "Please ''read'' [[WP:CSD|the list of speedy deletion criteria]] before trying to apply them." - Perhaps you're being a bit aggressive. ⁓ Hello 71 20:17, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
It turns out that circumstances have changed and Michael Pinto, whose article you deleted, now has played in a fully pro league making the Deletion discussion moot. I made a similar mistake! See my talkpage for details, but maybe you could restore the article when you have a minute? -- Slp1 ( talk) 00:13, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
I'll keep it simple: In July, I've explained that Michael Pinto, as well as the other players who had a page created, was going to play in a full pro league. Instead of waiting, someone decided to nominate his page to speedy deletion (just like you did now), as well as the other players, throwing away all my work. Although I was right, and as I've got plenty more things to do than spending my day in Wikipedia, I decided to let it go. As of today, he has already played in a fully pro league this season, so perhaps you should check out the list of fully professional leagues WP:FPL. If you had spent some time researching, you'd find out that Sporting Clube de Portugal B plays in Segunda Liga which is a.. full pro league. So I'm asking you, and your speedy deletion friends, to please stop deleting someone else's job. RRR22 ( talk) 01:21, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
The ChampionMan 1234 05:54, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
All right, rather than nominating the page for deletion, I have added some tags to the page,if you disagree please explain why, and feel free to fix it. -- The ChampionMan 1234 11:13, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
That's a strange interpretation of copyright. And as you can see from the log, not everyone agrees with you on this. -- Guillaume2303 ( talk) 08:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions at RfD recently, however most of your statements have included the phrase "no rationale given for deletion" (or a similar wording). This is not a problem in and of itself, as redirects are often nominated without a valid rationale given. However, on every occasion you have used it in the past three days a rationale has been given and your statement is thus factually incorrect. Whatever the rest of your rationale is, the closing administrator is unlikely to attach much weight to it if it contains such a blatantly obvious inaccuracy.
If you want your contributions to be taken into account then you need to stop making these fundamental errors and learn the difference between the three situations below:
The nominator has not given any reason, has given a reason that does not relate to policy (e.g. I don't like it) or the reason is solely one that is explicitly not a reason to delete a redirect (such as "unused").
The nominator has given a valid reason for deletion, but it does not apply to this redirect. For example if the nomination reason is that the redirect is incorrect, but it is actually related to the subject, or you think the reason is valid but that deletion would bring no benefits.
A valid and applicable reason for deletion has been given, but you disagree with it. For example, you believe that a redirect nominated as not being notable enough is in fact worthy of a redirect.
A valid and applicable reason for deletion has been given, and you agree with the nominator about that, but there are other reasons that the redirect should be kept that you believe outweigh the reasons to delete. For example a redirect is an obscure synonym but it is required for attribution purposes.
I will continue to point out at the individual RfDs if you get it wrong, as I believe this is the best way to help you learn where you're going wrong. Thryduulf ( talk) 08:37, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
I know it was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but wanted to drop you a note about it anyway (re Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Alucard 16/BB10USA). Uzma Gamal and I have uncovered many many many stale Big Brother elimination tables sitting around in userspace, and been working on nominating them for deletion. There may be good faith reasons for these to exist in so many places, but it starts to strain believability that so many independent users just happen to need the table and then forget about it. I don't think Uzma or I would generally dink around in people's drafts. Just happened to be what Uzma uncovered after a search on a phrase from the table after I nominated a bunch of them a few weeks ago. Regards, Syrthiss ( talk) 11:45, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, could you provide a fuller explanation of your analysis and rationale for the closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adherer? There are many other articles of similar stature and the simple "no consensus" does not help the community. -- The Red Pen of Doom 17:56, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello! You recently closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Most popular Android apps by number of downloads. May I ask you to revise the closing statement so that it would mention WP:NOTYELLOW and the reasons you find it unconvincing? There was a discussion of its applicability. Thanks in advance! — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 08:52, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
You have previously commented on the redirect On the genus of a graph. There have been significant changes, including the target, since the nomination was made. You may wish to revisit the discussion and confirm whether or not your previous views remain unchanged. Having been relisted the discussion is now at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 September 7. Thryduulf ( talk) 14:35, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you; I had expected argument based off 100k/3rd in Indiana, if any, rather than "too stale". While the articles I do are normally single-edit creations, I have all the references in advance and they're very formulaic; I'm planning on finishing the few remaining redlinks at Idaho House of Representatives though someone else has been active there, too, within the last 2 months; this should be next after those for me. Dru of Id ( talk) 18:09, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I do hope you can tell I wasn't being serious. I was quoting children's TV shows and dead politicians, after all. Besides: The people who leave those kinds of messages (Shouted Demands, as I think of them) never come back to discuss the issue. There's no way the person who left the message I replied to ever would have seen it.— chbarts ( talk) 07:01, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for deleting the pages I marked in my user space. I appreciate it. Will Maltby ( talk ⁄ contributions) 08:44, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Thank you for reading through the contentious MfD Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination) and closing it. Your closing statement was:
The result of the discussion was Weak keep - large chunks of content are problematic, but large chunks are not, and thus the appeals to WP:NOT fail as a reason to delete the entire page. Wily D 08:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I endorse the assessment of the consensus in full: that "large chunks of content are problematic, but large chunks are not". However, I believe that that assessment leads to a different result than "weak keep".
Robofish ( talk · contribs) wrote, "Remove the soapboxing content." He was explicitly joined by Beyond My Ken and myself who revised our positions from "delete" to "remove the soapboxing content" and implicitly by the editors who considered the "large chunks of content [to be] problematic" per WP:NOTSOAPBOX and WP:NOTBLOG.
There is a long-standing precedent that MfD is the proper venue for reviewing pages that have both problematic and unproblematic content. See for example Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TreasuryTag in August 2011.
In July 2010, there was a discussion about the issue at Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion/Archive 5#Is MFD an appropriate venue to discuss portions of pages?. More recently, the issue was discussed at the RfC Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion#RfC: Is MfD an appropriate venue to discuss portions of userpages? (July 2012). Taking into account the discussions in July 2010 and July 2012 and MfD precedent, the closer wrote:
I am closing this discussion with the outcome: There is clearly no consensus to adopt the proposed language. A misleading announcement may have distorted discussion somewhat, but most of the editors commenting are experienced and must be presumed to have read the proposal they are commenting on. This will not stop MfD discussions of pages based only on parts of the page content -- a page containing inappropriate content for user space is not automatically off-limits to MfD simply because other content on the page is appropriate. DES (talk) 20:24, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Would you consider revising your close to "The result of the discussion was remove the large chunks of problematic content and keep the large chunks of unproblematic content"?
Thank you, Cunard ( talk) 07:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
If my personal page has been deleted before, can I create it again and keep it blank? DarkFireYoshi 02:21, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, are you going to finish the move of Portal:Xray Crystallography? The deletion tag is still in place and at least one subpage has not been moved. RockMagnetist ( talk) 21:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Could you revert (Deletion log) 23:49 restored page Miju language (5 revisions restored) ? It looks like those were changes in the redirect, and so don't belong in the article history.
Thanks — kwami ( talk) 07:36, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Kannan29 ( talk · contribs) continues to recreate an article, Vinothkannan, which you deleted less than an hour ago. Could you possibly salt the article and give him a firm warning to stop? Appears to be an autobiography as well. Cheers, Matthew Thompson talk to me bro! 06:46, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
The places I requested for deletion have the tag " Greater Manchester" which is a metropolitan county but the boroughs within that county are main government areas. The category Category:Districts of Greater Manchester has one subcategory which deals with Manchester city itself but I think there is room for subcategories covering at least some of the other nine boroughs in Greater Manchester. I realise that Category:Geography of Rochdale is also a subcategory but I don't think it would be wrong to have a Category:Places in Rochdale category instead. I am still looking through to see which places could fit where before I create subcategories, because it is plausible that some boroughs might not have enough articles to warrant a separate subcategory. I felt some of the names should reflect the boroughs rather than a metrpolitan county which is only used for ceremonial purposes and some sharing of inter-authority services. Green Giant ( talk) 16:30, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can you consider amending your closing rationale in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Zoey 101 characters ?
First, I think the consensus does actually lean toward merge in the discussion. In addition to Shooterwalker's comment and mine, user Postdlf's 2nd comment makes it quite clear he doesn't support unconditional "keep" and rather agrees a merge is appropriate. Even if Postdlf did not change his bolded recommendation, AfDs are based more on discussion than on strict voting and I think this comment hasn't been taken into account in your evaluation as it should have. Beside, Jclemens' and DGG's comments blatantly contradict every single piece of guideline we have on lists, that is, WP:LISTN, WP:AVOIDSPLIT and WP:WAF#Summary style approach. Could you elaborate on what strength you found in these comments that made them prevail over the 3 supporting a merge per actual guidelines ?
Second, with your reference to Wikipedia:Article size and the article being over 60kb, you seem to be overlooking the fact that a large portion of these 60kb is unsuitable (as shown in the discussion) and likely to be removed whether the article is kept or not. Thus I don't think Wikipedia:Article size is relevant here and it probably shouldn't appear in your rationale.
Thanks ! Folken de Fanel ( talk) 16:44, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
I marked this page as a CSD for the fact that it was vandalism. My justification for this, which I feel compelled to provide, is that it meets a few criteria:
For these reasons, I decided that the page was vandalism. At the very least, I believe it should have been SD'd as a duplication of an existing topic. I do see your viewpoint that it wasn't vandalism, but I would appreciate it if you could go back and take a second, thorough look at it. I welcome your feedback, and thanks for reading this little short note!
Thanks, gwickwire | Leave a message 23:01, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD! I had created an article on J.H.Tarapore School yesterday and found out today that it has been deleted. When I researched a bit I found that the reason was for 'promotion' or 'advertising'. Let me tell you that this page was about a School in India and it was certainly NOT USED FOR PROMOTION OF THE SCHOOL. So let me request you that please do the needful. Thanks. -- ΩΨ Soham Banerjee ΨΩ 04:14, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
gwickwire | Leave a message 21:36, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Tckma ( talk) 13:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Must say I am disappointed to see another close of yours not adequately addressing the reasons opposing a keep vote. You completely ignored the WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:NOT#NEWS reasons provided in my nomination of the article and my argument about the subject supposedly evidenced in the sources really being one of a general tendency in the Arab and Muslim community to believe misinformation about Israel.-- The Devil's Advocate ( talk) 16:13, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WillyD,
I must admit - that text is not my own personal writing, but the text that the new Page Curation Tool automatically puts on the page creator's talkpage when listing a Speedy. So - I can't take the credit for it, but it's heartening to know that the WMF's attempts to massage some more human-sounding template warnings etc. seems to be paying off. By the way, if you've not already tried/were aware of the aforementioned tool - give it a go. 'Tis excellent - this is the first time I've actually WANTED to do NPP for ages! Witty lama 07:16, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I was wondering if you'd be willing to rephrase or reconsider your close on this AfD? The current wording of your close makes it appear that you believe that the sources presented by NorthAmerica1000 and Milowent are notable, and thus you discounted comments pointing out their lack of applicability - in other words, it looks like you're placing a supervote based on your interpretation of the sources, rather than interpreting the consensus on the AfD. Commenting that people who supported a merge option were somehow misunderstanding the discussion and that thus you also discounted them also seems fairly non-neutral. I'm assuming these things are more artifacts of the way you phrased your close than of you actually having placed a supervote close, but it would be really helpful if you could expand your close to address the basis for your decision beyond "the delete voters misunderstand, and also didn't they see the sources the ARS presented?" A fluffernutter is a sandwich! ( talk) 17:17, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Pizza cheese. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
I view the decision to essentially ignore the roughly 40% of people who voted merge as improper. The proper close would have been "merge", "no consensus", or relist p b p 19:39, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Please help me ban Kwotkuku ( talk) as well. I do believe this person and Kwort are the same person. Kwotkuku sent me personal threats and wrote abuse on my talk page (see talk) right after you blocked Kwort.
Thanks!!
~ Acsian88 ( talk) 19:33, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I was hoping you could help me by explaining Rada Manufacturing was taken down? As it was stated the sources were not reliable the article did not need sources because it was explaining the company. I would disagree with the sources not being reliable. The ABC news coverage is a credible reporting company. I did post the picture of the company to readers can get an idea with what the company looks like. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Knightia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knightia13 ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I wanted to inquire about the deletion of the COLLAB Philadelphia Museum of Art page. I understand that it was due to copyright infringement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Web site. COLLAB is a non-profit, volunteer driven affiliate of the Museum, and the Museum staff actually wrote the Wikipedia copy when COLLAB requested that we have our own page.
Given our affiliation, the museum's approval of us having our own entry, and the fact that they supplied the copy, is there a means to have the page reinstated?
Thank you!
Jedd Davis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeddnyc ( talk • contribs) 13:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
You appear to have missed all the citations and the leadership of a major French climate center and a nationwide award. You would have had to look through a lot of the discussion. Here I pull out the posts on the google scholar citations. For your ease of accumulation, the number of citations are 30, 124, 61, 74, and then as I kept finding more articles I stopped tabulating. The original search at google scholar was either dishonest or incompetent. Upon further reading your closing comment, this appears to be an intellectually dishonest lie "even its advocates don't seem to really believe it" It was the opposition, which only accumulated two votes that was half hearted, botched the google scholar search or perhaps they knew the forgone conclusion? Has nothing changed here a wikipedia? -- Africangenesis ( talk) 11:01, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
BTW, four of the times he was cited were in journal Nature articles. [19] [20] [21] [22]-- Africangenesis ( talk) 01:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
I've added 9 new references from France's newspaper equivalences of the NY Times, the Le Figaro and Le Monde to the sandboxed version of the article. It was strange that a scientist of Marcel Leroux' obvious stature, was not being written about and quoted in major newspapers in France. His stature was apparent from the articles he was writing. He was the scientist solicited to write articles on any unusual weather patterns affecting France and N. Africa. It turns out the major newspapers are paywalled and don't allow google searches.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 13:44, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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A very difficult situation that you made look easy. Good on you for your GibraltarpediA MFD close. Achowat ( talk) 12:08, 8 October 2012 (UTC) |
Made it into a table, just for you.
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In May 2012, PeaceJam premiered Mayan Renaissance,[2] which documents the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future in Guatemala and throughout Central America and the broader struggle for rights taking place among indigenous peoples throughout Latin America. | In May 2012 we premiered Mayan Renaissance which documents the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future in Guatemala and throughout Central America and the broader struggle for rights taking place among indigenous peoples throughout Latin America | - |
The second film, Children of the Light, is currently in pre-production stages and is set to premiere in December 2013. This film will document the peacemaking work of young people around the world who have been inspired by the teachings of Desmond Tutu. | We are currently fundraising and in pre-production stages for the second film, Children of the Light, which documents the peacemaking work of young people around the world that have been inspired by the teachings of Desmond Tutu. Children of the Light, will premiere in December 2013. | - |
The third film of the series, Educating the Heart, inspired by the legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will premiere in December 2014. | The third film of the series, Educating the Heart, inspired by the legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will premiere in December 2014. | - |
PeaceJam Foundation's Nobel Legacy Film Series features 13 Nobel Peace Laureates and their efforts to create a better future for all of humanity [1]. A total of 13 full-length documentaries will be produced with one release each year. These films will be made a permanent part of the PeaceJam Foundation's award-winning youth development curriculum that is implemented globally, inspiring youth to take action to address the most pressing issues of our time. In addition, these films will be featured on PBS, online, in film festivals, and on DVD. | - | Each unique and powerful film will be featured on PBS, in film festivals, on DVD, and online. In addition, the films will be made a permanent part of the PeaceJam Foundation’s award-winning youth development curriculum that is implemented globally, inspiring youth to take action to address the most pressing issues of our time. |
Does that clear up any confusion over if the article has been copied from elsewhere? Ironholds ( talk) 08:40, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I recently started an article on worker policing and was working offline before I added things to the edit page. However, before I add the content, the page was tagged for deletion and deleted. I am now adding all of the information and references to the page. Can you take a look at it and see if it is acceptable?
GenesBrainsBehaviorNeuroscienceKL ( talk) 04:42, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Concerning the article deletion. I discovered that the article was lined up for deletion by clicking on the 'What links here' in the toolbox of Choseng's article. There you will find this link: User:Cyde/List_of_candidates_for_speedy_deletion not a bot page, but a individual's page where they use an imperfect 'tool' to find deletion candidates. Following the protocol I have added the banner to prevent this article being deleted. As soon as Cyde has removed the candidacy the banner can be removed. If you can help to see that this is carried through that'd be great. Thanks.
Hi WilyD, regarding Adrianne Ahern, there is still not a single reliable secondary source. Do you think that is an improvement? I looked for some myself and couldn't find any. Regards, heather walls ( talk) 15:15, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I notice you recently closed the AFD on Marcel Leroux. There is a copy of the article from fairly recently at User:Lucy_Skywalker/Marcel_Leroux; I dunno if that needs to go or not. I don't much care; I'm just letting you know. I only noticed it because its the #7 google hit for Leroux :-) William M. Connolley ( talk) 19:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Now its being actively maintained [23], so I'd say it should be deleted William M. Connolley ( talk) 20:21, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
And now STA has re-created Talk:Marcel Leroux for his POV pushing. Oh joy William M. Connolley ( talk) 20:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
How on earth can a noted scientist such as Leroux have his WP page deleted due to the machinations of William M Connolley (a low grade programmer of no notability) yet Connelly still has a WP page? It really brings WP into disrepute and lowers its reputation. ---- SO
-- Africangenesis ( talk) 17:08, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Evidently it isn't enough to show you that you were wrong on every point you cited to decide to delete when closing. You are going to insist on wikilawyering delays to the end. Your responsibility is to do what is right for wikipedia whether I KYA or not. I've given wikipedia enough information to make the correct decision according to its standards. It is wikipedia's job to replace admins that don't meet the standard.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 08:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC) "New Sources"? What was your old source for this statement:
From WP:Academic:
I have supplied what you need above. What more do you need? Do you have contrary evidence? You deleted on your own. You can restore on your own. Is the recommendation to take it up first with the closing admin really supposed to be a waste of time, like you are implying? The new citation on citations are relevant to application of the standards, not to the article. We don't need a discussion on WP:Academic. It already adopts this kind of analysis. -- Africangenesis ( talk) 09:42, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Being in the top 1% of his field in citations should be enough to avoid the "average professor" dismissal.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 10:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, you acknowledge the correctness of my ad hominem characterizations, by admitting that a restored updated article would just be put up for AfD again. Sorry, it is possible to have both legitimate arguments and ad hominem arguments, and you can't claim not to have seen the legitimate ones. -- Africangenesis ( talk) 15:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, I hope you and others are watching and learning. :-) There is more than one kind of vandalism. You may think that it is Marcel Leroux and its sandbox copy that is being vandalized, but it is really a long term effort against List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming The article is setup so that those whose views are to be listed or catalogued must be "notable", but it is not enough that they are notable, they must have an article because red-links aren't allowed. This means that those wanting to contribute to the article in good faith, have the additional burden of having to create a bio article as well, even if they may have no interest in doing so. It is pretty clear that Marcel Leroux is notable, the argument seems to be that the article should be improved some, (to save face or something) so lets do the experiment of avoiding the redlink by just not wikilinking his name, and seeing what happens.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 05:05, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Good afternoon. An editor asked me off-wiki to review your closure of the Marcel Leroux. I declined to do so. I consider off-wiki decisions (including those made on IRC) to be bad policy and anti-wiki. I did, however, decide to honor the editor's request for privacy and opened a DRV discussion in his/her name. I have also taken the liberty of posting my own review of the debate. Apologies for not notifying you in advance of the question but I couldn't figure out how to do that and protect the privacy of the original requestor. Thanks in advance for your understanding. Rossami (talk) 20:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Your close here shows the wisdom of Solomon. Thank you for a thoughtful explanation and way forward in what has been a very contentious issue, and not just a one-word close. It is quite helpful. -- Jayron 32 13:30, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, many of the votes on the deletion review, appear mainly to be supportive of your good faith in closing the AfD. I'm sure you agree that is far from the only criteria they should consider, that evidence accrued and better organized since your closure, by the DRV standards, should be considered independently and can be sufficient to overturn despite any conclusion of good faith on your part. I solicit your support to call for a fair hearing of the issue, regardless of concern for your decision. I think I've made a fair summary of the evidence in my vote at the AfD. Your voice as the closing admin could carry considerable weight. Regards.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 14:28, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:07, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
When closing this did you take into account the blatant sockpuppetry reported here? Phil Bridger ( talk) 08:32, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
You've said that it is not a candidate for speedy deletion. The reason does not have its own tag, but, I have on [ |here], on number 5, that it actually is. If you could either verify this for me, or explain why Akhelios isn't covered by this article, that'd be awesome. Marigu goke ( talk) 19:59, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, it seems Superfeedr's been deleted without giving you very long to reply to Fireflo's response to your comment. Did you have any response? If so, I wonder if there's some way to re-open the discussion? I don't have anything more to add myself however. Silas S. Brown ( talk) 19:35, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I'm interested to hear how 3x COI articles ( Wise Care 365, Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Data Recovery) plus linkspam to these in other articles by an SPA who is obviously promoting his product does not constitute spam. Perhaps you didn't spot that the "references" cited are solicited and paid for? If WP keeps these articles, we'd be endorsing scareware products that draw unwary consumers in with a free version that finds countless "errors" that can only be repaired by buying the product. Thanks Socrates2008 ( Talk) 13:06, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
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I assumed that the IP was the only editor 'cuz the other edits are done by Bot's but I see i was wrong i should had checkup up on more entrys... -- Fox2k11 ( talk) 13:20, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Please read why I said the page shouldn't be deleted and put it up as soon as possible. -- TheShadowCrow ( talk) 16:01, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
The "tagging something as a hoax that was almost certainly true" link you provided at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Writ Keeper goes simply to Special:Undelete, which doesn't have any links to any pages at all. Could you please supply a diff to the edit in question? Nyttend ( talk) 21:23, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I have completed it now. Will you please restore the article? -- TheShadowCrow ( talk) 22:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I was just writing up a post to ANI on him but you beat me to it with your block. He has made some pretty nasty comments in the last couple weeks against different users. - DJSasso ( talk) 14:47, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! I noticed that you deleted the Mark Tedeschi. According to my notes, that article should have been fairly sound, in spite of its origins, so I was surprised to see it deleted by CSD. Given that the user wasn't blocked at the time the article was created, does G5 apply? I'm not too worried either way, although the subject is quite notable, so at some point in the future we may need to recreate the article. - Bilby ( talk) 08:42, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry for that. Didn't realise you were an admin.-- Mjs1991 ( talk) 10:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for deleting the redirects. Could you also take a look at User:Jenn Bostic and User talk:Jenn Bostic. It looks like the article was originally moved there before it found its way to the mainspace. Cheers Paul MacDermott ( talk) 11:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Just FYI: you dePRODded this, saying "as much as I hate WP:FOOTBALL, a soccer player in his nation's top league is a plausible assertion of significance", but I have replaced the PROD (resetting the clock) because it was a BLP-prod, and there are still no sources. Once upon a time I might have set out to look for sources, but I have become fed up with the flood of one-liners that just say something like "Ozymandias Grk is a Fooian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for F K Grblfxp", and I hope that if their authors find them deleted they may learn that they can't expect others to take the time to check (a) is F K Grblfxp in a fully professional league (b) is Ozymandias Grk in the first team (c) has he actually played for the first team (d) is there a reliable source for that? Cheers, JohnCD ( talk) 20:23, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
I can assure that this is the name of a person and not a village. (apparently name of the creator) The infobox has been copied from Muzaffarpur -- Anbu121 ( talk me) 09:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
You said that I must wait for several months, but WP:articles for deletion/2nd bundle of channel lineups, WP:articles for deletion/List of channels on Sky, and WP:articles for deletion/3rd bundle of channel lineups agreed to delete them all. I worry that the titled subject might return to mainspace without substantial improvement. Therefore, if move protection is needed, as well as User:IP 12.153.112.21/List of AT&T U-verse channels. -- George Ho ( talk) 05:12, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
It's been weeks, so I wonder if the redirect page violates WP:RFD#KEEP (or WP:R#KEEP). I can't find any useful history of former article, even when content is already merged in AT&T U-verse. However, why would one person's favoring the redirect enough reason to keep the page is beyond me. There are no alternatives to consider making improvements to overcome AFD and MFD any longer. Holding off RFD nomination until January or February is the best way for me, but... I'm out of words about this. -- George Ho ( talk) 06:21, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at my response. I haven't a clue where you get I'm wrong 1/2 the time. Bgwhite ( talk) 09:26, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Dear Wily D,
The article titled S.J. Ramprashan was deleted on November 6th 2012, entirely by mistake. This article was approved and was up on Wikipedia as the biography of a notable Tamil Radio broadcaster who has worked in Sri Lanka and is now working in Canada. I realized that I had erroneously deleted the article and I rewrote the same article on November 8th 2012, not knowing how to restore the original article that I had not intentionally deleted. One of the claims for deletion by Malik was that 2 articles exist under the same name. That is the article that I had created on November 8th 2012 after realizing that I had accidently deleted my original article on Nov/6th/2012. I see that you had restored the article with 6 revisions and then you had put the original article in my usertalk area. How can I restore this as a wikipedia article just like it was 2 weeks ago? I kindly ask that you restore the original article as he is a prominent member of the Tamil community and has contributed significantly to Tamil broadcasting and is a mainstream media Tamil community representative. Hence I feel a biographical article about him would serve the community well. Please get back to me regarding this issue as soon as you can. Thank you very much.
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The text posted in wikipedia under "Angelo Renai" Was cut an pasted from IMDB and then edited with updated links of notoriety. I initially posted it on IMDB as tps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3rdpersing ( talk • contribs) 09:45, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi
You declined the CSD on Ian H. Crocker. That's fine, and I half expected it. The reason I requested it is as follows:
It's utterly unimportant to me - since I removed the info I thought needed to be removed, and took the action I felt necessary. Just thought I'd leave you the note, since you are now the editor who
"inserted" it
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Replied to your reply - no need to answer if you see no need to answer
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Struck comment because I archived the discussion from my talk page - so nothing to see there now. Sorry if I reacted harshly - it was only a CSD on a redirect, after all. Happy days. Begoon talk 17:06, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
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There are a lot of articles pointing to it that now have red links and no one knowing what's going on. FYI. CarolMooreDC 17:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
This was apparently listed for deletion as part of a discussion at WP:MfD and you closed the discussion as delete: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:42120kev back in September. It has not been deleted and still has the MFD tag on it. I don't have a horse in this race, but I was trying to clean up incorrect, outdated or unfinished tags and I notice this at Wikipedia:Database reports/Old deletion discussions. Just thought I would let you know. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда. 22:22, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
You blocked User:Hello71, who has been trolling, whether deliberate or not. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 11:09, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi, WilyD i have seen your reverting here the redirect has no useful incoming links as here and is also holding up a move therefore i believe it should be deleted. -- Ibrahim ebi ( talk) 07:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
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May I bother you to place a copy of Tom Cooper (author) at User:pdfpdf/Tom Cooper (author)? Thanks in advance, Pdfpdf ( talk) 00:26, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes, but what about Aristotle's box file? Was it quarto, A4, legal or foolscap? Pdfpdf ( talk) 13:04, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Please consider re-opening this AFD and allowing another administrator to close it. You clearly have an opinion on the merits of the article, and as such, you need to vote in the process as an ordinary user, not cast a supervote. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 19:56, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Wily, it has been shown at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MountWassen that this Afd you recently closed had been heavily rigged by sockpuppets; see group 2 at the SPI for names. Please consider reviewing your closing result. De728631 ( talk) 17:40, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
I tagged Fried Pork in Scoop as R3, I hope you don't mind. There are only three Google results; two have site errors and don't work and the other suggests we should also be tucking into Toast Chicken within Details. I think it's Chinglish—funny, but ultimately not worth keeping. -- Noiratsi ( talk) 10:23, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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Why don't you search online and find out who he is. — Preceding
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Hey, I just had to drop a quick note of thanks for that comment on my RfA... "Insufficient love for baby Jesus is ridiculous" made my day! I needed that smile. — Darkwind ( talk) 19:14, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
While i'm certainly not going to challenge your decision or anything, I just wanted to comment that in the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robb Alvey (2nd nomination) discussion, considering all the Delete votes were made by SPAs who had never edited before trying to get the article deleted (and the IPs could presumably also be the new accounts, I didn't bother to check) and whose only argument was "non-notable" with no explanation whatsoever besides the amount of sources that kept getting pulled up, it probably should have been a Keep decision. Silver seren C 12:31, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
From Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, may I ask why you did not consider the WP:NOT#NEWS argument (which is policy compared to WP:N), or the transwiki option that was given? -- MASEM ( t) 14:55, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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I don't understand your justification for resolving this as a redirect to Cisco Systems. There does not appear to be consensus for this. In absence of consensus, the article should not be deleted. -— Kvng 16:36, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
I think Multi Chevrolet is a dealership in New Jersey based upon a WP:SET and should not be a redirect. Mkdw talk 09:15, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Mkdw talk 09:27, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I think you close of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Kostasneymar may be premature, considering that my notification at Talk:P.A.O.K._F.C.#A_lot_of_stuff_in_userspace_nominated_for_deletion six hours earlier may have been the only notification of editors who may have been interested in the content. Although probably unlikely, some of the content may have assisted editors in improving the article P.A.O.K._F.C.. Unless someone was quite sure the matereial was unusable (the nomination reads as slightly tentative), I think a relist, just in case, would be the right thing to do. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 13:59, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Wily, just letting you know that when you moved Glider (aircraft), you didn't close the move request, so it was still showing up on WP:RM. I went ahead and closed it. Cheers,-- Cúchullain t/ c 15:13, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, WilyD. You recently deleted the articl Without A Face (band). I think I can help the original author whip the article into shape, if you could send me the deleted article. Thanks. Natt the Hatt ( talk) 18:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
I like your closes. Eg. Thank you. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 23:22, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Frankly, I don't really care one way or the other of the outcome, but I don't understand what is sensible about a redirect to an article where the title of the redirect (in this case, the name Christine Kerr) is never even remotely referred to. You may have your reasons, and maybe good ones too; or you may have not understood the rationale, but 'not a sensible reason' makes me sound like a roaring idiot for making the nomination. Thanks, Hamamelis ( talk) 09:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
I recently nominated Arthur Mooring for WP:CSD#A7 (my first deletion nom, so please forgive any mistakes), and from your declining edit summary, apparently I’d missed any claims of notability. I didn’t see anything in the article showing that he’s notable, and I can’t seem to find any sources that say much beyond that he was alive. Should I try another nomination, or am I wrong in the first place? — Frungi ( talk) 10:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
I noticed that you used a headcount argument in a close here (something specifically not a part of Wikipedia:Consensus). Can you explain to me how you could determine based on quality of argument that the consensus was to keep an unsourced trivia list?— Kww( talk) 01:12, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I asked to have the Afreaka ! article speedily deleted because its name is wrong (has a space that should not be there) and because the article Demon Fuzz, which is proposed for deletion, covers the topic better. I think the Demon Fuzz article will survive AfD. Was I supposed to wait for the AfD discussion to time out before asking? You wrote
Declined There's no way duplication should result in deletion here. If the consensus is to keep the content in the parent article, this should be a redirect. Or, the content might be moved from the parent article to here. EIther way. But deletion? No
I highlighted "here" because it sounds like you didn't notice (or I didn't convince you) that the article is under a wrong name. I think I was created that way because the editor who made it is French, and in France they use spaces that way. If there's to be a separate article about the album, it should not be written with the space because the band is not French and didn't name the album that way.
I asked for the redirects Afreaka! (the proper name) and Afreaka pointing to Demon Fuzz but that was denied too:
This is a matter for the AFD, not for a redirect to be made.
I asked about that at User_talk:Mdann52#your_comment_about_my_redirect_request 24.24.214.15 ( talk) 00:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
You deleted this user page (see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Burkenburg). There's now a long page there again. Could you check if the page currently is about the same thing and whether WP:CSD#G4 applies or whether a new discussion would be needed? -- Stefan2 ( talk) 13:56, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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WilyD, I wanted to thank you for your support during my RfA, and let you know that I will work to earn your confidence in my future editing. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 02:08, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm wondering why you closed the discussion, as there had only been one !vote. Consensus had clearly not been established, and a relist would have been more appropriate. Thanks. — Rutebega ( talk) 23:19, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Since you were the admin who decided against consensus to delete an article, David G. McAfee, could you let me have access to it so I might rewrite it so that it might pass YOUR standards in the future? Thanks. SkepticalRaptor ( talk) 03:26, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
You missed the second page that was discussed in the XfD, Wikipedia:WikiProject_Abandoned_Drafts/Suzanne_M._Olsson. — raeky T 05:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You histmerged WP:Article Incubator/Ponniyin selvan (2012 film) into Ponniyin Selvan after WP:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Ponniyin selvan (2012 film). The interleaved revisions have nonsense diffs (e.g., 1, 2) and confuse legitimate changes ( 3). Following regular WP:Merging with history merging is discouraged by WP:How to fix cut-and-paste moves#Parallel versions and WP:Merge and delete#History fixing. SmokeyJoe suggested WP:Merge and delete#Move to subpage of talk page at the MfD. Would you agree with undoing the history merge? Thanks. Flatscan ( talk) 05:24, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
The IRC Elite is now blaming and shaming you for good trolling ;c 78.8.98.75 ( talk) 22:37, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm quite shocked at the manner in which you deleted the Tixati page. Please be so kind to reinstate the page, or at least reply to the comments on User talk:Jec. Jec ( talk) 21:31, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Please see further comments at User talk:Jec, where I ask you to reinstate the page so I can add the references you requested. In the future, please be so kind as to request references rather than deleting pages without discussion. Jec ( talk) 16:27, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I've moved the article back to the main namespace, it should have sufficient citations now. There's one remaining case of original research, which I've marked with a citation needed tag. Should you have any further disagreements with this article, please speak to me rather than behaving like a bully. Jec ( talk) 18:05, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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But I fixed your link at Legoktm's RfA. At your discretion, feel free to undo this change at any time. =) Kurtis (talk) 12:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Several months after Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination) was closed, the user page was renominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (3rd nomination) by JohnCD ( talk · contribs) on behalf of 50.113.65.228 ( talk · contribs). The discussion was closed as speedy keep because 50.113.65.228 is a single-purpose account, so the later discussion should not override the previous one. At User talk:Cunard/Archive 9#Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination), you wrote on 24 September 2012:
I'm not ignoring this question. But it's not straightforward to consider (partly because it's a quite long discussion), and I'm not terribly fond of the "compromise by fiat" closes of redirect or merge where only a small minority argued for that, with a lot of straight keeps and straight deletes (which I think this closely parallels). But I'm considering it. If you're unhappy that I'm slow (which I'm likely to be), feel free to try DRV, but I doubt it's likely to be all that helpful.
Timotheus Canens ( talk · contribs) at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 wrote in May 2011: "The general consensus here is that the page fails WP:SOAP and WP:NOTBLOG." In your close in September 2012, you wrote that "large chunks of content are problematic, but large chunks are not, and thus the appeals to WP:NOT fail as a reason to delete the entire page" and I asked you to consider removing the problematic chunks on the basis of your finding that "large chunks of content are problematic".
Two different closers have found that the user page has problematic content that violates WP:SOAP and WP:NOTBLOG. In August 2011, Orangemike ( talk · contribs) wrote at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive714#User talk:Timeshift9#Your userpage 2:
Once again, Timeshift is using his userpage as a blog. This is not encyclopedic content, it is only a microscopic fragment of Timeshift's ideological stance and thus give us little insight into any prejudices or biases he may have as an editor; it is a weak substitute for starting a real blog, and is in pretty blatant violation of the community consensus about his prior pseudo-blog. Like the previous version, my concern is not BLP but rather WP:NOT#WEBHOST. If you want to opinionate about politics in Oz, do so in a real blog, not on our servers. -- Orange Mike | Talk 13:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Community consensus has repeatedly found that the problematic content violates policy so that content should not be allowed to remain.
In August 2011, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TreasuryTag was closed as "Consensus is that the offending portion of the page to be deleted (and obviously not re-added)" even though none of the participants bolded "delete the offending material". This close was upheld at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 August 25#User:TreasuryTag. Removing portions of pages was upheld at Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion#RfC: Is MfD an appropriate venue to discuss portions of userpages? (July 2012).
Please consider removing the user page's problematic content per your assessment of the consensus that "large chunks of content are problematic". Because of the unpleasant acrimony surrounding the previous MfD, I will respect your decision however you decide and will not renominate this at MfD or DRV if you decline to remove the problematic content. Best, Cunard ( talk) 22:32, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm looking to recreate Sound Devices which it appears you previously deleted. They are a company in the professional audio sector. Their products are very popular, have won awards, and have been used to record the sound for many major films and TV shows. I don't know what was wrong with the old article, but I believe that they are notable. I'm not sure what the correct process is - do you undelete the article, or should I start from scratch? SmilingFace ( talk) 16:29, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
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You just deleted the page "Animal Instincts (book)". It was not about the website as it is written in reasoning! It was about a book! Why did you do that? What was wrong with that article? I could edit it!
"it does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject" - that is a very vague reason. Are the books insignificant? Please undelete it. -- Pager1989 ( talk) 10:35, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
You appear to have missed the talk pages though. Only one edit so it's just for history. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 17:01, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Why would you delete a redirect only to recreate the exact same redirect almost immediately? Dogmaticeclectic ( talk) 09:01, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate the help on my merging issue. :) ProudGamecock ( talk) 08:36, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Regarding comments you made when you declined deletion of The Beverly Hillbillies (season 1), The Beverly Hillbillies (season 2), [30] [31] and the other related season articles, the guideline we use for splitting an article, Wikipedia:Article size refers to readable prose size, not file size. Strictly speaking, according to the definition of readable prose, List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes only contains 285 bytes of readable prose. Using a very loose definition of readable prose, there is less than 28KB of readable prose in the article. This is well within WP:SIZERULE's recommendation that length alone does not justification when the length of an article is <40KB. Since length alone is the only reason for splitting, there is no justification for a split, the justification for deletion based on the fact that the articles substantially duplicate List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes still stands. I would therefore ask you to reconsider your rejection. -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 09:41, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Re: Catalyzer - he reverted you. - MrOllie ( talk) 14:39, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hi. What is actually the reason that you blocked Lfdder ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for two weeks? I'm watching his talk page, and I don't see any recent activity which would nearly justify a two-week block, and your block log message does not offer much of a clue. In the talk page exchange, you quoted this diff of his, but it is two weeks old, and related with his quite old bad behavior at Language icons tfd. So, either I missed something obvious, or there are some deleted contribs of his, or...? (I'm not keen to jump on conclusions, but truly interested in an explanation). No such user ( talk) 22:23, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks for telling me as I wished that my page was going to be deleted before it was deleted, or was it that you didn't tell me? I was okay with the fact of deleting other pages, I understand what you wrote about it being more of a resume but if you could have told me this before my page went I would have changed it. Manu thanks for not informing me prior to the deletion as I wished. CharlieWhiteheadActor ( talk) 15:18, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
You deleted the page Atlanta Institute of Music, so basically you may wanna delete its redirect right here /info/en/?search=Atlanta_Institute_Of_Music just to inform you. Thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Second Skin ( talk • contribs) 23:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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IF you look at the diffs I reverted 3 x's the fourth edit you see is [ [32]] which involved a completely different issue. Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 14:52, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Sorry for bothering you about this again, but I've changed my mind - could you please restore the history of the redirect
Au Pays des Têtes à Claques?
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This cryptocurrency will change everything and it currently has thousand of active miners. This page must be undeleted. It is important for the people to know also about the alternatives. Also by following this practice you should equally remove the Bitcoin wiki reference...
What do you mean by (revert bad decline) - article wasn't declined, I added CSD tag to it? -- nonsense ferret 22:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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As you said, this redirect can be kept, so I contributed to Wikipedia by creating many redirects ( Phó bảng, Thám hoa, Bảng nhãn, Trạng nguyên) which are same meaning. Thank you. Ok, I think User:In ictu oculi is correct, Vietnamese terms can appear in English Wikipedia everywhere. Next time, I will create more. Thank again to let me know. Alphama ( talk) 12:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring the History section at the Americas! I noticed that the article had a weird structure and shallow coverage historical facts, but I attributed that to it being low quality.
I would like to request you to take special care with newcomers involved in edit wars. While it was clear to you and me that the content didn't belong in the lede, the user didn't get the right impression of the why it was removed. The Welcome template was a nice touch, but proved itself insufficient; it was devolving quickly into a WP:BITEy situation.
The outcome of this ordeal could have easily been a burnt new editor, and us (you) not noticing that the user misplaced his addition because the proper place for it was missing. It would be awesome if you could go the extra mile in these cases and have the patience to directly explain what's going on at the user's own talk page, to engage him directly. Thx! Diego ( talk) 14:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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I believe its notability was also in question. Daniel Case ( talk) 14:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Alright. I will undelete. Daniel Case ( talk) 15:01, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
You deleted my speedy deletion tag and cited the reason it should stay is that he is of significance. I strongly disagree. This is why:
1) The former alderman [1] of a municipality of approx. 11,246 people [2] is not significant beyond the local level. Deletions that demonstrate this case are the temporary deletion of Tom Cullerton from January 2012 until November 2012. [3]
2) He has not been a candidate for "higher" office in over seven years. Candidates for office do not necessarily qualify as notable. Deletions that assert this include David Gill who ran for Congress multiple times, [4], Greene County State's Attorney Matt Goetten, [5] and the temporary deletion of Tom Cullerton [3] who ran for the same level office (State Senate) and was the PRESIDENT of a Village with approx. 22,000 people. [2]
I may have been hasty on the deletion. I think that merging the information in this article with the article Deanna Demuzio would be most appropriate. I have also posted this on the Talk:Jeff Richey page.
You deleted the Spiders (developer) page that I created while I was adding sources from IGN and GiantBomb. I understand that it, at the time of deletion, contained no sources that could not be verified as they all related to the companies personal web page, but I was in the process of updating the page when the deletion occurred. If the page with these sources would still not have been eligible to remain then I understand perfectly. Thanks, Doom1649 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doom1649 ( talk • contribs) 10:45, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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Okay thank you, can you tell me which article that was? Again thanks Wgolf ( talk) 17:01, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
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This page was rejected twice /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/David_Record and it was deleted twice by User:Admrboltz on 13:36, 31 January 2014. It seems that it is reverted since a new page is created and when new discussion take place. Is there a way to check previous pages or dig into archives.
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Hi. It's late here, and I thought the year read 1995, not 1895. Thanks for catching my error. g s k 11:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
...than gathering links to old dirt about me to your sandbox, and starting a pointless DRV process to salvage a single IP-editor talk page comment? I'd expect this kind of counterproductive, time-wasting activities from trolls only, not from other administrators. jni (delete) ...just not interested 12:37, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Bravo. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 06:35, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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{{ Infobox Indian Jurisdiction}} is awaiting deletion in the holding cell. You should probably get used to using {{ Infobox settlement}}.
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Oh never mind, I'll just delete the category from its redirect re this, which was where I saw the problem. Skookum1 ( talk) 12:48, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Can we try to get to the root of this. It is very annoying that you just copy-paste that. I know what you will say, that yes there are arguments for deletion but none of them support it, but that is just splitting hairs (in any case, RfD is redirects for discussion, so copy-pasting a standard bit of text is hardly a discussion, is it, so your words then tend to carry less weight). You know it is annoying not only to me but other regulars at RfD. If you are going to copy-paste your RfD comments, then you could say "I oppose the deletion" or actually just omit the text altogether. It may not seem so to you, but that choice of words implies that other good-faith editors (and I don't mean me, the latest one you did it on I hadn't even commented on) are somehow idiots or don't know what they are talking about. You may not mean it that way, but to at least one editor that is how it sounds and I suggest you rephrase it or stop using it. Si Trew ( talk) 16:55, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
A page you recently deleted has been recreated: User:Soccermomguide. INeverCry 18:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I think your decision to turn down the speedy deletion of Vpered (disambiguation) is a mistake. This article does not serve any purpose, apart from the main Vpered article there is only one other alternative meaning, which is now dealt with by a hatnote at this article. PatGallacher ( talk) 00:48, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Vpered (disambiguation) has now been nominated for deletion. PatGallacher ( talk) 17:17, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
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Since there seems to be a disagreement amongst us regarding the interpretation of WP:CSD#G6 and the wording on {{ Db-disambig}}, rather than starting an unnecessary edit war regarding my template placement on Achilles Statius (disambiguation), I thought I'd chat about it here. The wording WP:CSD#G6 and the wording on {{ Db-disambig}} seem to contradict each other: the reason I state this is because the wording of WP:CSD#G6 doesn't mention WP:PRIMARYTOPIC at all, but {{ Db-disambig}} does. Also, WP:CSD#G6 says "lists at least two pages" and {{ Db-disambig}} says "disambiguates fewer than two extant Wikipedia pages"...
The way I have interpreted the phrase disambiguates fewer than two extant Wikipedia pages and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic); on {{ Db-disambig}} is that a disambiguated page is an article that has a disambiguator in its name (or is not spelled like the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC but could be confused for it), considering that in the case of a disambiguation page being at a title that ends with "(disambiguation)", that means that a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC has been determined and that its title is not disambiguated. In the case on Achilles Statius (disambiguation), it seems to meet the criterion listed on {{ Db-disambig}} with the way that the template is currently worded (since only one title either has a disambiguator or only one title could be confused with the primary topic's spelling). In fact, with the fact that there is a primary topic, the disambiguation page does seem unnecessary since pointing to the other page is possible by putting a hatnote on the primary topic's page.
From what I have seen, this is the purpose of the {{ Db-disambig}} tag (and without stating names, other administrators seem to agree with that, considering that other administrators have deleted articles I have tagged with {{ Db-disambig}} in the past for pages in the same state as Achilles Statius (disambiguation).) If you don't believe so, I may have to open a WP:RFC regarding this, considering that the contradicting wording on WP:CSD#G6 and {{ Db-disambig}} seems to be causing some interpretation issues that I can see myself. Steel1943 ( talk) 14:06, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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I see that you have moved Pro 12 to Pro12. Does that men you are going to move, for example, 2013–14 Pro 12 to 2013–14 Pro12 for consistency? Hamish59 ( talk) 09:59, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi WilyD, you've surely noticed the state of the backlog at RfD. Today I closed a couple of older discussions that I had participated in that had listed for a while and had unanimous consensus, which I hope most editors could agree is reasonable under the circumstances. I wanted to respectfully ask if you would be alright with me closing discussions for these foreign-language redirects in which consensus is clear and only you support keeping the redirect. You're certainly entitled to your position on these issues, but I think you can see consensus and what little documentation we have on it are against you.
When I say that I seem to be the only one closing RfDs these days, I say so with dismay, not pride. Under the circumstances, I'm trying to find creative approaches to maintaining the backlog. Again, this would only apply to discussions that have listed for seven days and for which you're the only editor advocating keeping. I did a quick scan of such discussions to make sure there weren't any with just one or two editors in opposition, and there seem to be at least four in opposition in all cases. Since I am among the opposing editors, I can't perform an uninvolved close. I hope you'll agree to this for the sake of the backlog, but if you don't, I will understand. Best regards, BDD ( talk) 19:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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Since we had talked about it recently, I just wanted to inform you that I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Propose clarification: CSD G6 - when does it apply to disambiguation pages with only two listed articles? regarding clarification on when disambiguation pages with only two entries should be deleted per the CSD G6 criterion. Steel1943 ( talk) 23:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello WilyD, long time ago you have expressed your views on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictators. Now I have improved the related articles and lists with systematic findings based on published reliable sources from history and political science. However, two of them are currently submitted to Afds (by a Chinese Wikipedian who in the past has personally attacked me for my contribution to politics-related articles in Chinese Wikipedia). Your comments are welcome and appreciated: (1) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictatorships (2) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_modern_dictators_in_Latin_America. Thanks.--( comparingChinese Wikipedia vs Baidu Baike by hanteng) 15:22, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Please restore Portal:Paleozoic/Selected picture/1 - Portal:Paleozoic/Selected picture/15, I requested their deletion by accident thinking they were drafts in my userspace. Abyssal ( talk) 18:08, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD.
Thanks for allowing me to expand on the Pitusa article by sending it to my sandbox. As it is, I think it has sufficient information now to be a stand-alone article and also it has the links needed. So I wanted to let you know I am reinstating it as an article. God bless! Antonio Black-red-nails Martin ({{User talk:AntonioMartin|dime]]) 11:10, April 10, 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Wily D
I wanted to ask for your reasons on why you decided to delete and remove my article about MetroAir virtual airlines. I created the page as a source of history and information to the users and participants of the virtual airline that I help run. In the article it was explained that we were a simulation 'virtual' airline but also one that prides itself on being realistic, innovative and professional. We strive to make the experience as real as possible. This is not the 1st wiki page we have had. We had one a couple of years ago but it was in a different format and was under utilised so we decided to close it. We however now felt it was time to log our history and also be a quick source of information about the airlines history and progression since it was created in 2005 and to improve 'realism' by showing like the real airlines do. We also wanted to have the 'Fleet' section (Just as real airlines do) to show our fleet listings and passenger configurations (so that pilots could simulate the cabin layout with the various Flight simulation programs)The page would be used by all the staff, pilots and visitors as an extra source of information. We made it clear in the article that we were 'Virtual' and for 'simulation purposes'
Would you be able to explain further? Or be able to re-consider your decision to remove the article seen as a lot of work was put in to its creation.
Thank you for your time in advance and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards Callan 91. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callan91 ( talk • contribs) 10:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
I created the page Steath (The Americans) (obvious misspelling) by a mistake, and since has been moved to Stealth (The Americans). Hence I requested the delete of the same. I see that you have removed the notice. Can you please elaborate? Coderzombie ( talk) 13:18, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi ... can you point me to the guideline that supports the notion that if an album is not notable (and has been deleted because it is not notable), but the band that recorded it is notable, that it is appropriate to re-add the album that is non-notable to a list in a disambig page?-- Epeefleche ( talk) 19:22, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Thank you for your efforts at fixing the page blanking on South Nyanza. It was eventually agreed here to re-direct the South Nyanza languages stub to South Cushitic languages. However, the same user has also been removing linguistic material from that South Cushitic page and especially from Taita Cushitic languages under the pretext that the wiki-text is "bullshit" (e.g. [33]). User:A.Tamar Chabadi, a professional linguist, has indicated that the material as a whole is actually both accurate and well-presented [34]. When you have the time, could you please have a look? Best regards, Middayexpress ( talk) 15:45, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
I made a rather embarrassing spelling mistake when I created this redirect. Could you please reconsider denying its deletion? Doug butler ( talk) 15:28, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Can you delete this redirect page and make a way for move page?, actually i want to move this Rajneesh Duggal article to Rajniesh Duggall per this source and this all [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42]. Currently in this redirect page has copyvio and redirect edits, which is not needed, So please. Chander For You 11:48, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
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As a courtesy notification, I made reference to one of your deletions at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Speedy deletion of articles about music and film festivals and would welcome your perspective there. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 21:18, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, can you please go through this page? seems to be copyright violation. Thanks A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 09:44, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
I am considering taking the article to AfD; but before I do, I would like clarification on why you believe "deletion is obviously inappropriate".
I can understand why the speedy was declined - speedy requires the article fail to meet two criteria, and it only failed one of those. However, the article appears to fail WP:NALBUMS as well as WP:GNG - so deletion via prod or AfD would not appear to fall into the range of being "inappropriate". --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 16:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
I requested deletion because there were multiple debate sites... -- NE2 16:40, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear Wily D
I think it was inappropriate to delete the page on award-winning American filmmaker Clay Westervelt. The biographical information contained within it was substantially re-written to comply with Wikipedia guidelines AFTER it was flagged as being too derivative. Now it has to be recreated once again. I think a more appropriate handling of the situation would have been for you to either make changes you deemed appropriate or ask the user who created it (me) to make these changes. As it is your actions are both arbitrary and capricious.
Hi WilyD. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 June 19#Jacob Barnett, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacob Barnett (2nd nomination). Cunard ( talk) 16:50, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Why do you think it is “not an appropriate use of that tag”? � ( talk) 10:49, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Every infomation I used for my article that you deleted: Temperance (Italian Melodic Metal Band) is verifiable online because it's there where I took everything. Please recondiser the deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DARKARKEN ( talk • contribs) 12:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Anyway, I really don't see your point. But, like always happens, like the lawmakers, some people got to decide for the others... By the way, thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DARKARKEN ( talk • contribs) 06:03, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hey, why do retired destroy reporting?. part gives the information in this article was copied from " Yo no creo en los Hombre". In addition, the telenovela has not commenced and no recordings yet know that title is going to have so speculative.-- Damián80 ( talk) 09:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello. As I understood, you support opening of a new AfD discussion for Dr. Samieh Rizk article? -- BiH ( talk) 16:22, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
You state it is an open and shut case of [ [43]], and then redirect to one scandal? Leonig Mig ( talk) 09:40, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Intention was not wanted to delete those pages Ratnam Concept School and Sri Balaji Vidyalayam, but those are private schools which have no content and not really a famous organization, a street school with no references, even the tags you can see that it is not wiki's notability article tag, if that is the case then many school pages which are in a street as well find place. If you can guide in any other way, I welcome. If I were wrong? waiting for your reply.-- Vin09 ( talk) 08:55, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Anurag Singh was recreated with an edit summary stating that it had been vandalised, and examination of the history proved this to be true, so I have restored the deleted history for attribution's sake. Yngvadottir ( talk) 21:52, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
The readers won't understand when they see all those red links. They'll think we're disorganized linking to non existing articles. I remember myself as a reader the years before I started editing. At least with a tag they'll understand it's a work in progress. Why are you so hell bent against a maintenance tag. And I don't have to make a case about each of the many red links. Two or three in an article okay, but with that many red links it's time to say don't link until it has an article. Slight Smile 16:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, I saw your note re: "Declined - source is too much for A7 (though without others, I expect it would be deleted at AfD." I assume this makes reference to the Sydney Morning Herald article? I went through it too, but at the end there was a link to buy Bausele watches from the Sydney Morning Herald shop, which just kind of blew its independence for me. Asdklf; ( talk) 17:16, 24 July 2014 (UTC)Asdklf;
Greetings! I see that you deleted my tag for Speedy Deletion. That's fine, if you think that this is relevant, but my argument still stands. In reading this article, it was clearly written by the artist himself. He quotes a source without citation and all of his inline citations point back to his own article. The only external source is a Q&A article, which would be fine, but the rest of this article would, indeed, need a major overhaul. Most especially the list of awards; no sources at all. Would you suggest a PROD instead? Thanks for your help! Kobuu ( talk) 15:27, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Can you please tell me why you deleted the page on Gary Catona for copyright infringement? I'm not the creator of the page, but I would like to know.
Hi WilyD, Can you please tell me why you deleted the page on Gary Catona for copyright infringement? I'm not the creator of the page, but I would like to know.
Hi WilyD, this is regarding your declining the Speedy Deletion nomination of Goanese Konkani language. A search on Google Books for the title with quotes doesn't even return a single result. What makes you think that it is plausible that someone will search for this phrase? It's as meaningless as saying "Briteesh English language", for example. The Discoverer ( talk) 10:01, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hello WilyD! I see you have marked the article "Ten Tec" for speedy deletion. This article should not have been deleted because TenTec is an important company. TenTec is an Amateur Radio designer and manufacturer. They build radios like the MARS Series radios which are bought and used by the U.S. Military. I believe it should have not been deleted. Even the company itself claims "World's Communication Headquarters." Please Restore the page. Thanks, Doubledogdare610 ( talk) 22:05, 19 September 2014 (UTC)Doubledogdare610
Thanks for your reply WIlyD! At the moment, I do not know of any books published about the company. This company is in the area of where I live. I have no idea how I would get any reliable sources like you mentioned. Do you have any useful suggestions? Doubledogdare610 ( talk) 16:00, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your cogent argument at the deletion review for Susan Lindauer. I agree that BLP1E is the most misused deletion argument, as most people in Wikipedia are know for just one event, or not even one event, they are just "celebrities" or "socialites", yet still notable by reliable sources. -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 23:38, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
You and the PR guy attacking me at the same time. Why don't you have the frickin facts first. I didn't PROD the article. When the editor has already stated they won't tolerate removal of the article's material, me doing a redirect isn't going to work. Thus, to force a redirect, you have to go to AfD. I've been getting attacks from Maldoro2 for a few days, now I have to get them from you. What, I need to hand out milk and cookies or you are going to yell admin abuse too. Bgwhite ( talk) 08:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
An editor would like to make UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis into an article. In 2009, the fate of the page was disupted. You were the first to redirect it (and protect it) a couple of years ago to List of UFC events. ( It now goes to 2012 in UFC). Any objections? Cheers.
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This is how you keep Wikipedia all Western ! Go ahead ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Assane101 ( talk • contribs) 12:50, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive265#Move War at History of the Jews in Nepal, and RFC review that concerns you because you were recently involved with one or more of the related Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of the Jews in Nepal, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 June 30 ( History of the Jews in Nepal), Talk:History of the Jews in Nepal#RfC: Should we change article name to 'Judaism in Nepal'?. Thank you, IZAK ( talk) 08:42, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
I noticed that with this edit you've redirected Plowback retained earnings to Retained earnings instead of deleting it as per my nomination. I'd like you to reconsider that decision in light of the fact that plowback is synonymous with retained earnings which makes Plowback retained earnings an implausible search term and a confusing redirect to boot as it's effectively equivalent to Plowback plowback, or Retained earnings retained earnings. I'm sure you can appreciate the redundancy that exists there.
Here's a relevant quote from Microeconomics: Principles and Policy by William Baumol and Alan Blinder: "[t]he final major source of funds (...) is plowback, or retained earnings." [1] There can be no mistake here; the two phrases are interchangeable rather than complementary. Plowback itself is a plausible redirect though; that's why I created it prior to nominating Plowback retained earnings for deletion.
If you still believe the page doesn't qualify for removal, please respond to this message indicating that at your earliest convenience. Iaritmioawp ( talk) 14:09, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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Would you be willing to swing by and take another glance at this article. Against your advice, an editor started an AFD, which he has since withdrawn because the article has been substantially expanded. However, it needs someone to close it (or not). Thx. ShulMaven ( talk) 00:46, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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Please explain what you mean exactly with your short "explanations". -- JorisvS ( talk) 11:51, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
If it isn't your intention to hijack Wikipedia to publish your own ideas, then stop trying to do it. It's not hard. Again, stop throwing transparently bogus charges at me; I haven't said anything about your intent, only factually described your actions. Beyond that, read Weissman & Levison; it's quite clearl they're talking about asteroids, not just bodies that don't show evidence of cometary activity. It's not hard to find - it's in the title (and repeatedly thereafter). Plus, your idea that you're trying to insert isn't even right; asteroids can display cometary activity: Active Asteroids. If you think they're wrong, find a source that suggests their wrong, don't just keeping trying to argue for your own idea. (Of course, I don't believe there are any sources that suggest they're wrong; but you're free to look). Wily D 09:42, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
In what aspect is "asteroidal in appearance" supposed to be different from not displaying cometary activity (which can only happen close to the Sun)? -- JorisvS ( talk) 10:40, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Hey I was just editing my page as you deleted it. Can you please reinstate The Free World Charter article so I can complete my edits? Thank you, C — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silkfield ( talk • contribs) 10:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
I just wanted to say thank you to argue vigorously but politely and sensibly at RfD: Not just today but always you do. You are usually wrong but seem to win a lot :)
In your honour, I am eating peanut butter spread over a Lorenz transformation. Apparently it says PBPBPBPB--------LZ------PB----.. No hang on, that is the label on the jar.
Keep up the good work, may we long disagree! Si Trew ( talk) 10:40, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, WilyD,
I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether it should be deleted. Your comments are welcome.
If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE9A:860:DD6B:693A:ACF:B874 ( talk) 18:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello. I wonder if it would be possible to restore temporarily the ability of non-sysop editors to see the article that is the subject of the AfD deletion review at [44] in which we are taking part, and replace the content with the {{TempUndelete}} template. Many thanks. -- Epeefleche ( talk) 18:54, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Declined - "Ancient" is a good clue it wasn't made up by the writer ...and the total lack of sources is an even better clue that it was. Bazj ( talk) 16:18, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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Per this AfD I noticed a few other articles which were soft deleted without full discussion.
Can you userfy these article plus their talk page? Thanks
Also Melissa Dettwiller please, I have found a few sources and am contesting the PROD. Valoem talk contrib 21:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if I could get your opinion on this DRV for Involuntary Celibacy, I'm not following what policy based argument the Endorse closure stands by. The two version are completely different and the sources are secondary. Valoem talk contrib 20:12, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
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Ushin Language Institute is a English language learning center, not a degree-grantingschools. Such schools come under G7. DGG ( talk ) 02:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
WilyD,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
NorthAmerica
1000
10:52, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Nice to see you at RfD. Happy New Year to all you and yours. Si Trew ( talk) 21:25, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, you recently deleted an article I created and I wanted to know your reasoning behind the deletion as well as why your reasoning was not clearly explained. The article was for "Kevin Weston Football Coach". I realize you have a constant presence on this site (as the article I am referring to was deleted within 15 hours of it being posted to the site) so your immediate feedback is appreciated and expected. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Britannijt ( talk • contribs) 19:10, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Really, though, is that an assertion of significance, or an assertion of "regional politician said something that blew up in his face before returning to previous levels of notability"? -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:52, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, you have removed a page I created and I would like to get that content back to continue working on it. I realise that I created the page in the wrong way, and I have now created a draft via the Article Wizard. Thanks Mrey4957 ( talk) 18:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
hi, 4 years ago you added a whole lot of links to the bottom of the article. Have you considered incorporating them into the article? thanks. LibStar ( talk) 01:08, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 January 6#Ryan Martin (boxer), you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Martin (boxer) (2nd nomination). Cunard ( talk) 03:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Please see here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mrdhimas/Archive Title created by one of thee indef SOCKS. Thanks Legacypac ( talk) 10:29, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Sorry I don't understand your close. Your statement that the result was "Active user working in longevity-related topics" doesn't seem to make any sense in terms of the issue. Where was there any discussion about the editor's editing and its relation to keeping the content on his user page? Was there any doubt about it? There was no question that the user was active (although he hadn't edited an article and months and was mostly just working on his user page). The keeps votes from the editor, User:SiameseTurtle, and User:Longevitydude each argue that the user had a right to whatever he wants on his page (which is true, but subject to limitations), and that making personal attacks against the nominator. I note that Longevitydude removed the MFD tag on the basis that "his friend" shouldn't be harassed and that these user pages are their business. These editors also work in the same topic but that seems to have been ignored. In contrast, the delete votes at the very least acknowledge that there are BLP concerns which have been entirely ignored. WP:BLP applies to all pages, not just articles and the remedy is immediate removal, not simply telling the editor about it (who hasn't acted on it). At the very least, the moderate position was the blanking of the tables and directing the user to work on the actual encyclopedia, either through the project or on the article pages. All we have a fork of the table at Oldest_people#Oldest_people_ever with flags which seems to be his personal preference. Finally, your close admits that there is a possible BLP issue with his user page. I'd suggest you reconsider the close. At the very least, I think removing the unsourced names would be in line with policy and essentially remove most of the content anyways. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 01:04, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of User:NickOrnstein. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ricky81682 ( talk) 00:45, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi! - Even when they were removed for an invalid reason? (it was removed because "Given most of the topics at the disambig are "Keeper of the Bees" not "The Keeper of the Bees" it seems unlikely to be uncontroversial." - However, the reality is that 3 of the 4 do use the word "The" in the title). If that's the case, what recourse should I follow? Thanks! Onel5969 ( talk) 15:33, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
This is a primary school. hence not exempt from speedy deletion. TheLongTone ( talk) 13:35, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Wily D. I want to avoid an edition war in the article Americas, so I will justify my editions here.
1) I included Central America as a subdivision in the Portuguese Language, based in the undeniable fact that, in that language, North America usually doesn't include the Isthmus. You can see the map in the Portuguese article América do Norte ( https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_do_Norte). The previous source stating that in Portuguese the Americas are divided just by North and South was wrong, and that is why I changed the source for a more reliable one.
2) I made a minor change in which Latin America was replaced by Hispanic America, in the part where it is discussed how people from some parts of the Americas may identify themselves as Americans and are offended by the use of the term to refer solely to US citizens. The fact is that, unlike in Hispanic countries where "estadunidense" is a common term, and perhaps the most popular, in Brazil it is seldom used. Whenever someone says "americano/americana", people will assume it is a US citizen and, unlike the Hispanics, Brazilians don't usually identify themselves as "americanos". The situation is different with the term "América", which in Portuguese refer to the Continent, not USA. If you say "América" while talking in Portuguese people will assume it is the Continent, so using it as USA may lead to confusion or even offense, but that is definitely not the case with the term "americano". Were Brazil a small Latin American country sharing the same language of the others, we could allow it to be a minor unmentioned exception in a Latin American custom of using "americano" for the whole Continent instead of US. But actually Brazil is much larger than any other country in the region, by any criteria (population, economy, area, military, etc.) and is linguistically the most distinct. Whenever someone says "Latin America", Brazil must be included, or else that person would better say "Hispanic America", and that is what I changed for.
3)There was a list of acceptable terms to refer to US citizens in Portuguese, but the list showed unusual and usual terms altogether, I just added the information that "americano" and "norte-americano" were the most common. Estadunidense is seldom used and "ianque" is extremely rare, but without the information I gave it seemed "ianque" was jus as acceptable as the far more common "norte-americano".
I will reintroduce my changes, please contact me if there is a disagreement with any of those points. Oli1944 ( talk) 15:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to question the deletion of the article Alternativet (Denmark). Alternativet is a Danish political party, that is nearing it's right to run for the Danish Parliament. The Danish article ( da:Alternativet) has existed since fall 2014. -- Kim Bach ( talk) 12:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you would be interested in being involved in a AfD for Mia Khalifa? I think sources suggest she is clearly notable, but currently does not pass WP:PORNBIO and does passed WP:BIO. What is your opinion? Valoem talk contrib 22:20, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
RFC is up, comments would be appreciated. :) Valoem talk contrib 20:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
...whatever it happens to be, are these two words pronounced the same?
If not, then " withought" is in no respect a plausible typo for " without", which is a combination of "with" and "out", "without". Please do not remove the speedy delete request again. BMK ( talk) 10:48, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of
your recent edits, such as the edit you made to
I Am (Leona Lewis album), did not appear to be constructive and has been
reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the
welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use
the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page.The album doesn't have a release date, so it's not notable. The draft was created to make an article until it has a release date, and has a whole edit history spanning months. You say I blanked it, but the draft was simply copied and pasted into the new mainspace article, and wasn't created with that prose. So please do your research before you assume. —
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11:12, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at
I Am (Leona Lewis album). Your edits appear to constitute
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This appears to reproduce entire paragraphs from [45] as seen at [46]. While that Raymondlouis page appears to mirror the earlier (now deleted) Wikipedia page as of 1 Aug 2011, I can't see that, as I am not an admin. Could you please verify? LeadSongDog come howl! 13:42, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Please do not remove
speedy deletion notices from pages, as you did with
ReGlobe. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the article's
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CL
15:27, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey Wily, You are removing speedy deletion tags without giving any reasons. You should better challenge the deletion at appropriate forum. Can you tell where the earlier deletion of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management is declined? Was there any discussion over it which resulted of keeping it? There are enough reasons given for deleting the page which is a complete promotional page of a non notable college. Kindly challenge the reasons before removing any wikitag. Shekhar 09:10, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
When you performed the G6 move on Peter May, you should have restored it to the article Peter May (cricketer)- this was how it was before the controversial move here. On another note, please could you also move Peter May (obscure nobody) back to Peter May (writer)- I was trying to make a point about controversial moves, but realise that it was stupid and inappropriate. Joseph2302 ( talk) 10:59, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Just FYI on the speedy delete i put on that page. The Article was created, as was Old Catholic Confederation in the United States and Collegium augustinianum by one or more editors.. who.. how shall I say it? There are people out there, anglican-related mostly, who create elaborate church entities and give themselves fancy titles and the like, when there is really nothing there. They seem harmless (as far as I know right now) but these articles were created in furtherance of their fancy. The articles really are promotional in the sense of creating something that tries to show the validity of these entities; to promote something like this, the tone is very serious etc; it isn't promo like you find for some weight loss dietary supplement Anyway, we've gotten two deleted; this is the last to go. I only recently learned about this, and am still learning. Just wanted to let you know why i G11'ed it. Jytdog ( talk) 11:24, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Sorry about Sunkalp Energy. I had not noticed it had been unsucessfully speedied before. I should have noticed, of course. I listed it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunkalp Energy DGG ( talk ) 18:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
This might sound a strange thing to say, since we are usually protagonists battling against each other at WP:RFD, but I sincerely appreciate your contributions. You are always wrong, almost by definition (and so am I), but that is how we make the encyclopaedia better, isn't it? I will often oppose you, but it's not personal, and you have never personally attacked me (and I hope I haven't you, if it seemed so, was simply a mistake: I attack the argument not the person). We're both just making the encylopaedia better. I reckon we are about fifty-fifty on who "Wins", at RfD, but I sincerely thank you for contributing, there aren't many of we regulars there, and we all keep it kinda spinning. Back to the battle, then! Si Trew ( talk) 10:20, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
No, I'm not trying to. You should read the source and carefully look into what they are actually saying. -- JorisvS ( talk) 11:35, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I just restored the CSD you removed from this article. The references you referred to were not for the subject of the article, but were for his father. If my actions are a concern, I can move to an AfD. Let me know, thanks. reddogsix ( talk) 17:30, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, you deleted the Toronto Undergraduate Jazz Festival recently I believe because of non-independent sources which could not be considered as appropriate references in regards to its importance. Before I create the article again I am requesting you review new sources I have gathered from the founder's previous work in establishing the Korean Undergraduate Jazz Festival.
http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/entertainment/ http://www.campuslife.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=16773 http://contests.saramin.co.kr/interviews/view?seq=8178 http://press.uos.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=7245 http://youngsamsung7.tistory.com/entry/%EA%B3%B5%EC%97%B0%EA%B8%B0%ED%9A%8D%EA%B0%80-%EC%9D%B4%EB%AA%85%EC%9E%AC%EB%8B%98 http://www.hkrecruit.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=12178 http://www.mapoartcenter.or.kr/board/view_1.asp?B_CATEGORY=0&B_CODE=BOARD_1207691149&search_category=&searchstring=&gotopage=5&IDX=83 http://www.fnnews.com/news/201001271808086051 http://cafe.naver.com/jazzfestival1/11147 http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/people/2010/06/178_67460.html http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2011/02/135_81067.html
Please get back to me, thanks.
Claytoncarmichael ( talk) 21:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
This page is probably going to be recreated by Cyberbot I (run by Cyberpower678). Please see User talk:Cyberpower678/Archive 23#Bug with Cyberbot I creating Book talk: pages for further information. Steel1943 ( talk) 13:33, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Boxing Ego deletion. Hii i was wondering if i can grab an archive of the deletion of Boxing Ego, I want to try and do it within the guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacbradley2 ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello i was currently working on my page RedArcGaming and was deleted in the proccess by you, could i ask how it was advertising.
You have an itchy deletion finger. Comedy Dynamics was deleted without any discussion or consideration and it shouldn't have been. The organization or product has attracted the notice of reliable sources unrelated to the organization or product, including The New York Times. Notability is not synonymous with fame or importance and the organization has had significant or demonstrable effects on culture and entertainment. Just because large organizations and their products are likely to have more readily available verifiable information from reliable sources that provide evidence of notability doesn’t mean smaller organizations and their products can’t be notable. Arbitrary standards should not be used to create a bias favoring larger organizations or their products. ComedyGuy15 ( talk) 16:07, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I put a page up, Republic Metals Corporation, which you deleted for not having notable sources. I would like to put the page back up, but rather then linking all of the sources to Republic Metals website, as was done before, link the citations directly to the independent sources. Would this be acceptable? Please let me know so I can begin on putting it back up. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilastrul ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the temporary undelete. I can't find the page. When I click on the link I am taken only to an empty page with a tag on the top. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 21:35, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
You are right, I didn't go far enough back in the history. The version I deleted was riddled with spam and possible copyright violation. I've now restored to the version of 1 March 2015, which looks fairly clean. I've also watchlisted this, and I may semi if spamming from ISPs continues, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:44, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
I want to preface this by saying that sometimes I think that foreign language redirects should be kept. I !voted to keep 愛, for example ( Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_June_8#.E6.84.9B). I also don't have a problem with you !voting to keep foreign-language redirects, in general. I understand the argument and respect it. That being said, it isn't a good idea to say that "there isn't a reason given for deletion." By saying that, it is a personal attack against the nominator and a very weak argument that doesn't hold much merit. In fact, it is an argument for deletion and one that has been upheld on several occasions. Instead, you should be explaining why you think foreign-language redirects should be kept because is a much stronger argument and one that actually has some truth to it. Remember that these discussions are not a vote. I respect you and I apologize if I have been too strong with my previous replies to you. But please have some respect back though and show that you are participating in the discussion instead of dropping off copy-and-pasted nonsense every time someone nominates a redirect that you think should be kept. As an example, my keep rationale got Ivanvector to change his opinion on the subject. Tavix | Talk 15:16, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
[49] Do you even read what I'm saying? If you'd do that, you'd see I'm not proposing to do WP:OR. I'm actually talking about wanting a source for it, for crying out loud! -- JorisvS ( talk) 09:26, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
Please read Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process. -- Rubbish computer 16:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
You are continuously stating that there is no rationale for deletion when various rationales are sourced. Please reply to this as soon as you get a chance. Thanks, -- Rubbish computer 00:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, I tried to tell you but my mobile was playing up. -- Rubbish computer 17:13, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
I've closed the thread because I appeared to be overreacting. Apologies, -- Rubbish computer 17:37, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Would it be possible to undelete Spectra Animation so I can continue working on it from there? If not, may I please know what was written there? Mdrnpndr ( talk) 01:47, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello! You are listed in the category Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles. Could you userfy the deleted article James Wilder (actor) and its history into my userspace? -- Bensin ( talk) 16:09, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
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I'm curious why you reverted my removal of the reference to an examiner.com article in the lead of Americas. That site is on the spam blacklist (which is why the ref is malformed, since it cannot contain a working external link); the consensus at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard appears to be that examiner.com is not to be treated as a reliable source; and the information that is so referenced actually has several scholarly references in the body of the article. So what's the deal? Deor ( talk) 01:01, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, WilyD, and may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 13:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi this is regarding the deletion of the PriceMDs.com page. I was editing the page in order to inform the reader about a company that I cam across. I would like to recreate the page, just as an informative page with factual info about the company that would be supported by appropriate references. Do you have any advice for me on re-doing the page so that it will not get deleted? ( Soccer4545 ( talk) 19:15, 20 January 2016 (UTC))
You participated in an MfD discussion about an essay by Collect that was in mainspace. The result was userfy and it was moved to user space accordingly. The essay has been moved back to mainspace. There is a discussion as to whether it should be renamed and moved. The discussion is here. Writegeist ( talk) 00:56, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
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"My kid is now old enough he often wants me to leave him alone" LOL. Been there. Welcome back. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 18:55, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
I put it up for G6 because I wanted to move Like a River to the Sea (song). Another user declined the G6 not to contest the deletion, but to give me pagemover rights so I could do it myself. For some reason, those pagemover rights aren't working right for me, so I feel that in this case reinstating the G6 was valid. I won't reinstate it again in the interest of not looking like I'm edit warring or abusing deletion tags; I just thought you should know the context of my retagging. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 05:35, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
I think I should make it absolutely clear here that in no shape or form have I ever stated that I am Jasper Vine, or any of the numerous alleged sock accounts DN seems to be seeing everywhere. At least, not intentionally. I suppose I may possibly have made a typo or something that gave that impression though. It gets rather difficult editing a thread where people move comments around and hide them halfway through an edit. Could you perhaps provide a link clarifying where exactly you think I'd made a statement to that effect? 86.134.75.242 ( talk) 07:54, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Help desk#Clutter family murders. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 06:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
I recently edited a paragraph that discusses five papers on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker that were published between 2011 and 2019. The previous version of that paragraph didn't accurately represent the content of the papers, which contain the most extensive body of original material (e.g., three videos that have been published) on this topic since 1944. I am not going to waste my time with an editing war. So I have deleted the entire paragraph. If the paragraph is restored in a way that is not accurate, however, I will delete it.
Lonleafpine ( talk) 12:08, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that you suggested removing the discussion of the Kulivan report from the ivory-billed woodpecker page. That report was the most consequential of the past several decades. By motivating others to search for these birds, it ultimately led to reports of sightings in Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana that were later published by scientists.
Lonleafpine ( talk) 17:41, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
How is including an accurate date a BLP violation? Why is it appropriate and relevant to mention the date in virtually every detailed account of this sighting, but not on Wikipedia? PragmaticRealist ( talk) 15:50, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
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I know the move is controversial, but we have a WP:RM going for that discussion right now. However, I'm trying to restore the pages back to how they were prior to the copy/paste move that was performed by the other editor (which is how we got into this situation in the first place). Can you delete This Year's Girl ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), or do I really need to make another WP:RM to move the other page back? — Locke Cole • t • c 10:17, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, you declined my speedy of the above on the grounds that 'most of this user's edits are in draftspace'. That does appear to be the case but up until I moved User:Marine8994/sandbox to Draft:267th Military Police Company with this edit, (at around the same time... about 6.45 UTC 3 December) all their contributions were to the user page or user sandbox. If it is the case that the 'webhost' userpage cannot be deleted because the user sandbox has been moved to draftspace, then what is the correct method to get rid of the inappropriate userpage please? They don't seem to have edited at all since the page move etc. ( per here). Cheers. Eagleash ( talk) 12:05, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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🤓 You should have let it remain deleted :D Lourdes 16:00, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a bit confused by your saying "Bogus speedy deletion tags." The article was created by NateRaab which makes it perfectly clear that it is only made to be promo fluff. Kb03 ( talk) 14:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I don't know if this is the right way to point an admin to the request I made on the discussion page on the close of the Cristian Pache article. But as I said there, I reiterated my request that I had originally made (without effect or response) the closer that an admin restore the deleted page temporarily. Also - I reiterated that if this were to be a redirect, an improper old version was used by the closer, missing a lot of the notability elements and updated information -- all sourced, rather than an appropriate current version that was being discussed by the end of the AfD, which is also is appropriate to have in either an article or a redirect. There is no reason for that material's deletion, and none was given. Also, I think that now when a reader looks up Crisitan Pache he will not see the mention of the discussion that is ongoing now, while if the page is temporarily restored it looks as though we provide that information to such readers, which seems to me to be a good thing. Anyway - and I apologize if it was not proper to ask you directly - would it be possible to temporarily restore the page as I had requested? It would I think lead to a fairer process. Thank you for considering it. -- 2604:2000:E010:1100:25F8:B237:3473:223E ( talk) 09:00, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you recently deleted an article that I created for Joe Dispenza. The guy is quite popular and he charges enormous sums for his workshops and retreats. He has 180K subscribers on his Youtube channel. He is a charlatan in my view, but there are very few unbiased sources about him on the web, and they get pushed aside in search results by sponsored events and content created buy his marketing team. My wife is actually about to pay $2000 for one of his workshops, and that is why I tried researching him in the first place. I wanted to create a Wikipedia page that will have links to pages that criticize him and his practices as well.
The original deletion discussion was in 2010, and probably he was not that popular at the time. At the moment he has a treatment of a rock star / guru among his followers. -- Svrznik ( talk) 22:18, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I saw that discussion in the talk page but noted that it was only two users (the one who proposed the change and the one who supported the change but assumed it would not be approved because he thought the incorrect punctuation matched the majority of sources) and that it was from nearly 5 years ago. I checked the cited sources, further reading, & external links and all of them appear to use the correct (Freis’ Rebellion) punctuation rather than the incorrect (Freis’s Rebellion). I do not know if the incorrectly punctuated links that user InedibleHulk references have been swapped out for others or whether those non-Wikipedia sites have since corrected their own punctuation, but either way the concern expressed that linked and linking sites were unfortunately using the incorrect punctuation and thus it likely be best to leave the likewise incorrect Wikipedia version as is seems no longer valid. Also, please note the unsigned comment from 2013 on the talk page pointing out that the official historical marker erected at the site uses the correct punctuation as well. The US Dept of the Interior oversees the historical markers programmes in various states and requires that prior to erection, the text of historical markers be validated by the designated university history departments assigned this duty in each state for accuracy of claims and correctness of copy (for grammar and punctuation). This means that the erection of an official government historical marker at the site using the correct punctuation of Freis’ Rebellion versus the incorrect Freis’s Rebellion lends the version without the second ‘s’ as formally official sanctioned & vetted status as is possible in cases of historical places and events.
Given all of this, I do not feel the deletion of the existing redirect + move of the main article to the correct name + recreation of a new redirect to accommodate the incorrect punctuation would be at all controversial or contentious. Please reconsider the deletion request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew.ward ( talk • contribs) 16:57, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. You have deleted Bhavya Bishnoi, please can you explain why? I am well aware it was previously deleted, but was deleted as a result of someone creating the article based purely on his standing in an election. He is also a first-class cricketer for Oxford University, which makes him notable per WP:CRIN and by extension WP:GNG. It really is frustrating when people just delete articles created by an editor with 10 years experience and don't even the good grace to drop me a message, or even start a new debate. May I request the article is reinstated. Thank you. StickyWicket ( talk) 08:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Is this [50] a formal end to the speedy delete process? Just to be clear, there are zero RS in the article: there are two clips to a web-show on the Hill, and a dead link to SF Gate that again seems to be a clip of something without any substantive coverage. Any AfD discussion will obviously conclude in favor of deletion, so is it really necessary to go through the formal process of a second AfD? Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 19:57, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
I don't see anything at WP:DRAFTIFY about not moving pages during DRV. It could be something to specify or discourage though. I seem to remember moves being discouraged during AfD discussions (but still not disallowed), yet I still didn't find it now after a quick look at WP:AFD... — Paleo Neonate – 14:41, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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An article that you have been involved in editing— Penis (disambiguation)—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Doug Mehus T· C 19:25, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey, User talk:WilyD i have created article Draft:Agnel Roman. it has article from times of india [1] WP:NEWSBLOG and also there is another article in the Marathi language from Divya Bhaskar Marathi - another well-reputed newspaper of India see [2] WP:NONENG this is admin is saying the notability issue bt there is no issue - pls help Thanks
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I submitted an article last week about the cancer research company Forty Seven Inc, which was then speedily deleted for copyright infringement. I understand why it was deleted and I have rewritten that section, thank you for the note. What is the next step to resubmit the article? The guides I have been reading say that I should contact you because you're the admin who marked it for deletion. Please advise, and thank you for your work.
FamousFrankie ( talk) 23:36, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi Wily, can you look at American (word)? An user on multiple IPs keeps changing cited content to declare the normal English usage as "erroneous". The first IP did open a discussion at Talk:United States#"American" demonym, as that article is semi-protected. Since "American (word)" is unprotected, they are changing it instead. I don't know it warrants semi-protection there yet, but I wanted to make you aware of it. Thanks. - BilCat ( talk) 05:24, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
No worries, I make similar mistakes all the time! - BilCat ( talk) 09:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
https://www.earnhardtford.com/earnhardt-history.html Bil Mesa AZ EoGuy ( talk) 20:40, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I'd appreciate if you could restore the page on my user space. Thank you Idris.albadufi ( talk) 14:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Please, restore the Diepiify page.
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As the page Jeff J. Brown was quickly deleted due to copyrights. I have now written the description in my own words. You are requested to have a look on it and approve it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imsajids ( talk • contribs) 19:23, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Could you please block user:212.121.212.73 ASAP for vandalism. CLCStudent ( talk) 12:56, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Diamond Standard. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Nixie9 ✉ 14:17, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
You may wish to revoke TPA.-- Cahk ( talk) 07:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi WilyD - I created the page with text provided by Joa, I didn't think to check where it came from. Is there a way for me to retrieve what was deleted to save time with the rewrite? eg the info box and notable performance list don't need to change — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaseparlo ( talk • contribs) 08:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Why did you remove the deletion template that I placed on Venetian Village? And why does it not meet the criteria for deletion? It has one reference, and the page length has been the same since it was created. You also misspelled 'references'. 71.208.32.185 ( talk) 19:26, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that you removed the AfD for the Andy Cobb article a while back. Another member has put it up for deletion again. As this is my first created article on Wiki can you help me understand how many times an article can be nominated for deletion? I have provided an example of other racing drivers from the same series with less references that have never been nominated for deletion. Why is this one being nominated multiple times? RacingFan247 ( talk) 19:46, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi Wily. You closed the DRV on Structure of the Austrian Armed Forces in 1989 as no consensus. No argument there. You then went on to write DRV procedures treat that "sort of" like an endorse, in that I won't pre-emptively restore the article, but I, or any other admin, can send it to draft or undelete it for a relevant merge or the like.
I find that confusing. Can you point me to those procedures or similar closes by other admins? I'm not as regular at DRV as I was say 12 months ago but I still regularly am around and have not seen such a close and the actual writing at DRV says of no consensus in most cases this has the same effect as endorsing the decision being appealed. However, in some cases, it may be more appropriate to treat a finding of "no consensus" as equivalent to a "relist"; admins may use their discretion to determine which outcome is more appropriate.
Thanks for your time and clarification. Best,
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Hello, I saw a recent comment on the Smooth-On page regarding some text which may require some edits due to 'jargon-y' content. Was there a specific section which seemed like it needed to be made more concise. Thank you so much. Hondo2160 ( talk) 13:41, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Can you draftify Roman Staněk for me please? Thanks. ~Styyx Talk? ^-^ 12:49, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for closing the DRV at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 January 15#Miss Grand. Since the result was to overturn the G4, without regard to the previous AfDs, I think the previous versions of Miss Grand International should be re-deleted (leaving the redirect behind)? (I've also moved the Old AfD template to the latter's talk page, since the articles' scopes, though overlapping, are rather different.) -- Paul_012 ( talk) 10:30, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello there WilyD I woukld love to create a fresh draft on Ashish Chanchlani as I have more than enough new sources which are highly reliable to get an article on him
Hi,
I requested the undeletion of
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Adding:
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Re: [51]...don't worry, it's been a day for it: [52] [53] [54]. Daniel ( talk) 11:41, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, You just closed the DRV for John Allen (Irish cricketer) as "overturn". I am a bit surprised by that: there were several well-argued "endorse" !votes, so I was expecting a "no consensus" close of the DRV. I'd appreciate if you could have another look at this. Thanks! -- Randykitty ( talk) 11:23, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
The template {{ drv top}} signs your close automatically, so if you add the conventional four tildes, then you get a double-signature on the close (as with Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 May 31). You can get around this either by leaving off the four tildes, or else using the (undocumented) |sig=no parameter to suppress the autosign feature. Hope this helps— S Marshall T/ C 15:34, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Howdy! I was you were approved by the cabal, and I was wondering: would you be willing to grant me rollback rights? I just passed the 200 edit threshold and thought I could contribute better to Recent Changes Patrol with Huggle. Cheerful Squirrel ( talk) 03:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
I am a student a the Fernandina Beach high school and also the school president, i am currently the one in charge of our Wikipedia page i am trying to obtain the rollback capability. It would mean a lot to me and my team, Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Williamvr ( talk • contribs) 14:53, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
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Dear Willy,
I wanted to work on the following page Kushal Awatarsing which is currently protected because earlier there were no enough experience on Editing and Creating Wikipedia pages, is it possible to move the page back to Draft:Kushal Awatarsing so that i can work on it and shall respect all guidelines making sure there are enough articles before submitting it even as a stub class. Can you please advise?
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Hello! The deletion log states that you were responsible for the salting of Mirror Media in 2012, because other editors repeatedly recreated an article about a company that read like an advertisement. My userspace draft is unlikely to be about the same company, but does share a name with the deleted article, and I would appreciate help moving that draft to mainspace. If you're curious, here is an article on the Chinese Wikipedia about the same topic as the draft I have just created. Thanks! Vycl1994 ( talk) 22:39, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
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That's all, really. // roux 12:25, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Crash! We ec'ed while declining the same speedy with virtually the same edit summary. :) -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:07, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
-- Efe ( talk) 04:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You don't know me, but you may want to respond to this accusation at 'North America', from someone who doesn't know when to quit and believes you are editing anonymously (sockpuppeting). I suggest you read the remainder of that discussion, where I've responded and brought up a number of points. I won't relent (though I've had enough of this user), and this user hasn't convinced me through reputable sourcing or otherwise. 69.158.144.210 ( talk) 11:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're interviewing all ArbCom candidates for an article this week, and your response is requested.
Please respond on my talk page. We'll probably go to press on Tuesday, but late responses will be added as they're submitted. Thanks, Ral315 ( talk) 10:25, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Point taken--I deferred to your judgment since you've been more involved with this than I have. I guess seeing his genormous block log set something off in me. 13 distinct blocks in a year? We've indefblocked people for less than that. For that reason, I proposed that he be indefblocked and banned the next time he steps out of line ... I hope it wasn't too harsh, but this was because his overall record isn't anything to write home about. Blueboy 96 17:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but statements like "but don't come to his talk page to sling about accusations and hassle him in such a manner, that truly is uncivil.", while ignoring the reality of the situation, making up things that are clearly not true, and acting as if something went against the policy in which there was clearly no incivility, are highly inappropriate. This should probably be removed immediately, especially when most of your opposes are for this very reason. Your opposes right now, along with your actions, read like an RfA that would lead to a desysopping, not as a vote for a legitimate candidate. You can do the right thing and remedy this action immediately. Ottava Rima ( talk) 00:42, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
That option should have been on the table from the moment he was told to stop attacking me and kept doing it.
But no.. he gets away with it. He gets away with spreading lies. Had I done any of that you would have blocked me without a moment's thought. I am so sick of all this. // roux editor review 02:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
As regards your message on my talk- people had been claiming in the thread a block would just be punitive, I was just saying this was not the case if it stopped him at least temporarily, and/or then deterred. But if he really will stop now without a block, I see what you mean.:) I think it was you that said in the thread that people know what OR is capable of and it might well cause problems for him in the future. I imagine that could be a reassuring sign for Roux that OR's behaviour isn't being ignored. Anyway, maybe now there'll be permanent reform, we live in hope.:) Sticky Parkin 13:55, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
G'day. Photographer is my partner, and has given permission for it to be used. I probably selected the wrong legal information when I uploaded it, sorry about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBrownDog ( talk • contribs) 05:32, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you again, she has taken pictures of the entire Brisbane Lions squad (40 + players) so we can put them on Wikipedia. Does she have to grant permission on each photo individually? Is it easier if she just registers on Wikipedia and uploads them as her own images, or does she still have to grant permission?
An article that you have been involved in editing, Human legitimacy principle, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Human legitimacy principle. Thank you. andy ( talk) 15:53, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
IIRC, you'll need to tell Gurch ( talk · contribs) you've withdrawn rather than editing the bot page where it will be overwritten by GurchBot. Sorry you felt you didn't want to continue in the running - please don't let withdrawal from this spread to withdrawal from WP: we need you! ➨ ❝ ЯEDVERS❞ a sweet and tender hooligan 18:07, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
As the uploader I was actually trying to find a quick means to suggest deleting it as it wasn't needed (I went with a different image instead). Is there a particular speedy template for that? I tend to upload images often for articles as necessary so it would be handy for future reference.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 05:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I was doing DYK verifications and I came across your articles on the Norfolk Island Pigeon and Lord Howe Island Pigeon. I wanted to commend you for your excellent research and writing, so I hope you can accept this token of my appreciation:
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WilyD, I noticed you were having some difficulties with the new DYK template; I'm sorry to hear that. The template is still very much an ongoing experiment, and I'm working with some other editors to try to make it simpler and make its usage clearer; there is an ongoing discussion at Template talk:DYKsuggestion about ways to improve the template. If you have any thoughts about what specifically you found difficult, or what might be helpful or make the template easier, you are welcome to leave a comment there or at my talk page. The problem right now is, as you probably noticed, the template does some nice things when you're used to using it and know how everything works, but if you're not used to using it then it can be pretty confusing, so I'm hoping we can find ways to make everything more transparent and user-friendly. Thanks, — Politizer talk/ contribs 17:57, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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For your information the article Jeff Buckley is not a "biography of a living person", and it never has been! While I'm here: I like your choice of articles that you've made/got to GA. The Lord Howe Pigeon DYK was especially interesting! Sillyfolkboy ( talk) 18:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. I guess I'll put it up for AfD again. Leave Sleaves talk 13:11, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you deleted File:Tom Birdseye Signature.gif from WP:PUI as a blatant copyright infringement. Signatures, however, are not generally subject to copyright. I noted this in the discussion and the nominator withdrew the nomination. Why did you delete it? Best, IronGargoyle ( talk) 22:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Are you sure that he is notable enough? What about Peter van Stolk, who has no article but has a Forbes profile and was the former CEO and founder of a notable corporation? my name inc —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC).
Thanks for making 2008 an interesting and enlightening year for me; at some point, our paths have crossed and I've found your comments amusing, helpful or thought-provoking—I'll let you guess which!
Hi, with respect I think you missed the point in declining the speedy deletion of this article You said "claims to be the world's largest diving club", however, that statement applies to the national British Sub Aqua Club and not to the individual club in Mid Herts. Regards, WWGB ( talk) 22:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
I think you are mistaken. Jimmy G. Tharpe's book is by 21st Century Press. According to its website: "If you have a manuscript and want it published, feel free to call... " Their slogan is "We are a subsidy press that wants to partner with you." They explain: "Though we are a subsidy press, I prefer to call it a partnership. As a subsidy press, the author pays all up front costs for publishing the book." It's a vanity press, the author pays to have it editted and printed. Tgreach ( talk) 23:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure why my Wiki page was deleted.
All the content on the page is written by me. It was taken from our club website www.MidHertsDivers.com - which is also written by me. If another site displays that content, they don't own the copyright of it.
Also, the statement "largest diving club in the world" applies to BSAC and not our club. Perhaps the deleter should have read the article properly.
These are not good enough reasons to delete my Wiki page.
How do I go about getting it reinstated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MidHertsDivers ( talk • contribs) 12:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello, the other day you deleted some content I added to wikipedia, since I have read a bit more on how to handle copyrighted material. Since Phoebe Wall Howard has written the appropriate emails to both wiki permissions email address allowing GFDL from her site http://www.phoebehoward.com to be hosted on Wikipedia. Can the pages and image now be reinstated? Thank you, Pmachac ( talk) 07:31, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Care to explain this to me? I assume you've made an honest mistake, but i'd like to know if theres something wrong. Cheers! John Sloan ( view / chat) 21:07, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate it. Happy editing.. -- Omarcheeseboro ( talk) 15:12, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your keep in
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/7_Day_Week. Could you enlighten me what 'OR' means --
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Thanks for dropping the speedy. At this point Commissioner Jones is primarily notable as a state legislator, but if someone wants to start the AFD process I won't argue it. I just wanted to clean up and reference the article so it didn't look like a lame cut and paste job. (Sometimes I think I should find a better hobby than categorizing uncat pages, but it makes much less clutter in my home than other hobbies of mine.) Thanks for your work with the OTRS system! -- Oddharmonic ( talk) 12:25, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I've seen you do it twice now, so I figured I'd tell you. The DYK template isn't calculated for wikilinked signatures. Just give your name and the template will link your userpage and talk page. The way you do it now makes the links look funny. - Mgm| (talk) 22:39, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, I was puzzled by your comment in this AfD, since I can't find any sources that discuss these elements. Could you put some links to these sources on the AfD page so I can read them? Thank you Tim Vickers ( talk) 17:19, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, I noticed you are in Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles and I remembered your name from the G2/Prince of Canada dispute. I wonder, does "deleted articles" stretch to deleted contribs? If so, could you please eMail me mine? I'd be awfully grateful, I've been wanting to take a peek at mine for ages. ;) Thanks -- Cameron * 21:53, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Dravecky ( talk) 18:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
WilyD. please never, ever, in your life, post maps you made up and attempt to pass them as fact. PLEASE!
~RF —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ragingfred ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Wily, The first two "bad speedy's" you linked to were the same edit, and neither one of them was the user in question. Could you double check your links?--- Balloonman PoppaBalloon 21:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Oh god, you're right... I did reference IP edits... Switching to neutral... ErikTheBikeMan ( talk) 03:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the input, you accidently reverted to an older version. ( talk)03:43, 29 January 2009 EST
Re your comment, "band has article", the band is currently not doing very well at AfD (not a single keep vote yet). So what do I do - do I add this to the AfD or create a new one? If the former how do I add it? -- role player 22:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in, and I wanted to let you know I appreciated all of the comments, advice, criticism, and seriously took it all to heart this past week. I'll do my absolute best to not let any of you down with the incredible trust given me today. rootology ( C)( T) 07:56, 1 February 2009 (UTC) | ![]() |
Dravecky ( talk) 13:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering, do you think you might be able to edit this picture slightly
to include Jupiter in orbit, so that the relationship between the Trojans and Jupiter could be readily understood? Hope that's not too much trouble. Serendi pod ous 12:08, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think that only notes that refer to actual sources (books, journals, etc.) need to have corresponding entries in the References section. If the task seems too daunting, maybe it would be best left as a possible to-do after FAC? I would hate to disrupt the stability of the article with a big undertaking. I wouldn't withhold support over it, it's just a preference. -- Laser brain (talk) 18:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Many thanks for your support in my RFA. There's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here. PS like your user page, nice use of Lolcat. Were Spiel Chequers 20:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I wanted to thank you for your constructive comments at my (failed) RfA. I'm glad you were able to dig up past mistakes so that users could !vote on the most information possible; my goal was to keep it as open and transparent as it could be. I have begun admin coaching with another user and hope to fill in the gaps you and some others respectfully pointed out. Hopefully I can earn your trust some time in the future! And there is a general thank you on my talk page if you're interested. ~ ωαdεstεr16 «talk stalk» 16:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Speedy guidelines say: "Neologisms. If not obviously ridiculous, new specialized terms should have a wider hearing." - so there's clearly some room for interpretation of what's "obviously ridiculous".
If a neologism is obviously ridiculous, how should it be nominated for deletion? Is there a valid speedy category or should they always be via "prod"? pablo hablo. 14:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I had tagged Latinos in Atlanta for no content as there has been no actual article content added since the article was created a week ago. Also there are 5 registered users who's only contributions have been (similar) edits to this article. I know that isn't deletion criteria but it is rather curious. Is there something that is more appropriate, it doesn't look like it is actually under construction.-- kelapstick ( talk) 14:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have now replied to your comment on my bot's BRFA.
Regards,
The Helpful One 16:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I just rolled back an edit of his – the same one to Muhammad that you had previously reverted multiple times. He just messaged me in this thread asserting that his edit was in good faith; what should be done? → Dyl @ n 620 18:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
→ Dyl @ n 620 19:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
You stated that Shut your mane was not nonsense. What do you make of the emoticon? A wikipedia entry isn't a chatroom or instant messenger, let alone a message board, so how would such a statement be "encyclopedic" at all? Ottava Rima ( talk) 18:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Smilie faces can be "understood" but are patent nonsense. I really don't know how you can argue otherwise. Ottava Rima ( talk) 15:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Entirely consists of? No, it needs to have some -redeemable- piece of information. For it not to be G1, you need to prove that there is something worth saving, not the opposite. The page was not even to a state that it could be considered to have bad grammar. It is a series of random words with random myspace type symbols thrown together. You might as well shoot darts into a dictionary and type what you hit. Ottava Rima ( talk) 16:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Wily.
I do not seem to understand why you just removed a CSD tag from the article " Bugger". I tagged it per WP:CSD#A5.
-calvinps- ( talk) 22:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Ok, i will bear this in mind in future, thanks! Macromonkey ( talk) 12:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
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which I read on User talk:Macromonkey. So simple and yet so correct. I salute your skills in explaining it in such simple terms! So Why 12:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I added a little info and some refs to your user page on David Youmans. I happened to look at your contributions and noticed it, and, being a Youmans, couldn't resist adding a little. The sources seem to disagree on where he is born, but the Loyalist source seems to be pretty positive. Perhaps the others are just assuming that he was born in Canada? Sadly, though, I'm not sure this is ever going to work itself up to enough notability for a real article. Brianyoumans ( talk) 15:00, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you again but the image guy over at the Jupiter Trojan FAC is asking for the sources used to generate Hektor's orbit. Hope it's not too much trouble but could you link to it? Thanks. Serendi pod ous 15:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Potash One, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
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Hi, I just asked a question there that you should be aware of: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Remember_WP:BLOCKME.3F Please join in if you feel appropriate. Toddst1 ( talk) 02:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible for us to coordinate in creating a lasting 404 page? I have a source code prepared with many more outside sources than the original or even the newer 404 deleted pages. If you are interested please contact me back. Thank you for your work on wikipedia. Frebel93 ( talk) 03:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[ [1]
Yeah, I used to buy into all that but as far as I'm concerned assuming bad faith of new users is a bad thing, assuming bad faith of those making stupid comments/can't be bothered to do a bit of leg work is totally acceptable. RaseaC ( talk) 22:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, I don't see any entire sections that could be archived (maybe MBisanz != MZMcBride, though it's not doing much harm). I could selectively archive stuff from the "Based upon one deletion?" section, but that would probably cause more drama than it prevents. Most of what's there right now is people voicing support for MBisanz's continuation as an admin and, there being no place to do that on the recall page proper, it seems appropriate to allow it on the discussion page. I'll keep an eye on it, though, and do feel free to chime in with any other suggestions (or reiterations of that one, if there's something specific you think should go). Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 21:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
I came across User:WilyD/Amalgamation of Toronto from a Google search, recently Amalgamation of Toronto was created. Can some of your page be used in it? Cheers Epson291 ( talk) 01:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I see you removed my {{PROD}} nomination for Ireland–Zambia relations with the edit summary "transparently notable topic". Before I take it to AfD, could explain a little more about what you mean by "transparently topic"? I'm not sure what you mean, and I wanna make sure I'm not missing something before I spend the time writing up the AfD. Thanks. Yilloslime T C 05:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I was scanning Jimbo's talk page and I saw your comments. I noticed a word you kept messing up on. morale is not spelled moral. If you have low morale, you are not happy, high morale and you are happy. A moral is what the story is trying to teach you. At the end of fable in Aesop's Fables, there is a moral. Feel free to delete these comments at any time. Griffinofwales ( talk) 19:37, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Concerning
your protection of
Carl Stephenson (producer), I wouldn't consider one vandalistic edit in four months an excessive BLP violation, and the previous dispute seems resolved since the two editors left. Would you consider setting at least an expiration for the semi protection?
Cheers,
Amalthea
19:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
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I recreated the page. Would you mind re-opening the AFD and let it run its natural course. Thanks. Inmysolitude ( talk) 14:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I also query your original speedy deletion and was about to take this whole sorry mess to WP:AN as I had licensing concerns before you speedied it again under G12. Although the original speedy was strictly within G7 I don't feel it is within the spirit of G7 especially with so many keep votes and I feel WP:COMMONSENSE should have applied - once you've submitted it to Wikipedia it's no longer yours to control so if the consensus is to keep then it is my opinion it should be kept. I'm not really sure how to take this forward as although I feel it needs wider discussion I'm not sure WP:DRV is the way to go as your deletion was perfectly reasonable. AfD was clearly getting a consensus of keep here so I'm not sure it's an AfD issue anyway as the consensus is that there should be a page the question is whether it should be the one you originally speedied. I'm interested in your thoughts. At the moment I'm mindful to take this to WP:DRV just to give it a wider airing - if you can point me somewhere more appropiate to discuss it it wold be appreciated. I will probably also post at Wikipedia Talk:CSD to see if the criteria needs revising. Dpmuk ( talk) 15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Well done with identifying part of the text to Louis XIV, just wondering whether the redirect is legitimate though. Cheers, MLauba ( talk) 14:41, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
You removed the speedy deletion template from this page, saying "plausibly edited by others?" Be assured that it has not been edited by others. Huskysker, 74.9.216.50 (now blocked as an open proxy), and MaryEastVill are all the same user. The other edits to the article, by Addbot, Wetman, and me, were all minor maintenance edits.
Your edit summary also said: "Either way, no reason to cut off our nose, our face wouldn't even be spited." I beg to differ. Among the long-term disruptive behaviors for which this user earned his/her community ban is falsification of sources. This has included adding content that was copied verbatim from copyrighted sources but was inserted in articles with citations to completely unrelated sources (typically an obscure book title with a date from the early 20th century that is not available online), citations to plausible sounding sources that upon examination do not even vaguely support the content, and reference callouts that identify an online source as something completely different than what it actually is (for example, a PDF of a school system brochure was identified as being the Wall Street Journal -- and the brochure did not have information relevant the factoid that the reference callout was attached to). Many of this user's contributions appear to be highly plausible, but after having investigated far too many of this user's edits, I think it would be foolhardy for Wikipedia to accept at face value ANYTHING that this user contributes. Unless you are prepared to personally verify and stand behind the contents of the subject article, please delete it.
Note that this is not the first time this article has been created by this particular sockpuppet collective. I am aware of Neptune Island (New Rochelle) and Neptune Island (New York), but there may be others. -- Orlady ( talk) 19:29, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York). Thank you.
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I figured it was apparent why the List of state ornithological sites article needed deleting as I misnamed and created new correctly named article which it points to. I have re-added a request with an explanation. I don't care either way, it just makes no sense to not delete. speednat ( talk) 12:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the fair adminship of a recent speedy deletion request. Closetindex ( talk) 23:36, 21 March 2009 (UTC)closetindex
Hello! Could you please transwiki List of films by gory death scene to wikia:annex:List of films by gory death scene and wikia:list:List of films by gory death scene? Thanks! Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 19:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
So, how are is that complete rewrite coming? :) -- Laser brain (talk) 21:41, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Moldova–South Korea relations, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moldova–South Korea relations. Thank you.
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Regarding your comments that Freddy Hutter obviously asserts notability, the article says that he:
In other words, he explains what he does for a living. Are these remarkable things that he does, that by mentioning him he makes himself out to be notable?
He says that his website is popular. That isn't inherently a claim of his own notability, and since it's an autobiography, and therefore a vanity piece, I wasn't inclined to make the necessary inferences of his own notability on his behalf.
In other words, I feel pretty confident that the article "does not indicate why its subject is important or significant" ( WP:CSD A7). Also, note that this is different from simply asserting significance. The provision was intentionally reworded following discussion a couple of months ago.
—Largo Plazo ( talk) 22:18, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
AN/I thread about you: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Borderline_disruption_by_User:WilyD henrik• talk 08:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like to request the page I deleted yesterday by mistake. My intention was to make a Sandbox page instead I made a regular one. I am still working on the content of this person so I can present a more complete article about him. I am new in here and it's being a little difficult for me to format it the way I would like. I have to read tutorials and open other pages so I can copy some layouts.
Thanks in advance.
Kinouria ( talk) 04:18, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I've restored it. Regards, Rjd0060 ( talk) 15:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Please do not remove PROD tags with the edit summary "rm bad tag" as it is uncivil. You are of course entitled to remove PROD tags that you disagree with, but you do not have the right to leave insulting edit summaries while doing so. Thanks. Yilloslime T C 00:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I apologize for not responding to your first post; its heading was messed up and it got entangled with the Signpost so I overlooked it. If you want to work on the article, I will be happy to userfy it for you to expand using these sourcs and move to the article namespace, as I noted in my closure. — Admiral Norton ( talk) 12:59, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I just saw your job at that article. Very well done, man. -- Enric Naval ( talk) 20:57, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Australia–Uruguay relations, I have expanded the article and included new references but it seems there is a mass hist aria to say delete. I have seen your introduction of sources on other articles such as this one and am wondering if you can look it over. Thanks - Marcusmax( speak) 14:53, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I added a fact and a source about a double citizenship law, but I don't know the specific details and I could only make a vague statement. Can you check it out and fix it? -- Enric Naval ( talk) 20:10, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Wily, you've weighed in here before, so I figured I'd let you know about the current discussion at Names for Americans, if you haven't seen it already. We're trying to strike a compromise on the name, and I'd appreciate the input.-- Cúchullain t/ c 13:59, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Thought you might like to know that your Kuiper belt picture is popping up on university professors' lectures. Just type "kuiper belt" into youtube. Well done! Serendi pod ous 11:35, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Kosovo – Panama relations has been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to explain your opinions. Go and see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovo – Panama relations. Thank you for your time! -- Turkish Flame ☎ 17:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
See: Wikipedia_talk:Article_Rescue_Squadron#Abusive_AfDs where the dismisal of your 36 references are mentioned. Ikip ( talk) 01:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
I finally got around to doing it, your work looks good. - Epson291 ( talk) 16:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey WilyD! User:Geoff Plourde has agreed to take up the case that I filed a while ago. Mediation taking place here. Your input would be hugely appreciated. Thanks! Night w ( talk) 04:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Please unblock Ikip. We do not use blocks to enforce wikibreaks. ÷ seresin 20:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Comorian–Kosovan relations, Kosovan–Peruvian relations, Kosovan–Maltese relations and Kosovan–Luxembourgian relations have been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to explain your opinions. Go and see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comorian–Kosovan relations, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovan–Peruvian relations, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovan–Maltese relations and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovan–Luxembourgian relations. Thank you for your time! -- Turkish Flame ☎ 07:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
I miss your AfD votes. I hope all is well with you. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 08:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Allegations of State terrorism by Sri Lanka. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also " What Wikipedia is not").
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WilyD, This is cerberusrunning (newbie). I put up an article for Kim Eveleth, but someone totally deleted it (I think, since I can't find it.) Will you please explain if you can undelete it, and how to make an article that won't get deleted? I'm working on articles on producers/directors, and put up a template on Kim Eveleth, producer (you can see it on my cerberusrunning/entertainment industry template page.
Thanks. cerberusrunning 19:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
I could really use your input at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ned Scott/Wikinfo. Thanks. -- Ned Scott 21:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, could you take a look at this page Mother_Sayamagyi.It has been re-tagged after you removed the tag. Thank you. Mysticeditor ( talk) 15:56, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I've left you a response at Talk:Vintage Real Estate. Cheers. Hairhorn ( talk) 16:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Welcome back, belatedly. Steve Smith ( talk) 09:06, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Wiley, I've replied to your post on Talk:Javed Kodu. Hamza [ talk ] 09:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Thought I'd explain myself. I'm deleting the comments by Cbevers on several talk pages per SOAP. They are unconstructive rants by someone who is hugely uninformed about how copyright works. I feel those rants do nothing except serve as a discouragement for working on the articles. The user hasn't been active in over 4 years, and will doubtfully contribute to wikipedia... In fact, before I saw those messages I tried emailing him months back asking for a small piece of information, and didn't even get dignified with a response. the other solution it to archive the discussion. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:17, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I dont you think you understood the situation. El Cajon Dam needs to be moved to El Cajón Dam, (with redirect). Not El Cajón Dam (Argentina) to El Cajón Dam. Regards. Rehman( +) 15:40, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Your rationale here doesn't make any sense to me. Can you clarify? To wit, the content is being stored in article space incorrectly and is a duplicate of another article. Why shouldn't it be deleted? ScienceApologist ( talk) 21:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
That's the third time it's been recreated. Should be blocked now IMO. !! Justa Punk !! 03:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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On 2 March you deleted the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities page for "unambiguous copyright infringement". However, use of the material, based on a page from the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities website, was fully authorised by the Council, and was not, therefore, an infringement. I intend to recreate the page, again with full permission to use any material from the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC) website, and request that this time it should not be deleted on non-existent grounds. Leah Granat —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCoJeC ( talk • contribs) 00:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
In March you mentioned the following in the discussion area of the Nemesis Star article--
"Hipparcos doesn't have a parallax for it, so it's dimmer than v = 11.5"
I am a non-scientist, but found your point interesting. Can you tell me what magnitude "v = 11.5" is?
Can you tell me what that magnitude is relative to say, a dim red dwarf, brown dwarf or several jupiter mass planet?
Appreciatively,
75.166.172.10 ( talk) 12:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
You had previously participated in a deletion discussion for this subject, at its first AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Miller (South Carolina politician). It has been nominated for deletion, again. The discussion is taking place, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Miller (South Carolina politician) (2nd nomination). Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 22:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the recent addition to the Americas, is it right to have that in the infobox without it even being mentioned in the article? Not questioning its accuracy, just its validity in the infobox with the present state of the article. A short sentence with source is probably all that is needed. Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 11:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Annie Louisa Walker at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
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16:11, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:39, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
As you commented in the earlier discussion, I wanted to make you aware of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bands Against Bush (2nd nomination), which I have just started. Please feel free to comment there if you wish. — Gavia immer ( talk) 21:50, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Way back in March 2007 you started a discussion at the
'Deep-throating' talk page. There is currently a
discussion on related matters and I just wondered if you might be inclined to weigh in at all? Thanks very much.
TyrS
chatties
08:44, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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The Nodd I'm not sure why this article was deleted. Please advise. In Defense of the Artist ( talk) 21:08, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Just give up Wily, they won't stop the spamming and you can't win by arguing from sources when they aren't looking at them. WuzzyKnees ( talk) 09:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
GLIC Article The article was removed July 1st from Serbian Wikipedia for same reasons. If the article is approved, I could make my own friendship circle website and movie marathon event...and put it on Wikipedia? Didn't know that thats what encyclopedias are for. There is only one organisation large enough, old enough and with big enough media coverage to be valid for an Article - Queeria, apart the fact it done alot for their LGBT community. GLIC on the other hand done nothing important, only made friend circle that embodies below 0,01% of our population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.117.194.34 ( talk) 14:13, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
Dear WilyD,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name
HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.115.210 ( talk) 21:51, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bill Hammons is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Hammons (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.
You participated in the first AFD discussion, the article was recreated and I thought you might want to comment. Coffeepusher ( talk) 15:44, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
The template on this wasn't added properly, I fixed it for you. Could you provide details on how you came to conclusion of Keep. If you are happy you came to the correct decision I intend to send it to WP:DRV. Thanks.-- Otterathome ( talk) 16:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Could you possibly start a section on my talk page (or email me, if this is not appropriate) with the edit summary I added where I identified the subject of the deleted article Kendriya Vidyalaya, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow? I'd like to discuss it with the editor who started the deleted article. Thanks! -- Shirt58 ( talk) 11:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
There were just 3 keep !votes (not based in any policy, given that this article - and the articles it was derived from - is completely unsourced), 1 keep/merge, 4 delete (including the nom; 1 without policy-based arguments), and 3 merge. I don't really see a consensus to "keep", nor do I see (given that this is not a vote) how policy could lead to a "keep" closure. I would appreciate if you could expand on your closing rationale. Thanks. -- Guillaume2303 ( talk) 08:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello... I noticed that you removed the CSD template I put on Barry saks and made it a redirect to Baritone saxophone. I had thought about that before placing the template on the page, but I did a Google search prior and the term turned up no references whatsoever to a saxophone. Was curious why you made it a redirect instead. Thanks. MsFionnuala ( talk) 15:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was Speedily deleted - fair use is never allowed in the userspace. WilyD 16:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Interesting rule, I hadn't seen that one. Now that I've looked, I still don't see it and I feel I should ask, where is it? I do believe this is the rudest thing that's happened to me in my years here. htom ( talk) 18:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm gay.
How to Reedit Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda page with under the copyright policies? --MR 14:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manowiki123 ( talk • contribs) y u delete mah page?
An editor has asked for a deletion review of 3 CD Collector's Set (Rihanna album). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SplashScreen ( talk) 13:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Run the World (song). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SplashScreen ( talk) 13:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, WilyD, I saw that you declined my G11 nom for the Jericho project page. (It still seems pretty darn promotional to me, but that's one of the things where YMMV applies pretty heavily, so no biggie). I did have other concerns with the article, though; specifically its copyright status. In particular, compare the "Jericho Model" section to this page. I couldn't find enough copied material to feel comfortable with a G12, so I just left it, but if the article's gonna be kept, it probably needs a thorough check. (I'll take out that section myself and see if I can find anything else, but it should probably have multiple eyes on it.) Thanks! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
These are highly improper - your close is clearly a vote based on your own opinion of the article, rather than an evaluation of the discussion. Please consider re-opening them. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 17:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Barack Obama on Twitter. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 22:09, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi WillyD, there is an issue at AIV, would you please have a look at the page history. Thanks Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 08:48, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with this - that's my first persistent vandal who new about AIV. Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 09:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with Trnmshj ( talk · contribs) and all the IPs.
Callanecc (
talk •
contribs)
talkback (etc) template appreciated.
09:01, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Just thought I'd let you know that when you deleted this article you missed the talk page. Cheers. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 09:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Wiki user Wily D .... May i please just say that this page was created to represent our love for a very close friend of ours. It wasnt designed to, in anyway shape or form, tarnish or disrespect her.
It is a statement used among a group of close friends and has pretty much become a tradition as it were. It is something that will stay with a our group of good friends for the rest of our lives and we shall take it with us in our hearts.... cause in the end its all in gd jest, words binding a group together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mt2882 ( talk • contribs) 07:51, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Mt2882 ( talk) 08:03, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
next nomination for deletion or merge or proposed rfc or whatever, could you help me write it? You seem to be able to explain the policies very well, what do you say? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 05:37, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your many contributions about the knowledge and mystery of Wikipedia articles especially the edits of sandboxes, economy, and helping many Bots !-- Mr.Goblins ( talk) 19:47, 29 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks for closing. I'm actually glad it was deleted. It was proving to be a huge waste of community resources. Keeping it would have only kept arguments going and we already lost an exceptional editor over it. I'm sad to see Woz2 go. He could have been really helpful in my efforts to whip the {{request edit}} process into shape :-( I even got heckled over Twitter on this stupid article I didn't even create. User:King4057 ( EthicalWiki) 16:46, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not sure where I should respond to your rejection, so I'll do so here. I don't understand why the article shouldn't be deleted. Spam is not the only issue. There's also a potential conflict of interest and copyright issues. The article was written primarily by an editor who admits that he/she may have a conflict of interest, someone who has never, as far as I can tell, cited sources other than books published by Caister/Horizon Press in this or any other article. Additionally, some of the passages I checked were copied word-for-word from the books that were cited. I don't know if the rest of the article was plagiarized since Google Books doesn't have all the books listed in the reference. CatPath ( talk) 09:44, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
According to both logic and the Oxford English dictionary, America means the whole land mass of the western hemisphere including both North and South America. If North and South America are not both parts of America, then what else are they part of??? For Usonians to arrogate (i.e. claim for oneself something that is not properly one's own) the name America to themselves alone, is the very definition of arrogant. It's also completely absurd: how can America be in North America? Then such arrogant and ignorant people actually wonder why others around the world have such a low opinion of them and their country!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Epikuro57 ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Why do you believe it should not be deleted, it is never going to be used. Obtund Talk 14:07, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Why did you delete my redirect to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pollution ?
Glad to see your name active again in this project. We both know that we always been in the opposite side of each other when it came to notability and CSDs in particular, but I've always trusted your judgement there, and we need as many active administrators as we can in that area. Welcome back. Secret account 09:53, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you please restore the redirect ? --Ne0 (talk) 13:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC) -- Ne0 ( talk) 06:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you please restore Vblock or provide me with a copy Vblock or userfy Vblock please? Thanks! Qthrul ( talk) 07:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, This article is a typical creation of IP serial vandal Eddie Ostroski, and the IP addresses are as usual from around Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania - so I've notified User:EncMstr who has created a filter to block him. Ostroski never responds to messages on any of his talk pages, so there's no point in trying to engage with him. Cheers, Bahudhara ( talk) 08:07, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Considering that from the time that I received my first warning at 02:47, 11 August 2012 and I had already stopped tagging articles for CSD by 23:56 10 August 2012, a 2-hour difference, was it really necessary to block me for "disruptive editing" for a full 24 hours? ⁓ Hello 71 03:46, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, this was not a misfiring of a bot. I myself checked it and tagged for copyvio, see
Talk:Perugu_Ramakrishna_(Poet)#Contested_deletion, after that I have removed problematic portion and started rewriting the article.
--
Tito Dutta
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09:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for work in progress. Actually, you are right, the company did a switch in its model after feedbacks received during a Tech Conference in London last June, while showing the 1st version of the product. It's now an application which will be free of charge on iTunes, like I wrote it. And it will be launched next month during Techcrunch Disrupt in San Francisco that way. I did some corrections regarding the legal status of the company, after validations. Thank again. Philjeudy ( talk) 18:10, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm pretty sure the Chris Par page that you recently decided was not a hoax may have been a judgement in error... the page includes such gems as:
If not in error, that particular page needs some serious consideration for AfD...
Best,
Reynhart ( talk) 06:25, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 07:22, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 07:29, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos (2nd nomination) seems fine overall - thanks for taking the trouble. But a small nitpick, if I may. WP:TRIVIA does not mean what you seem to suggest (that we should exclude trivial matters). What that shortcut actually says is "Sections with lists of miscellaneous information (such as "trivia" sections) should be avoided as an article develops. Such information is better presented in an organized way.". In other words, that's a stylistic point about the way we arrange sections in articles. A better shortcut for your point is WP:TRIVCOV. That's an argument to avoid and so is comparatively weak. Warden ( talk) 12:31, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Nice rescue. Dloh cierekim 17:11, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Wily, thanks for taking a look at Petroleum Helicopters International, Inc..
When I raised the issue of copyvio, I was referring to this version [2].
The problem was that there was a lot of direct overlap with [3], as well as some close paraphrase. The fundinguniverse article was not, and is not, referenced.
Then, an editor reworded material, as shown in these edits. [4]
For example, the earlier version included "In 1972, PHI placed a major order for new helicopters costing about $5 million. The purchase increased the company's fleet to 233 aircraft and by 1974; the company was employing 1,000 people. At the time of its 25th anniversary, they were maintaining operations at 13 Gulf Coast and 5 foreign bases. By the end of the decade, the company's fleet achieved a total of 308 aircraft, the largest non-military fleet of helicopters in the world." This text is almost exactly the same as the fundinguniverse article.
The later version changed some of the words around, e.g., "PHI placed a major order for new helicopters costing about $5 million" was changed to "the company put in an order for modern helicopters totaling $5 million." Here is the whole section.
"In 1972, the company put in an order for modern helicopters totaling $5 million. These acquisitions grew the company's inventory to 233 helicopters and the company was employing 1,000 people. Upon their 25th anniversary, they were sustaining operations at 5 international bases and 13 coast sites. Toward the latter part of the 70’s, PHI’s fleet achieved a total of 308 helicopters, the biggest non-military group of aircraft on the globe."
Perhaps when you said "duplication is minimal" you were looking at the later version, and using the duplication detector, which only gets verbatim matches?
Bottom line is that changing "modern" to "new" and "world" to "globe" does not address the copyvio issue. Most of the article is still very close paraphrase of published, copyright material.
I am referring to this policy. WP:Copy-paste#Can_I_copy_and_paste_if_I_change_the_text_a_little_bit.3F
Logical Cowboy ( talk) 15:31, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
There are some close paraphrasings in that version; I'm not sure they're substantial enough to constitute infringement (but I'm not sure, perhaps, that they're not either.) I do think that they're not "unequivocal cases, where there is no free-content material on the page worth saving". Since there's only a single author, probably the history can be partially deleted but the licence retained, since they'll still be attributed (with Jetijonez's permission?), but I'm not really an expert. The best thing to do is bring it up at Wikipedia:Copyright problems and ask for advice, I would, but I should be getting home at the moment. If you don't, I probably will later. Wily D 16:48, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for jumping in of the Americas article....needs lots of work.. great to see someone finally help in cleaning up the article. Moxy ( talk) 17:30, 23 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hi,
You recently deleted the page Spunti e ricerche; rivista d'italianistica for copyright infringement. I am the holder of the copyright and have now sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org as required to verify this.
Could you please re-instate this page?
Thanks, Ed. Imtechnology ( talk) 07:42, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
The reason I nominated this for R3 deletion is not because it is not English, it is because it is missing the opening quotes, so therefore is an unlikely typo. (There are two sets of closing quotes, and only one set of opening quotes) -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 05:59, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
The reason I nominated this as R3 is not because it is not English, it is because the entire title is encapsulated in quotation marks, thus is an unlikely typo. -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 06:00, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Theyre also orphans in addition to being misnamed. Lihaas ( talk) 07:47, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Could I have an update? Thank you Philjeudy ( talk) 02:35, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Maybe I'm being a bit sensitive, but perhaps you're not WP:AGF. Not just to myself, but others too. [5] [6] [7] [8] "Please ''read'' [[WP:CSD|the list of speedy deletion criteria]] before trying to apply them." - Perhaps you're being a bit aggressive. ⁓ Hello 71 20:17, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
It turns out that circumstances have changed and Michael Pinto, whose article you deleted, now has played in a fully pro league making the Deletion discussion moot. I made a similar mistake! See my talkpage for details, but maybe you could restore the article when you have a minute? -- Slp1 ( talk) 00:13, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
I'll keep it simple: In July, I've explained that Michael Pinto, as well as the other players who had a page created, was going to play in a full pro league. Instead of waiting, someone decided to nominate his page to speedy deletion (just like you did now), as well as the other players, throwing away all my work. Although I was right, and as I've got plenty more things to do than spending my day in Wikipedia, I decided to let it go. As of today, he has already played in a fully pro league this season, so perhaps you should check out the list of fully professional leagues WP:FPL. If you had spent some time researching, you'd find out that Sporting Clube de Portugal B plays in Segunda Liga which is a.. full pro league. So I'm asking you, and your speedy deletion friends, to please stop deleting someone else's job. RRR22 ( talk) 01:21, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
The ChampionMan 1234 05:54, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
All right, rather than nominating the page for deletion, I have added some tags to the page,if you disagree please explain why, and feel free to fix it. -- The ChampionMan 1234 11:13, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
That's a strange interpretation of copyright. And as you can see from the log, not everyone agrees with you on this. -- Guillaume2303 ( talk) 08:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions at RfD recently, however most of your statements have included the phrase "no rationale given for deletion" (or a similar wording). This is not a problem in and of itself, as redirects are often nominated without a valid rationale given. However, on every occasion you have used it in the past three days a rationale has been given and your statement is thus factually incorrect. Whatever the rest of your rationale is, the closing administrator is unlikely to attach much weight to it if it contains such a blatantly obvious inaccuracy.
If you want your contributions to be taken into account then you need to stop making these fundamental errors and learn the difference between the three situations below:
The nominator has not given any reason, has given a reason that does not relate to policy (e.g. I don't like it) or the reason is solely one that is explicitly not a reason to delete a redirect (such as "unused").
The nominator has given a valid reason for deletion, but it does not apply to this redirect. For example if the nomination reason is that the redirect is incorrect, but it is actually related to the subject, or you think the reason is valid but that deletion would bring no benefits.
A valid and applicable reason for deletion has been given, but you disagree with it. For example, you believe that a redirect nominated as not being notable enough is in fact worthy of a redirect.
A valid and applicable reason for deletion has been given, and you agree with the nominator about that, but there are other reasons that the redirect should be kept that you believe outweigh the reasons to delete. For example a redirect is an obscure synonym but it is required for attribution purposes.
I will continue to point out at the individual RfDs if you get it wrong, as I believe this is the best way to help you learn where you're going wrong. Thryduulf ( talk) 08:37, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
I know it was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but wanted to drop you a note about it anyway (re Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Alucard 16/BB10USA). Uzma Gamal and I have uncovered many many many stale Big Brother elimination tables sitting around in userspace, and been working on nominating them for deletion. There may be good faith reasons for these to exist in so many places, but it starts to strain believability that so many independent users just happen to need the table and then forget about it. I don't think Uzma or I would generally dink around in people's drafts. Just happened to be what Uzma uncovered after a search on a phrase from the table after I nominated a bunch of them a few weeks ago. Regards, Syrthiss ( talk) 11:45, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, could you provide a fuller explanation of your analysis and rationale for the closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adherer? There are many other articles of similar stature and the simple "no consensus" does not help the community. -- The Red Pen of Doom 17:56, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello! You recently closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Most popular Android apps by number of downloads. May I ask you to revise the closing statement so that it would mention WP:NOTYELLOW and the reasons you find it unconvincing? There was a discussion of its applicability. Thanks in advance! — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 08:52, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
You have previously commented on the redirect On the genus of a graph. There have been significant changes, including the target, since the nomination was made. You may wish to revisit the discussion and confirm whether or not your previous views remain unchanged. Having been relisted the discussion is now at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 September 7. Thryduulf ( talk) 14:35, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you; I had expected argument based off 100k/3rd in Indiana, if any, rather than "too stale". While the articles I do are normally single-edit creations, I have all the references in advance and they're very formulaic; I'm planning on finishing the few remaining redlinks at Idaho House of Representatives though someone else has been active there, too, within the last 2 months; this should be next after those for me. Dru of Id ( talk) 18:09, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I do hope you can tell I wasn't being serious. I was quoting children's TV shows and dead politicians, after all. Besides: The people who leave those kinds of messages (Shouted Demands, as I think of them) never come back to discuss the issue. There's no way the person who left the message I replied to ever would have seen it.— chbarts ( talk) 07:01, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for deleting the pages I marked in my user space. I appreciate it. Will Maltby ( talk ⁄ contributions) 08:44, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Thank you for reading through the contentious MfD Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination) and closing it. Your closing statement was:
The result of the discussion was Weak keep - large chunks of content are problematic, but large chunks are not, and thus the appeals to WP:NOT fail as a reason to delete the entire page. Wily D 08:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I endorse the assessment of the consensus in full: that "large chunks of content are problematic, but large chunks are not". However, I believe that that assessment leads to a different result than "weak keep".
Robofish ( talk · contribs) wrote, "Remove the soapboxing content." He was explicitly joined by Beyond My Ken and myself who revised our positions from "delete" to "remove the soapboxing content" and implicitly by the editors who considered the "large chunks of content [to be] problematic" per WP:NOTSOAPBOX and WP:NOTBLOG.
There is a long-standing precedent that MfD is the proper venue for reviewing pages that have both problematic and unproblematic content. See for example Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TreasuryTag in August 2011.
In July 2010, there was a discussion about the issue at Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion/Archive 5#Is MFD an appropriate venue to discuss portions of pages?. More recently, the issue was discussed at the RfC Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion#RfC: Is MfD an appropriate venue to discuss portions of userpages? (July 2012). Taking into account the discussions in July 2010 and July 2012 and MfD precedent, the closer wrote:
I am closing this discussion with the outcome: There is clearly no consensus to adopt the proposed language. A misleading announcement may have distorted discussion somewhat, but most of the editors commenting are experienced and must be presumed to have read the proposal they are commenting on. This will not stop MfD discussions of pages based only on parts of the page content -- a page containing inappropriate content for user space is not automatically off-limits to MfD simply because other content on the page is appropriate. DES (talk) 20:24, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Would you consider revising your close to "The result of the discussion was remove the large chunks of problematic content and keep the large chunks of unproblematic content"?
Thank you, Cunard ( talk) 07:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
If my personal page has been deleted before, can I create it again and keep it blank? DarkFireYoshi 02:21, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, are you going to finish the move of Portal:Xray Crystallography? The deletion tag is still in place and at least one subpage has not been moved. RockMagnetist ( talk) 21:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Could you revert (Deletion log) 23:49 restored page Miju language (5 revisions restored) ? It looks like those were changes in the redirect, and so don't belong in the article history.
Thanks — kwami ( talk) 07:36, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Kannan29 ( talk · contribs) continues to recreate an article, Vinothkannan, which you deleted less than an hour ago. Could you possibly salt the article and give him a firm warning to stop? Appears to be an autobiography as well. Cheers, Matthew Thompson talk to me bro! 06:46, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
The places I requested for deletion have the tag " Greater Manchester" which is a metropolitan county but the boroughs within that county are main government areas. The category Category:Districts of Greater Manchester has one subcategory which deals with Manchester city itself but I think there is room for subcategories covering at least some of the other nine boroughs in Greater Manchester. I realise that Category:Geography of Rochdale is also a subcategory but I don't think it would be wrong to have a Category:Places in Rochdale category instead. I am still looking through to see which places could fit where before I create subcategories, because it is plausible that some boroughs might not have enough articles to warrant a separate subcategory. I felt some of the names should reflect the boroughs rather than a metrpolitan county which is only used for ceremonial purposes and some sharing of inter-authority services. Green Giant ( talk) 16:30, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can you consider amending your closing rationale in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Zoey 101 characters ?
First, I think the consensus does actually lean toward merge in the discussion. In addition to Shooterwalker's comment and mine, user Postdlf's 2nd comment makes it quite clear he doesn't support unconditional "keep" and rather agrees a merge is appropriate. Even if Postdlf did not change his bolded recommendation, AfDs are based more on discussion than on strict voting and I think this comment hasn't been taken into account in your evaluation as it should have. Beside, Jclemens' and DGG's comments blatantly contradict every single piece of guideline we have on lists, that is, WP:LISTN, WP:AVOIDSPLIT and WP:WAF#Summary style approach. Could you elaborate on what strength you found in these comments that made them prevail over the 3 supporting a merge per actual guidelines ?
Second, with your reference to Wikipedia:Article size and the article being over 60kb, you seem to be overlooking the fact that a large portion of these 60kb is unsuitable (as shown in the discussion) and likely to be removed whether the article is kept or not. Thus I don't think Wikipedia:Article size is relevant here and it probably shouldn't appear in your rationale.
Thanks ! Folken de Fanel ( talk) 16:44, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
I marked this page as a CSD for the fact that it was vandalism. My justification for this, which I feel compelled to provide, is that it meets a few criteria:
For these reasons, I decided that the page was vandalism. At the very least, I believe it should have been SD'd as a duplication of an existing topic. I do see your viewpoint that it wasn't vandalism, but I would appreciate it if you could go back and take a second, thorough look at it. I welcome your feedback, and thanks for reading this little short note!
Thanks, gwickwire | Leave a message 23:01, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD! I had created an article on J.H.Tarapore School yesterday and found out today that it has been deleted. When I researched a bit I found that the reason was for 'promotion' or 'advertising'. Let me tell you that this page was about a School in India and it was certainly NOT USED FOR PROMOTION OF THE SCHOOL. So let me request you that please do the needful. Thanks. -- ΩΨ Soham Banerjee ΨΩ 04:14, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
gwickwire | Leave a message 21:36, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Tckma ( talk) 13:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Must say I am disappointed to see another close of yours not adequately addressing the reasons opposing a keep vote. You completely ignored the WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:NOT#NEWS reasons provided in my nomination of the article and my argument about the subject supposedly evidenced in the sources really being one of a general tendency in the Arab and Muslim community to believe misinformation about Israel.-- The Devil's Advocate ( talk) 16:13, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WillyD,
I must admit - that text is not my own personal writing, but the text that the new Page Curation Tool automatically puts on the page creator's talkpage when listing a Speedy. So - I can't take the credit for it, but it's heartening to know that the WMF's attempts to massage some more human-sounding template warnings etc. seems to be paying off. By the way, if you've not already tried/were aware of the aforementioned tool - give it a go. 'Tis excellent - this is the first time I've actually WANTED to do NPP for ages! Witty lama 07:16, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I was wondering if you'd be willing to rephrase or reconsider your close on this AfD? The current wording of your close makes it appear that you believe that the sources presented by NorthAmerica1000 and Milowent are notable, and thus you discounted comments pointing out their lack of applicability - in other words, it looks like you're placing a supervote based on your interpretation of the sources, rather than interpreting the consensus on the AfD. Commenting that people who supported a merge option were somehow misunderstanding the discussion and that thus you also discounted them also seems fairly non-neutral. I'm assuming these things are more artifacts of the way you phrased your close than of you actually having placed a supervote close, but it would be really helpful if you could expand your close to address the basis for your decision beyond "the delete voters misunderstand, and also didn't they see the sources the ARS presented?" A fluffernutter is a sandwich! ( talk) 17:17, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Pizza cheese. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
I view the decision to essentially ignore the roughly 40% of people who voted merge as improper. The proper close would have been "merge", "no consensus", or relist p b p 19:39, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Please help me ban Kwotkuku ( talk) as well. I do believe this person and Kwort are the same person. Kwotkuku sent me personal threats and wrote abuse on my talk page (see talk) right after you blocked Kwort.
Thanks!!
~ Acsian88 ( talk) 19:33, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I was hoping you could help me by explaining Rada Manufacturing was taken down? As it was stated the sources were not reliable the article did not need sources because it was explaining the company. I would disagree with the sources not being reliable. The ABC news coverage is a credible reporting company. I did post the picture of the company to readers can get an idea with what the company looks like. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Knightia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knightia13 ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I wanted to inquire about the deletion of the COLLAB Philadelphia Museum of Art page. I understand that it was due to copyright infringement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Web site. COLLAB is a non-profit, volunteer driven affiliate of the Museum, and the Museum staff actually wrote the Wikipedia copy when COLLAB requested that we have our own page.
Given our affiliation, the museum's approval of us having our own entry, and the fact that they supplied the copy, is there a means to have the page reinstated?
Thank you!
Jedd Davis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeddnyc ( talk • contribs) 13:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
You appear to have missed all the citations and the leadership of a major French climate center and a nationwide award. You would have had to look through a lot of the discussion. Here I pull out the posts on the google scholar citations. For your ease of accumulation, the number of citations are 30, 124, 61, 74, and then as I kept finding more articles I stopped tabulating. The original search at google scholar was either dishonest or incompetent. Upon further reading your closing comment, this appears to be an intellectually dishonest lie "even its advocates don't seem to really believe it" It was the opposition, which only accumulated two votes that was half hearted, botched the google scholar search or perhaps they knew the forgone conclusion? Has nothing changed here a wikipedia? -- Africangenesis ( talk) 11:01, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
BTW, four of the times he was cited were in journal Nature articles. [19] [20] [21] [22]-- Africangenesis ( talk) 01:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
I've added 9 new references from France's newspaper equivalences of the NY Times, the Le Figaro and Le Monde to the sandboxed version of the article. It was strange that a scientist of Marcel Leroux' obvious stature, was not being written about and quoted in major newspapers in France. His stature was apparent from the articles he was writing. He was the scientist solicited to write articles on any unusual weather patterns affecting France and N. Africa. It turns out the major newspapers are paywalled and don't allow google searches.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 13:44, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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A very difficult situation that you made look easy. Good on you for your GibraltarpediA MFD close. Achowat ( talk) 12:08, 8 October 2012 (UTC) |
Made it into a table, just for you.
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In May 2012, PeaceJam premiered Mayan Renaissance,[2] which documents the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future in Guatemala and throughout Central America and the broader struggle for rights taking place among indigenous peoples throughout Latin America. | In May 2012 we premiered Mayan Renaissance which documents the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future in Guatemala and throughout Central America and the broader struggle for rights taking place among indigenous peoples throughout Latin America | - |
The second film, Children of the Light, is currently in pre-production stages and is set to premiere in December 2013. This film will document the peacemaking work of young people around the world who have been inspired by the teachings of Desmond Tutu. | We are currently fundraising and in pre-production stages for the second film, Children of the Light, which documents the peacemaking work of young people around the world that have been inspired by the teachings of Desmond Tutu. Children of the Light, will premiere in December 2013. | - |
The third film of the series, Educating the Heart, inspired by the legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will premiere in December 2014. | The third film of the series, Educating the Heart, inspired by the legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will premiere in December 2014. | - |
PeaceJam Foundation's Nobel Legacy Film Series features 13 Nobel Peace Laureates and their efforts to create a better future for all of humanity [1]. A total of 13 full-length documentaries will be produced with one release each year. These films will be made a permanent part of the PeaceJam Foundation's award-winning youth development curriculum that is implemented globally, inspiring youth to take action to address the most pressing issues of our time. In addition, these films will be featured on PBS, online, in film festivals, and on DVD. | - | Each unique and powerful film will be featured on PBS, in film festivals, on DVD, and online. In addition, the films will be made a permanent part of the PeaceJam Foundation’s award-winning youth development curriculum that is implemented globally, inspiring youth to take action to address the most pressing issues of our time. |
Does that clear up any confusion over if the article has been copied from elsewhere? Ironholds ( talk) 08:40, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I recently started an article on worker policing and was working offline before I added things to the edit page. However, before I add the content, the page was tagged for deletion and deleted. I am now adding all of the information and references to the page. Can you take a look at it and see if it is acceptable?
GenesBrainsBehaviorNeuroscienceKL ( talk) 04:42, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Concerning the article deletion. I discovered that the article was lined up for deletion by clicking on the 'What links here' in the toolbox of Choseng's article. There you will find this link: User:Cyde/List_of_candidates_for_speedy_deletion not a bot page, but a individual's page where they use an imperfect 'tool' to find deletion candidates. Following the protocol I have added the banner to prevent this article being deleted. As soon as Cyde has removed the candidacy the banner can be removed. If you can help to see that this is carried through that'd be great. Thanks.
Hi WilyD, regarding Adrianne Ahern, there is still not a single reliable secondary source. Do you think that is an improvement? I looked for some myself and couldn't find any. Regards, heather walls ( talk) 15:15, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I notice you recently closed the AFD on Marcel Leroux. There is a copy of the article from fairly recently at User:Lucy_Skywalker/Marcel_Leroux; I dunno if that needs to go or not. I don't much care; I'm just letting you know. I only noticed it because its the #7 google hit for Leroux :-) William M. Connolley ( talk) 19:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Now its being actively maintained [23], so I'd say it should be deleted William M. Connolley ( talk) 20:21, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
And now STA has re-created Talk:Marcel Leroux for his POV pushing. Oh joy William M. Connolley ( talk) 20:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
How on earth can a noted scientist such as Leroux have his WP page deleted due to the machinations of William M Connolley (a low grade programmer of no notability) yet Connelly still has a WP page? It really brings WP into disrepute and lowers its reputation. ---- SO
-- Africangenesis ( talk) 17:08, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Evidently it isn't enough to show you that you were wrong on every point you cited to decide to delete when closing. You are going to insist on wikilawyering delays to the end. Your responsibility is to do what is right for wikipedia whether I KYA or not. I've given wikipedia enough information to make the correct decision according to its standards. It is wikipedia's job to replace admins that don't meet the standard.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 08:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC) "New Sources"? What was your old source for this statement:
From WP:Academic:
I have supplied what you need above. What more do you need? Do you have contrary evidence? You deleted on your own. You can restore on your own. Is the recommendation to take it up first with the closing admin really supposed to be a waste of time, like you are implying? The new citation on citations are relevant to application of the standards, not to the article. We don't need a discussion on WP:Academic. It already adopts this kind of analysis. -- Africangenesis ( talk) 09:42, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Being in the top 1% of his field in citations should be enough to avoid the "average professor" dismissal.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 10:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, you acknowledge the correctness of my ad hominem characterizations, by admitting that a restored updated article would just be put up for AfD again. Sorry, it is possible to have both legitimate arguments and ad hominem arguments, and you can't claim not to have seen the legitimate ones. -- Africangenesis ( talk) 15:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, I hope you and others are watching and learning. :-) There is more than one kind of vandalism. You may think that it is Marcel Leroux and its sandbox copy that is being vandalized, but it is really a long term effort against List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming The article is setup so that those whose views are to be listed or catalogued must be "notable", but it is not enough that they are notable, they must have an article because red-links aren't allowed. This means that those wanting to contribute to the article in good faith, have the additional burden of having to create a bio article as well, even if they may have no interest in doing so. It is pretty clear that Marcel Leroux is notable, the argument seems to be that the article should be improved some, (to save face or something) so lets do the experiment of avoiding the redlink by just not wikilinking his name, and seeing what happens.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 05:05, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Good afternoon. An editor asked me off-wiki to review your closure of the Marcel Leroux. I declined to do so. I consider off-wiki decisions (including those made on IRC) to be bad policy and anti-wiki. I did, however, decide to honor the editor's request for privacy and opened a DRV discussion in his/her name. I have also taken the liberty of posting my own review of the debate. Apologies for not notifying you in advance of the question but I couldn't figure out how to do that and protect the privacy of the original requestor. Thanks in advance for your understanding. Rossami (talk) 20:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Your close here shows the wisdom of Solomon. Thank you for a thoughtful explanation and way forward in what has been a very contentious issue, and not just a one-word close. It is quite helpful. -- Jayron 32 13:30, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
WilyD, many of the votes on the deletion review, appear mainly to be supportive of your good faith in closing the AfD. I'm sure you agree that is far from the only criteria they should consider, that evidence accrued and better organized since your closure, by the DRV standards, should be considered independently and can be sufficient to overturn despite any conclusion of good faith on your part. I solicit your support to call for a fair hearing of the issue, regardless of concern for your decision. I think I've made a fair summary of the evidence in my vote at the AfD. Your voice as the closing admin could carry considerable weight. Regards.-- Africangenesis ( talk) 14:28, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:07, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
When closing this did you take into account the blatant sockpuppetry reported here? Phil Bridger ( talk) 08:32, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
You've said that it is not a candidate for speedy deletion. The reason does not have its own tag, but, I have on [ |here], on number 5, that it actually is. If you could either verify this for me, or explain why Akhelios isn't covered by this article, that'd be awesome. Marigu goke ( talk) 19:59, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, it seems Superfeedr's been deleted without giving you very long to reply to Fireflo's response to your comment. Did you have any response? If so, I wonder if there's some way to re-open the discussion? I don't have anything more to add myself however. Silas S. Brown ( talk) 19:35, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I'm interested to hear how 3x COI articles ( Wise Care 365, Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Data Recovery) plus linkspam to these in other articles by an SPA who is obviously promoting his product does not constitute spam. Perhaps you didn't spot that the "references" cited are solicited and paid for? If WP keeps these articles, we'd be endorsing scareware products that draw unwary consumers in with a free version that finds countless "errors" that can only be repaired by buying the product. Thanks Socrates2008 ( Talk) 13:06, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello
I assumed that the IP was the only editor 'cuz the other edits are done by Bot's but I see i was wrong i should had checkup up on more entrys... -- Fox2k11 ( talk) 13:20, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Please read why I said the page shouldn't be deleted and put it up as soon as possible. -- TheShadowCrow ( talk) 16:01, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
The "tagging something as a hoax that was almost certainly true" link you provided at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Writ Keeper goes simply to Special:Undelete, which doesn't have any links to any pages at all. Could you please supply a diff to the edit in question? Nyttend ( talk) 21:23, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I have completed it now. Will you please restore the article? -- TheShadowCrow ( talk) 22:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I was just writing up a post to ANI on him but you beat me to it with your block. He has made some pretty nasty comments in the last couple weeks against different users. - DJSasso ( talk) 14:47, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry for that. Didn't realise you were an admin.-- Mjs1991 ( talk) 10:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for deleting the redirects. Could you also take a look at User:Jenn Bostic and User talk:Jenn Bostic. It looks like the article was originally moved there before it found its way to the mainspace. Cheers Paul MacDermott ( talk) 11:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Just FYI: you dePRODded this, saying "as much as I hate WP:FOOTBALL, a soccer player in his nation's top league is a plausible assertion of significance", but I have replaced the PROD (resetting the clock) because it was a BLP-prod, and there are still no sources. Once upon a time I might have set out to look for sources, but I have become fed up with the flood of one-liners that just say something like "Ozymandias Grk is a Fooian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for F K Grblfxp", and I hope that if their authors find them deleted they may learn that they can't expect others to take the time to check (a) is F K Grblfxp in a fully professional league (b) is Ozymandias Grk in the first team (c) has he actually played for the first team (d) is there a reliable source for that? Cheers, JohnCD ( talk) 20:23, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
I can assure that this is the name of a person and not a village. (apparently name of the creator) The infobox has been copied from Muzaffarpur -- Anbu121 ( talk me) 09:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
You said that I must wait for several months, but WP:articles for deletion/2nd bundle of channel lineups, WP:articles for deletion/List of channels on Sky, and WP:articles for deletion/3rd bundle of channel lineups agreed to delete them all. I worry that the titled subject might return to mainspace without substantial improvement. Therefore, if move protection is needed, as well as User:IP 12.153.112.21/List of AT&T U-verse channels. -- George Ho ( talk) 05:12, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
It's been weeks, so I wonder if the redirect page violates WP:RFD#KEEP (or WP:R#KEEP). I can't find any useful history of former article, even when content is already merged in AT&T U-verse. However, why would one person's favoring the redirect enough reason to keep the page is beyond me. There are no alternatives to consider making improvements to overcome AFD and MFD any longer. Holding off RFD nomination until January or February is the best way for me, but... I'm out of words about this. -- George Ho ( talk) 06:21, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at my response. I haven't a clue where you get I'm wrong 1/2 the time. Bgwhite ( talk) 09:26, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Dear Wily D,
The article titled S.J. Ramprashan was deleted on November 6th 2012, entirely by mistake. This article was approved and was up on Wikipedia as the biography of a notable Tamil Radio broadcaster who has worked in Sri Lanka and is now working in Canada. I realized that I had erroneously deleted the article and I rewrote the same article on November 8th 2012, not knowing how to restore the original article that I had not intentionally deleted. One of the claims for deletion by Malik was that 2 articles exist under the same name. That is the article that I had created on November 8th 2012 after realizing that I had accidently deleted my original article on Nov/6th/2012. I see that you had restored the article with 6 revisions and then you had put the original article in my usertalk area. How can I restore this as a wikipedia article just like it was 2 weeks ago? I kindly ask that you restore the original article as he is a prominent member of the Tamil community and has contributed significantly to Tamil broadcasting and is a mainstream media Tamil community representative. Hence I feel a biographical article about him would serve the community well. Please get back to me regarding this issue as soon as you can. Thank you very much.
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The text posted in wikipedia under "Angelo Renai" Was cut an pasted from IMDB and then edited with updated links of notoriety. I initially posted it on IMDB as tps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3rdpersing ( talk • contribs) 09:45, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi
You declined the CSD on Ian H. Crocker. That's fine, and I half expected it. The reason I requested it is as follows:
It's utterly unimportant to me - since I removed the info I thought needed to be removed, and took the action I felt necessary. Just thought I'd leave you the note, since you are now the editor who
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Begoon
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Replied to your reply - no need to answer if you see no need to answer
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Struck comment because I archived the discussion from my talk page - so nothing to see there now. Sorry if I reacted harshly - it was only a CSD on a redirect, after all. Happy days. Begoon talk 17:06, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
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There are a lot of articles pointing to it that now have red links and no one knowing what's going on. FYI. CarolMooreDC 17:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
This was apparently listed for deletion as part of a discussion at WP:MfD and you closed the discussion as delete: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:42120kev back in September. It has not been deleted and still has the MFD tag on it. I don't have a horse in this race, but I was trying to clean up incorrect, outdated or unfinished tags and I notice this at Wikipedia:Database reports/Old deletion discussions. Just thought I would let you know. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда. 22:22, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
You blocked User:Hello71, who has been trolling, whether deliberate or not. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 11:09, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi, WilyD i have seen your reverting here the redirect has no useful incoming links as here and is also holding up a move therefore i believe it should be deleted. -- Ibrahim ebi ( talk) 07:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
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May I bother you to place a copy of Tom Cooper (author) at User:pdfpdf/Tom Cooper (author)? Thanks in advance, Pdfpdf ( talk) 00:26, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes, but what about Aristotle's box file? Was it quarto, A4, legal or foolscap? Pdfpdf ( talk) 13:04, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Please consider re-opening this AFD and allowing another administrator to close it. You clearly have an opinion on the merits of the article, and as such, you need to vote in the process as an ordinary user, not cast a supervote. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 19:56, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Wily, it has been shown at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MountWassen that this Afd you recently closed had been heavily rigged by sockpuppets; see group 2 at the SPI for names. Please consider reviewing your closing result. De728631 ( talk) 17:40, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
I tagged Fried Pork in Scoop as R3, I hope you don't mind. There are only three Google results; two have site errors and don't work and the other suggests we should also be tucking into Toast Chicken within Details. I think it's Chinglish—funny, but ultimately not worth keeping. -- Noiratsi ( talk) 10:23, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Y4McldzJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvu8NU5qlKw
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=470812835772
http://www.filipinovillage.com/show-image.asp?id=183
http://diversitynewsmagazine.com/2012/12/lizaso-haute-couture-presented-red-12-12-12-holiday-fashion-and-awards-show-honoring-l-a-s-most-fascinating-people-2012/lourdes-duque-baron-and-boy-lizaso/#.UN2GB299LSg — Preceding unsigned comment added by WorldWideVital ( talk • contribs) 11:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Why don't you search online and find out who he is. — Preceding
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Hey, I just had to drop a quick note of thanks for that comment on my RfA... "Insufficient love for baby Jesus is ridiculous" made my day! I needed that smile. — Darkwind ( talk) 19:14, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
While i'm certainly not going to challenge your decision or anything, I just wanted to comment that in the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robb Alvey (2nd nomination) discussion, considering all the Delete votes were made by SPAs who had never edited before trying to get the article deleted (and the IPs could presumably also be the new accounts, I didn't bother to check) and whose only argument was "non-notable" with no explanation whatsoever besides the amount of sources that kept getting pulled up, it probably should have been a Keep decision. Silver seren C 12:31, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
From Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, may I ask why you did not consider the WP:NOT#NEWS argument (which is policy compared to WP:N), or the transwiki option that was given? -- MASEM ( t) 14:55, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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I don't understand your justification for resolving this as a redirect to Cisco Systems. There does not appear to be consensus for this. In absence of consensus, the article should not be deleted. -— Kvng 16:36, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
I think Multi Chevrolet is a dealership in New Jersey based upon a WP:SET and should not be a redirect. Mkdw talk 09:15, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Mkdw talk 09:27, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I think you close of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Kostasneymar may be premature, considering that my notification at Talk:P.A.O.K._F.C.#A_lot_of_stuff_in_userspace_nominated_for_deletion six hours earlier may have been the only notification of editors who may have been interested in the content. Although probably unlikely, some of the content may have assisted editors in improving the article P.A.O.K._F.C.. Unless someone was quite sure the matereial was unusable (the nomination reads as slightly tentative), I think a relist, just in case, would be the right thing to do. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 13:59, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Wily, just letting you know that when you moved Glider (aircraft), you didn't close the move request, so it was still showing up on WP:RM. I went ahead and closed it. Cheers,-- Cúchullain t/ c 15:13, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, WilyD. You recently deleted the articl Without A Face (band). I think I can help the original author whip the article into shape, if you could send me the deleted article. Thanks. Natt the Hatt ( talk) 18:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
I like your closes. Eg. Thank you. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 23:22, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Frankly, I don't really care one way or the other of the outcome, but I don't understand what is sensible about a redirect to an article where the title of the redirect (in this case, the name Christine Kerr) is never even remotely referred to. You may have your reasons, and maybe good ones too; or you may have not understood the rationale, but 'not a sensible reason' makes me sound like a roaring idiot for making the nomination. Thanks, Hamamelis ( talk) 09:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
I recently nominated Arthur Mooring for WP:CSD#A7 (my first deletion nom, so please forgive any mistakes), and from your declining edit summary, apparently I’d missed any claims of notability. I didn’t see anything in the article showing that he’s notable, and I can’t seem to find any sources that say much beyond that he was alive. Should I try another nomination, or am I wrong in the first place? — Frungi ( talk) 10:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
I noticed that you used a headcount argument in a close here (something specifically not a part of Wikipedia:Consensus). Can you explain to me how you could determine based on quality of argument that the consensus was to keep an unsourced trivia list?— Kww( talk) 01:12, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I asked to have the Afreaka ! article speedily deleted because its name is wrong (has a space that should not be there) and because the article Demon Fuzz, which is proposed for deletion, covers the topic better. I think the Demon Fuzz article will survive AfD. Was I supposed to wait for the AfD discussion to time out before asking? You wrote
Declined There's no way duplication should result in deletion here. If the consensus is to keep the content in the parent article, this should be a redirect. Or, the content might be moved from the parent article to here. EIther way. But deletion? No
I highlighted "here" because it sounds like you didn't notice (or I didn't convince you) that the article is under a wrong name. I think I was created that way because the editor who made it is French, and in France they use spaces that way. If there's to be a separate article about the album, it should not be written with the space because the band is not French and didn't name the album that way.
I asked for the redirects Afreaka! (the proper name) and Afreaka pointing to Demon Fuzz but that was denied too:
This is a matter for the AFD, not for a redirect to be made.
I asked about that at User_talk:Mdann52#your_comment_about_my_redirect_request 24.24.214.15 ( talk) 00:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
You deleted this user page (see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Burkenburg). There's now a long page there again. Could you check if the page currently is about the same thing and whether WP:CSD#G4 applies or whether a new discussion would be needed? -- Stefan2 ( talk) 13:56, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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WilyD, I wanted to thank you for your support during my RfA, and let you know that I will work to earn your confidence in my future editing. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 02:08, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm wondering why you closed the discussion, as there had only been one !vote. Consensus had clearly not been established, and a relist would have been more appropriate. Thanks. — Rutebega ( talk) 23:19, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Since you were the admin who decided against consensus to delete an article, David G. McAfee, could you let me have access to it so I might rewrite it so that it might pass YOUR standards in the future? Thanks. SkepticalRaptor ( talk) 03:26, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
You missed the second page that was discussed in the XfD, Wikipedia:WikiProject_Abandoned_Drafts/Suzanne_M._Olsson. — raeky T 05:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You histmerged WP:Article Incubator/Ponniyin selvan (2012 film) into Ponniyin Selvan after WP:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Ponniyin selvan (2012 film). The interleaved revisions have nonsense diffs (e.g., 1, 2) and confuse legitimate changes ( 3). Following regular WP:Merging with history merging is discouraged by WP:How to fix cut-and-paste moves#Parallel versions and WP:Merge and delete#History fixing. SmokeyJoe suggested WP:Merge and delete#Move to subpage of talk page at the MfD. Would you agree with undoing the history merge? Thanks. Flatscan ( talk) 05:24, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
The IRC Elite is now blaming and shaming you for good trolling ;c 78.8.98.75 ( talk) 22:37, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm quite shocked at the manner in which you deleted the Tixati page. Please be so kind to reinstate the page, or at least reply to the comments on User talk:Jec. Jec ( talk) 21:31, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Please see further comments at User talk:Jec, where I ask you to reinstate the page so I can add the references you requested. In the future, please be so kind as to request references rather than deleting pages without discussion. Jec ( talk) 16:27, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I've moved the article back to the main namespace, it should have sufficient citations now. There's one remaining case of original research, which I've marked with a citation needed tag. Should you have any further disagreements with this article, please speak to me rather than behaving like a bully. Jec ( talk) 18:05, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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But I fixed your link at Legoktm's RfA. At your discretion, feel free to undo this change at any time. =) Kurtis (talk) 12:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Several months after Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination) was closed, the user page was renominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (3rd nomination) by JohnCD ( talk · contribs) on behalf of 50.113.65.228 ( talk · contribs). The discussion was closed as speedy keep because 50.113.65.228 is a single-purpose account, so the later discussion should not override the previous one. At User talk:Cunard/Archive 9#Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination), you wrote on 24 September 2012:
I'm not ignoring this question. But it's not straightforward to consider (partly because it's a quite long discussion), and I'm not terribly fond of the "compromise by fiat" closes of redirect or merge where only a small minority argued for that, with a lot of straight keeps and straight deletes (which I think this closely parallels). But I'm considering it. If you're unhappy that I'm slow (which I'm likely to be), feel free to try DRV, but I doubt it's likely to be all that helpful.
Timotheus Canens ( talk · contribs) at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 wrote in May 2011: "The general consensus here is that the page fails WP:SOAP and WP:NOTBLOG." In your close in September 2012, you wrote that "large chunks of content are problematic, but large chunks are not, and thus the appeals to WP:NOT fail as a reason to delete the entire page" and I asked you to consider removing the problematic chunks on the basis of your finding that "large chunks of content are problematic".
Two different closers have found that the user page has problematic content that violates WP:SOAP and WP:NOTBLOG. In August 2011, Orangemike ( talk · contribs) wrote at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive714#User talk:Timeshift9#Your userpage 2:
Once again, Timeshift is using his userpage as a blog. This is not encyclopedic content, it is only a microscopic fragment of Timeshift's ideological stance and thus give us little insight into any prejudices or biases he may have as an editor; it is a weak substitute for starting a real blog, and is in pretty blatant violation of the community consensus about his prior pseudo-blog. Like the previous version, my concern is not BLP but rather WP:NOT#WEBHOST. If you want to opinionate about politics in Oz, do so in a real blog, not on our servers. -- Orange Mike | Talk 13:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Community consensus has repeatedly found that the problematic content violates policy so that content should not be allowed to remain.
In August 2011, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TreasuryTag was closed as "Consensus is that the offending portion of the page to be deleted (and obviously not re-added)" even though none of the participants bolded "delete the offending material". This close was upheld at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 August 25#User:TreasuryTag. Removing portions of pages was upheld at Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion#RfC: Is MfD an appropriate venue to discuss portions of userpages? (July 2012).
Please consider removing the user page's problematic content per your assessment of the consensus that "large chunks of content are problematic". Because of the unpleasant acrimony surrounding the previous MfD, I will respect your decision however you decide and will not renominate this at MfD or DRV if you decline to remove the problematic content. Best, Cunard ( talk) 22:32, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm looking to recreate Sound Devices which it appears you previously deleted. They are a company in the professional audio sector. Their products are very popular, have won awards, and have been used to record the sound for many major films and TV shows. I don't know what was wrong with the old article, but I believe that they are notable. I'm not sure what the correct process is - do you undelete the article, or should I start from scratch? SmilingFace ( talk) 16:29, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
G'day from Oz; the article was previously called "2012 De Havilland Dragon crash" or "2012 De Havilland Dragon disappearance" (both titles are on my Watchlist). Cheers YSSYguy ( talk) 14:42, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
You just deleted the page "Animal Instincts (book)". It was not about the website as it is written in reasoning! It was about a book! Why did you do that? What was wrong with that article? I could edit it!
"it does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject" - that is a very vague reason. Are the books insignificant? Please undelete it. -- Pager1989 ( talk) 10:35, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
You appear to have missed the talk pages though. Only one edit so it's just for history. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 17:01, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Why would you delete a redirect only to recreate the exact same redirect almost immediately? Dogmaticeclectic ( talk) 09:01, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate the help on my merging issue. :) ProudGamecock ( talk) 08:36, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Regarding comments you made when you declined deletion of The Beverly Hillbillies (season 1), The Beverly Hillbillies (season 2), [30] [31] and the other related season articles, the guideline we use for splitting an article, Wikipedia:Article size refers to readable prose size, not file size. Strictly speaking, according to the definition of readable prose, List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes only contains 285 bytes of readable prose. Using a very loose definition of readable prose, there is less than 28KB of readable prose in the article. This is well within WP:SIZERULE's recommendation that length alone does not justification when the length of an article is <40KB. Since length alone is the only reason for splitting, there is no justification for a split, the justification for deletion based on the fact that the articles substantially duplicate List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes still stands. I would therefore ask you to reconsider your rejection. -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 09:41, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Re: Catalyzer - he reverted you. - MrOllie ( talk) 14:39, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hi. What is actually the reason that you blocked Lfdder ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for two weeks? I'm watching his talk page, and I don't see any recent activity which would nearly justify a two-week block, and your block log message does not offer much of a clue. In the talk page exchange, you quoted this diff of his, but it is two weeks old, and related with his quite old bad behavior at Language icons tfd. So, either I missed something obvious, or there are some deleted contribs of his, or...? (I'm not keen to jump on conclusions, but truly interested in an explanation). No such user ( talk) 22:23, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks for telling me as I wished that my page was going to be deleted before it was deleted, or was it that you didn't tell me? I was okay with the fact of deleting other pages, I understand what you wrote about it being more of a resume but if you could have told me this before my page went I would have changed it. Manu thanks for not informing me prior to the deletion as I wished. CharlieWhiteheadActor ( talk) 15:18, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
You deleted the page Atlanta Institute of Music, so basically you may wanna delete its redirect right here /info/en/?search=Atlanta_Institute_Of_Music just to inform you. Thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Second Skin ( talk • contribs) 23:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi WilyD. Thanks for correcting me at Talk:Americas. So, you you know a bit about words and stuff? Would you like to look at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters#Composition_titles_again and tell me whether I am more or less right or wrong? -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 12:30, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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IF you look at the diffs I reverted 3 x's the fourth edit you see is [ [32]] which involved a completely different issue. Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 14:52, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Sorry for bothering you about this again, but I've changed my mind - could you please restore the history of the redirect
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This cryptocurrency will change everything and it currently has thousand of active miners. This page must be undeleted. It is important for the people to know also about the alternatives. Also by following this practice you should equally remove the Bitcoin wiki reference...
What do you mean by (revert bad decline) - article wasn't declined, I added CSD tag to it? -- nonsense ferret 22:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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As you said, this redirect can be kept, so I contributed to Wikipedia by creating many redirects ( Phó bảng, Thám hoa, Bảng nhãn, Trạng nguyên) which are same meaning. Thank you. Ok, I think User:In ictu oculi is correct, Vietnamese terms can appear in English Wikipedia everywhere. Next time, I will create more. Thank again to let me know. Alphama ( talk) 12:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring the History section at the Americas! I noticed that the article had a weird structure and shallow coverage historical facts, but I attributed that to it being low quality.
I would like to request you to take special care with newcomers involved in edit wars. While it was clear to you and me that the content didn't belong in the lede, the user didn't get the right impression of the why it was removed. The Welcome template was a nice touch, but proved itself insufficient; it was devolving quickly into a WP:BITEy situation.
The outcome of this ordeal could have easily been a burnt new editor, and us (you) not noticing that the user misplaced his addition because the proper place for it was missing. It would be awesome if you could go the extra mile in these cases and have the patience to directly explain what's going on at the user's own talk page, to engage him directly. Thx! Diego ( talk) 14:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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I believe its notability was also in question. Daniel Case ( talk) 14:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Alright. I will undelete. Daniel Case ( talk) 15:01, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
You deleted my speedy deletion tag and cited the reason it should stay is that he is of significance. I strongly disagree. This is why:
1) The former alderman [1] of a municipality of approx. 11,246 people [2] is not significant beyond the local level. Deletions that demonstrate this case are the temporary deletion of Tom Cullerton from January 2012 until November 2012. [3]
2) He has not been a candidate for "higher" office in over seven years. Candidates for office do not necessarily qualify as notable. Deletions that assert this include David Gill who ran for Congress multiple times, [4], Greene County State's Attorney Matt Goetten, [5] and the temporary deletion of Tom Cullerton [3] who ran for the same level office (State Senate) and was the PRESIDENT of a Village with approx. 22,000 people. [2]
I may have been hasty on the deletion. I think that merging the information in this article with the article Deanna Demuzio would be most appropriate. I have also posted this on the Talk:Jeff Richey page.
You deleted the Spiders (developer) page that I created while I was adding sources from IGN and GiantBomb. I understand that it, at the time of deletion, contained no sources that could not be verified as they all related to the companies personal web page, but I was in the process of updating the page when the deletion occurred. If the page with these sources would still not have been eligible to remain then I understand perfectly. Thanks, Doom1649 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doom1649 ( talk • contribs) 10:45, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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Okay thank you, can you tell me which article that was? Again thanks Wgolf ( talk) 17:01, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
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This page was rejected twice /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/David_Record and it was deleted twice by User:Admrboltz on 13:36, 31 January 2014. It seems that it is reverted since a new page is created and when new discussion take place. Is there a way to check previous pages or dig into archives.
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Hi. It's late here, and I thought the year read 1995, not 1895. Thanks for catching my error. g s k 11:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
...than gathering links to old dirt about me to your sandbox, and starting a pointless DRV process to salvage a single IP-editor talk page comment? I'd expect this kind of counterproductive, time-wasting activities from trolls only, not from other administrators. jni (delete) ...just not interested 12:37, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Bravo. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 06:35, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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Oh never mind, I'll just delete the category from its redirect re this, which was where I saw the problem. Skookum1 ( talk) 12:48, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Can we try to get to the root of this. It is very annoying that you just copy-paste that. I know what you will say, that yes there are arguments for deletion but none of them support it, but that is just splitting hairs (in any case, RfD is redirects for discussion, so copy-pasting a standard bit of text is hardly a discussion, is it, so your words then tend to carry less weight). You know it is annoying not only to me but other regulars at RfD. If you are going to copy-paste your RfD comments, then you could say "I oppose the deletion" or actually just omit the text altogether. It may not seem so to you, but that choice of words implies that other good-faith editors (and I don't mean me, the latest one you did it on I hadn't even commented on) are somehow idiots or don't know what they are talking about. You may not mean it that way, but to at least one editor that is how it sounds and I suggest you rephrase it or stop using it. Si Trew ( talk) 16:55, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
A page you recently deleted has been recreated: User:Soccermomguide. INeverCry 18:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I think your decision to turn down the speedy deletion of Vpered (disambiguation) is a mistake. This article does not serve any purpose, apart from the main Vpered article there is only one other alternative meaning, which is now dealt with by a hatnote at this article. PatGallacher ( talk) 00:48, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Vpered (disambiguation) has now been nominated for deletion. PatGallacher ( talk) 17:17, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
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Since there seems to be a disagreement amongst us regarding the interpretation of WP:CSD#G6 and the wording on {{ Db-disambig}}, rather than starting an unnecessary edit war regarding my template placement on Achilles Statius (disambiguation), I thought I'd chat about it here. The wording WP:CSD#G6 and the wording on {{ Db-disambig}} seem to contradict each other: the reason I state this is because the wording of WP:CSD#G6 doesn't mention WP:PRIMARYTOPIC at all, but {{ Db-disambig}} does. Also, WP:CSD#G6 says "lists at least two pages" and {{ Db-disambig}} says "disambiguates fewer than two extant Wikipedia pages"...
The way I have interpreted the phrase disambiguates fewer than two extant Wikipedia pages and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic); on {{ Db-disambig}} is that a disambiguated page is an article that has a disambiguator in its name (or is not spelled like the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC but could be confused for it), considering that in the case of a disambiguation page being at a title that ends with "(disambiguation)", that means that a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC has been determined and that its title is not disambiguated. In the case on Achilles Statius (disambiguation), it seems to meet the criterion listed on {{ Db-disambig}} with the way that the template is currently worded (since only one title either has a disambiguator or only one title could be confused with the primary topic's spelling). In fact, with the fact that there is a primary topic, the disambiguation page does seem unnecessary since pointing to the other page is possible by putting a hatnote on the primary topic's page.
From what I have seen, this is the purpose of the {{ Db-disambig}} tag (and without stating names, other administrators seem to agree with that, considering that other administrators have deleted articles I have tagged with {{ Db-disambig}} in the past for pages in the same state as Achilles Statius (disambiguation).) If you don't believe so, I may have to open a WP:RFC regarding this, considering that the contradicting wording on WP:CSD#G6 and {{ Db-disambig}} seems to be causing some interpretation issues that I can see myself. Steel1943 ( talk) 14:06, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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I see that you have moved Pro 12 to Pro12. Does that men you are going to move, for example, 2013–14 Pro 12 to 2013–14 Pro12 for consistency? Hamish59 ( talk) 09:59, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi WilyD, you've surely noticed the state of the backlog at RfD. Today I closed a couple of older discussions that I had participated in that had listed for a while and had unanimous consensus, which I hope most editors could agree is reasonable under the circumstances. I wanted to respectfully ask if you would be alright with me closing discussions for these foreign-language redirects in which consensus is clear and only you support keeping the redirect. You're certainly entitled to your position on these issues, but I think you can see consensus and what little documentation we have on it are against you.
When I say that I seem to be the only one closing RfDs these days, I say so with dismay, not pride. Under the circumstances, I'm trying to find creative approaches to maintaining the backlog. Again, this would only apply to discussions that have listed for seven days and for which you're the only editor advocating keeping. I did a quick scan of such discussions to make sure there weren't any with just one or two editors in opposition, and there seem to be at least four in opposition in all cases. Since I am among the opposing editors, I can't perform an uninvolved close. I hope you'll agree to this for the sake of the backlog, but if you don't, I will understand. Best regards, BDD ( talk) 19:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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Since we had talked about it recently, I just wanted to inform you that I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Propose clarification: CSD G6 - when does it apply to disambiguation pages with only two listed articles? regarding clarification on when disambiguation pages with only two entries should be deleted per the CSD G6 criterion. Steel1943 ( talk) 23:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello WilyD, long time ago you have expressed your views on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictators. Now I have improved the related articles and lists with systematic findings based on published reliable sources from history and political science. However, two of them are currently submitted to Afds (by a Chinese Wikipedian who in the past has personally attacked me for my contribution to politics-related articles in Chinese Wikipedia). Your comments are welcome and appreciated: (1) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictatorships (2) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_modern_dictators_in_Latin_America. Thanks.--( comparingChinese Wikipedia vs Baidu Baike by hanteng) 15:22, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Please restore Portal:Paleozoic/Selected picture/1 - Portal:Paleozoic/Selected picture/15, I requested their deletion by accident thinking they were drafts in my userspace. Abyssal ( talk) 18:08, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD.
Thanks for allowing me to expand on the Pitusa article by sending it to my sandbox. As it is, I think it has sufficient information now to be a stand-alone article and also it has the links needed. So I wanted to let you know I am reinstating it as an article. God bless! Antonio Black-red-nails Martin ({{User talk:AntonioMartin|dime]]) 11:10, April 10, 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Wily D
I wanted to ask for your reasons on why you decided to delete and remove my article about MetroAir virtual airlines. I created the page as a source of history and information to the users and participants of the virtual airline that I help run. In the article it was explained that we were a simulation 'virtual' airline but also one that prides itself on being realistic, innovative and professional. We strive to make the experience as real as possible. This is not the 1st wiki page we have had. We had one a couple of years ago but it was in a different format and was under utilised so we decided to close it. We however now felt it was time to log our history and also be a quick source of information about the airlines history and progression since it was created in 2005 and to improve 'realism' by showing like the real airlines do. We also wanted to have the 'Fleet' section (Just as real airlines do) to show our fleet listings and passenger configurations (so that pilots could simulate the cabin layout with the various Flight simulation programs)The page would be used by all the staff, pilots and visitors as an extra source of information. We made it clear in the article that we were 'Virtual' and for 'simulation purposes'
Would you be able to explain further? Or be able to re-consider your decision to remove the article seen as a lot of work was put in to its creation.
Thank you for your time in advance and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards Callan 91. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callan91 ( talk • contribs) 10:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
I created the page Steath (The Americans) (obvious misspelling) by a mistake, and since has been moved to Stealth (The Americans). Hence I requested the delete of the same. I see that you have removed the notice. Can you please elaborate? Coderzombie ( talk) 13:18, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi ... can you point me to the guideline that supports the notion that if an album is not notable (and has been deleted because it is not notable), but the band that recorded it is notable, that it is appropriate to re-add the album that is non-notable to a list in a disambig page?-- Epeefleche ( talk) 19:22, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Thank you for your efforts at fixing the page blanking on South Nyanza. It was eventually agreed here to re-direct the South Nyanza languages stub to South Cushitic languages. However, the same user has also been removing linguistic material from that South Cushitic page and especially from Taita Cushitic languages under the pretext that the wiki-text is "bullshit" (e.g. [33]). User:A.Tamar Chabadi, a professional linguist, has indicated that the material as a whole is actually both accurate and well-presented [34]. When you have the time, could you please have a look? Best regards, Middayexpress ( talk) 15:45, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
I made a rather embarrassing spelling mistake when I created this redirect. Could you please reconsider denying its deletion? Doug butler ( talk) 15:28, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Can you delete this redirect page and make a way for move page?, actually i want to move this Rajneesh Duggal article to Rajniesh Duggall per this source and this all [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42]. Currently in this redirect page has copyvio and redirect edits, which is not needed, So please. Chander For You 11:48, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
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As a courtesy notification, I made reference to one of your deletions at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Speedy deletion of articles about music and film festivals and would welcome your perspective there. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 21:18, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, can you please go through this page? seems to be copyright violation. Thanks A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 09:44, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
I am considering taking the article to AfD; but before I do, I would like clarification on why you believe "deletion is obviously inappropriate".
I can understand why the speedy was declined - speedy requires the article fail to meet two criteria, and it only failed one of those. However, the article appears to fail WP:NALBUMS as well as WP:GNG - so deletion via prod or AfD would not appear to fall into the range of being "inappropriate". --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 16:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
I requested deletion because there were multiple debate sites... -- NE2 16:40, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
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I think it was inappropriate to delete the page on award-winning American filmmaker Clay Westervelt. The biographical information contained within it was substantially re-written to comply with Wikipedia guidelines AFTER it was flagged as being too derivative. Now it has to be recreated once again. I think a more appropriate handling of the situation would have been for you to either make changes you deemed appropriate or ask the user who created it (me) to make these changes. As it is your actions are both arbitrary and capricious.
Hi WilyD. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 June 19#Jacob Barnett, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacob Barnett (2nd nomination). Cunard ( talk) 16:50, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Why do you think it is “not an appropriate use of that tag”? � ( talk) 10:49, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Every infomation I used for my article that you deleted: Temperance (Italian Melodic Metal Band) is verifiable online because it's there where I took everything. Please recondiser the deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DARKARKEN ( talk • contribs) 12:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Anyway, I really don't see your point. But, like always happens, like the lawmakers, some people got to decide for the others... By the way, thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DARKARKEN ( talk • contribs) 06:03, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hey, why do retired destroy reporting?. part gives the information in this article was copied from " Yo no creo en los Hombre". In addition, the telenovela has not commenced and no recordings yet know that title is going to have so speculative.-- Damián80 ( talk) 09:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello. As I understood, you support opening of a new AfD discussion for Dr. Samieh Rizk article? -- BiH ( talk) 16:22, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
You state it is an open and shut case of [ [43]], and then redirect to one scandal? Leonig Mig ( talk) 09:40, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Intention was not wanted to delete those pages Ratnam Concept School and Sri Balaji Vidyalayam, but those are private schools which have no content and not really a famous organization, a street school with no references, even the tags you can see that it is not wiki's notability article tag, if that is the case then many school pages which are in a street as well find place. If you can guide in any other way, I welcome. If I were wrong? waiting for your reply.-- Vin09 ( talk) 08:55, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Anurag Singh was recreated with an edit summary stating that it had been vandalised, and examination of the history proved this to be true, so I have restored the deleted history for attribution's sake. Yngvadottir ( talk) 21:52, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
The readers won't understand when they see all those red links. They'll think we're disorganized linking to non existing articles. I remember myself as a reader the years before I started editing. At least with a tag they'll understand it's a work in progress. Why are you so hell bent against a maintenance tag. And I don't have to make a case about each of the many red links. Two or three in an article okay, but with that many red links it's time to say don't link until it has an article. Slight Smile 16:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, I saw your note re: "Declined - source is too much for A7 (though without others, I expect it would be deleted at AfD." I assume this makes reference to the Sydney Morning Herald article? I went through it too, but at the end there was a link to buy Bausele watches from the Sydney Morning Herald shop, which just kind of blew its independence for me. Asdklf; ( talk) 17:16, 24 July 2014 (UTC)Asdklf;
Greetings! I see that you deleted my tag for Speedy Deletion. That's fine, if you think that this is relevant, but my argument still stands. In reading this article, it was clearly written by the artist himself. He quotes a source without citation and all of his inline citations point back to his own article. The only external source is a Q&A article, which would be fine, but the rest of this article would, indeed, need a major overhaul. Most especially the list of awards; no sources at all. Would you suggest a PROD instead? Thanks for your help! Kobuu ( talk) 15:27, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi WilyD, Can you please tell me why you deleted the page on Gary Catona for copyright infringement? I'm not the creator of the page, but I would like to know.
Hi WilyD, Can you please tell me why you deleted the page on Gary Catona for copyright infringement? I'm not the creator of the page, but I would like to know.
Hi WilyD, this is regarding your declining the Speedy Deletion nomination of Goanese Konkani language. A search on Google Books for the title with quotes doesn't even return a single result. What makes you think that it is plausible that someone will search for this phrase? It's as meaningless as saying "Briteesh English language", for example. The Discoverer ( talk) 10:01, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hello WilyD! I see you have marked the article "Ten Tec" for speedy deletion. This article should not have been deleted because TenTec is an important company. TenTec is an Amateur Radio designer and manufacturer. They build radios like the MARS Series radios which are bought and used by the U.S. Military. I believe it should have not been deleted. Even the company itself claims "World's Communication Headquarters." Please Restore the page. Thanks, Doubledogdare610 ( talk) 22:05, 19 September 2014 (UTC)Doubledogdare610
Thanks for your reply WIlyD! At the moment, I do not know of any books published about the company. This company is in the area of where I live. I have no idea how I would get any reliable sources like you mentioned. Do you have any useful suggestions? Doubledogdare610 ( talk) 16:00, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your cogent argument at the deletion review for Susan Lindauer. I agree that BLP1E is the most misused deletion argument, as most people in Wikipedia are know for just one event, or not even one event, they are just "celebrities" or "socialites", yet still notable by reliable sources. -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 23:38, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
You and the PR guy attacking me at the same time. Why don't you have the frickin facts first. I didn't PROD the article. When the editor has already stated they won't tolerate removal of the article's material, me doing a redirect isn't going to work. Thus, to force a redirect, you have to go to AfD. I've been getting attacks from Maldoro2 for a few days, now I have to get them from you. What, I need to hand out milk and cookies or you are going to yell admin abuse too. Bgwhite ( talk) 08:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
An editor would like to make UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis into an article. In 2009, the fate of the page was disupted. You were the first to redirect it (and protect it) a couple of years ago to List of UFC events. ( It now goes to 2012 in UFC). Any objections? Cheers.
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This is how you keep Wikipedia all Western ! Go ahead ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Assane101 ( talk • contribs) 12:50, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
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I noticed that with this edit you've redirected Plowback retained earnings to Retained earnings instead of deleting it as per my nomination. I'd like you to reconsider that decision in light of the fact that plowback is synonymous with retained earnings which makes Plowback retained earnings an implausible search term and a confusing redirect to boot as it's effectively equivalent to Plowback plowback, or Retained earnings retained earnings. I'm sure you can appreciate the redundancy that exists there.
Here's a relevant quote from Microeconomics: Principles and Policy by William Baumol and Alan Blinder: "[t]he final major source of funds (...) is plowback, or retained earnings." [1] There can be no mistake here; the two phrases are interchangeable rather than complementary. Plowback itself is a plausible redirect though; that's why I created it prior to nominating Plowback retained earnings for deletion.
If you still believe the page doesn't qualify for removal, please respond to this message indicating that at your earliest convenience. Iaritmioawp ( talk) 14:09, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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Would you be willing to swing by and take another glance at this article. Against your advice, an editor started an AFD, which he has since withdrawn because the article has been substantially expanded. However, it needs someone to close it (or not). Thx. ShulMaven ( talk) 00:46, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello WilyD:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable
Halloween!
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Please explain what you mean exactly with your short "explanations". -- JorisvS ( talk) 11:51, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
If it isn't your intention to hijack Wikipedia to publish your own ideas, then stop trying to do it. It's not hard. Again, stop throwing transparently bogus charges at me; I haven't said anything about your intent, only factually described your actions. Beyond that, read Weissman & Levison; it's quite clearl they're talking about asteroids, not just bodies that don't show evidence of cometary activity. It's not hard to find - it's in the title (and repeatedly thereafter). Plus, your idea that you're trying to insert isn't even right; asteroids can display cometary activity: Active Asteroids. If you think they're wrong, find a source that suggests their wrong, don't just keeping trying to argue for your own idea. (Of course, I don't believe there are any sources that suggest they're wrong; but you're free to look). Wily D 09:42, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
In what aspect is "asteroidal in appearance" supposed to be different from not displaying cometary activity (which can only happen close to the Sun)? -- JorisvS ( talk) 10:40, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Hey I was just editing my page as you deleted it. Can you please reinstate The Free World Charter article so I can complete my edits? Thank you, C — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silkfield ( talk • contribs) 10:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
I just wanted to say thank you to argue vigorously but politely and sensibly at RfD: Not just today but always you do. You are usually wrong but seem to win a lot :)
In your honour, I am eating peanut butter spread over a Lorenz transformation. Apparently it says PBPBPBPB--------LZ------PB----.. No hang on, that is the label on the jar.
Keep up the good work, may we long disagree! Si Trew ( talk) 10:40, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, WilyD,
I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether it should be deleted. Your comments are welcome.
If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE9A:860:DD6B:693A:ACF:B874 ( talk) 18:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello. I wonder if it would be possible to restore temporarily the ability of non-sysop editors to see the article that is the subject of the AfD deletion review at [44] in which we are taking part, and replace the content with the {{TempUndelete}} template. Many thanks. -- Epeefleche ( talk) 18:54, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Declined - "Ancient" is a good clue it wasn't made up by the writer ...and the total lack of sources is an even better clue that it was. Bazj ( talk) 16:18, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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Per this AfD I noticed a few other articles which were soft deleted without full discussion.
Can you userfy these article plus their talk page? Thanks
Also Melissa Dettwiller please, I have found a few sources and am contesting the PROD. Valoem talk contrib 21:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if I could get your opinion on this DRV for Involuntary Celibacy, I'm not following what policy based argument the Endorse closure stands by. The two version are completely different and the sources are secondary. Valoem talk contrib 20:12, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
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Ushin Language Institute is a English language learning center, not a degree-grantingschools. Such schools come under G7. DGG ( talk ) 02:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
WilyD,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Nice to see you at RfD. Happy New Year to all you and yours. Si Trew ( talk) 21:25, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, you recently deleted an article I created and I wanted to know your reasoning behind the deletion as well as why your reasoning was not clearly explained. The article was for "Kevin Weston Football Coach". I realize you have a constant presence on this site (as the article I am referring to was deleted within 15 hours of it being posted to the site) so your immediate feedback is appreciated and expected. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Britannijt ( talk • contribs) 19:10, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Really, though, is that an assertion of significance, or an assertion of "regional politician said something that blew up in his face before returning to previous levels of notability"? -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:52, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, you have removed a page I created and I would like to get that content back to continue working on it. I realise that I created the page in the wrong way, and I have now created a draft via the Article Wizard. Thanks Mrey4957 ( talk) 18:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
hi, 4 years ago you added a whole lot of links to the bottom of the article. Have you considered incorporating them into the article? thanks. LibStar ( talk) 01:08, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 January 6#Ryan Martin (boxer), you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Martin (boxer) (2nd nomination). Cunard ( talk) 03:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Please see here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mrdhimas/Archive Title created by one of thee indef SOCKS. Thanks Legacypac ( talk) 10:29, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Sorry I don't understand your close. Your statement that the result was "Active user working in longevity-related topics" doesn't seem to make any sense in terms of the issue. Where was there any discussion about the editor's editing and its relation to keeping the content on his user page? Was there any doubt about it? There was no question that the user was active (although he hadn't edited an article and months and was mostly just working on his user page). The keeps votes from the editor, User:SiameseTurtle, and User:Longevitydude each argue that the user had a right to whatever he wants on his page (which is true, but subject to limitations), and that making personal attacks against the nominator. I note that Longevitydude removed the MFD tag on the basis that "his friend" shouldn't be harassed and that these user pages are their business. These editors also work in the same topic but that seems to have been ignored. In contrast, the delete votes at the very least acknowledge that there are BLP concerns which have been entirely ignored. WP:BLP applies to all pages, not just articles and the remedy is immediate removal, not simply telling the editor about it (who hasn't acted on it). At the very least, the moderate position was the blanking of the tables and directing the user to work on the actual encyclopedia, either through the project or on the article pages. All we have a fork of the table at Oldest_people#Oldest_people_ever with flags which seems to be his personal preference. Finally, your close admits that there is a possible BLP issue with his user page. I'd suggest you reconsider the close. At the very least, I think removing the unsourced names would be in line with policy and essentially remove most of the content anyways. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 01:04, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of User:NickOrnstein. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ricky81682 ( talk) 00:45, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi! - Even when they were removed for an invalid reason? (it was removed because "Given most of the topics at the disambig are "Keeper of the Bees" not "The Keeper of the Bees" it seems unlikely to be uncontroversial." - However, the reality is that 3 of the 4 do use the word "The" in the title). If that's the case, what recourse should I follow? Thanks! Onel5969 ( talk) 15:33, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
This is a primary school. hence not exempt from speedy deletion. TheLongTone ( talk) 13:35, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Wily D. I want to avoid an edition war in the article Americas, so I will justify my editions here.
1) I included Central America as a subdivision in the Portuguese Language, based in the undeniable fact that, in that language, North America usually doesn't include the Isthmus. You can see the map in the Portuguese article América do Norte ( https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_do_Norte). The previous source stating that in Portuguese the Americas are divided just by North and South was wrong, and that is why I changed the source for a more reliable one.
2) I made a minor change in which Latin America was replaced by Hispanic America, in the part where it is discussed how people from some parts of the Americas may identify themselves as Americans and are offended by the use of the term to refer solely to US citizens. The fact is that, unlike in Hispanic countries where "estadunidense" is a common term, and perhaps the most popular, in Brazil it is seldom used. Whenever someone says "americano/americana", people will assume it is a US citizen and, unlike the Hispanics, Brazilians don't usually identify themselves as "americanos". The situation is different with the term "América", which in Portuguese refer to the Continent, not USA. If you say "América" while talking in Portuguese people will assume it is the Continent, so using it as USA may lead to confusion or even offense, but that is definitely not the case with the term "americano". Were Brazil a small Latin American country sharing the same language of the others, we could allow it to be a minor unmentioned exception in a Latin American custom of using "americano" for the whole Continent instead of US. But actually Brazil is much larger than any other country in the region, by any criteria (population, economy, area, military, etc.) and is linguistically the most distinct. Whenever someone says "Latin America", Brazil must be included, or else that person would better say "Hispanic America", and that is what I changed for.
3)There was a list of acceptable terms to refer to US citizens in Portuguese, but the list showed unusual and usual terms altogether, I just added the information that "americano" and "norte-americano" were the most common. Estadunidense is seldom used and "ianque" is extremely rare, but without the information I gave it seemed "ianque" was jus as acceptable as the far more common "norte-americano".
I will reintroduce my changes, please contact me if there is a disagreement with any of those points. Oli1944 ( talk) 15:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to question the deletion of the article Alternativet (Denmark). Alternativet is a Danish political party, that is nearing it's right to run for the Danish Parliament. The Danish article ( da:Alternativet) has existed since fall 2014. -- Kim Bach ( talk) 12:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you would be interested in being involved in a AfD for Mia Khalifa? I think sources suggest she is clearly notable, but currently does not pass WP:PORNBIO and does passed WP:BIO. What is your opinion? Valoem talk contrib 22:20, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
RFC is up, comments would be appreciated. :) Valoem talk contrib 20:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
...whatever it happens to be, are these two words pronounced the same?
If not, then " withought" is in no respect a plausible typo for " without", which is a combination of "with" and "out", "without". Please do not remove the speedy delete request again. BMK ( talk) 10:48, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of
your recent edits, such as the edit you made to
I Am (Leona Lewis album), did not appear to be constructive and has been
reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the
welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use
the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page.The album doesn't have a release date, so it's not notable. The draft was created to make an article until it has a release date, and has a whole edit history spanning months. You say I blanked it, but the draft was simply copied and pasted into the new mainspace article, and wasn't created with that prose. So please do your research before you assume. —
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at
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This appears to reproduce entire paragraphs from [45] as seen at [46]. While that Raymondlouis page appears to mirror the earlier (now deleted) Wikipedia page as of 1 Aug 2011, I can't see that, as I am not an admin. Could you please verify? LeadSongDog come howl! 13:42, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Please do not remove
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Hey Wily, You are removing speedy deletion tags without giving any reasons. You should better challenge the deletion at appropriate forum. Can you tell where the earlier deletion of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management is declined? Was there any discussion over it which resulted of keeping it? There are enough reasons given for deleting the page which is a complete promotional page of a non notable college. Kindly challenge the reasons before removing any wikitag. Shekhar 09:10, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
When you performed the G6 move on Peter May, you should have restored it to the article Peter May (cricketer)- this was how it was before the controversial move here. On another note, please could you also move Peter May (obscure nobody) back to Peter May (writer)- I was trying to make a point about controversial moves, but realise that it was stupid and inappropriate. Joseph2302 ( talk) 10:59, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Just FYI on the speedy delete i put on that page. The Article was created, as was Old Catholic Confederation in the United States and Collegium augustinianum by one or more editors.. who.. how shall I say it? There are people out there, anglican-related mostly, who create elaborate church entities and give themselves fancy titles and the like, when there is really nothing there. They seem harmless (as far as I know right now) but these articles were created in furtherance of their fancy. The articles really are promotional in the sense of creating something that tries to show the validity of these entities; to promote something like this, the tone is very serious etc; it isn't promo like you find for some weight loss dietary supplement Anyway, we've gotten two deleted; this is the last to go. I only recently learned about this, and am still learning. Just wanted to let you know why i G11'ed it. Jytdog ( talk) 11:24, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Sorry about Sunkalp Energy. I had not noticed it had been unsucessfully speedied before. I should have noticed, of course. I listed it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunkalp Energy DGG ( talk ) 18:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
This might sound a strange thing to say, since we are usually protagonists battling against each other at WP:RFD, but I sincerely appreciate your contributions. You are always wrong, almost by definition (and so am I), but that is how we make the encyclopaedia better, isn't it? I will often oppose you, but it's not personal, and you have never personally attacked me (and I hope I haven't you, if it seemed so, was simply a mistake: I attack the argument not the person). We're both just making the encylopaedia better. I reckon we are about fifty-fifty on who "Wins", at RfD, but I sincerely thank you for contributing, there aren't many of we regulars there, and we all keep it kinda spinning. Back to the battle, then! Si Trew ( talk) 10:20, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
No, I'm not trying to. You should read the source and carefully look into what they are actually saying. -- JorisvS ( talk) 11:35, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I just restored the CSD you removed from this article. The references you referred to were not for the subject of the article, but were for his father. If my actions are a concern, I can move to an AfD. Let me know, thanks. reddogsix ( talk) 17:30, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, you deleted the Toronto Undergraduate Jazz Festival recently I believe because of non-independent sources which could not be considered as appropriate references in regards to its importance. Before I create the article again I am requesting you review new sources I have gathered from the founder's previous work in establishing the Korean Undergraduate Jazz Festival.
http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/entertainment/ http://www.campuslife.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=16773 http://contests.saramin.co.kr/interviews/view?seq=8178 http://press.uos.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=7245 http://youngsamsung7.tistory.com/entry/%EA%B3%B5%EC%97%B0%EA%B8%B0%ED%9A%8D%EA%B0%80-%EC%9D%B4%EB%AA%85%EC%9E%AC%EB%8B%98 http://www.hkrecruit.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=12178 http://www.mapoartcenter.or.kr/board/view_1.asp?B_CATEGORY=0&B_CODE=BOARD_1207691149&search_category=&searchstring=&gotopage=5&IDX=83 http://www.fnnews.com/news/201001271808086051 http://cafe.naver.com/jazzfestival1/11147 http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/people/2010/06/178_67460.html http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2011/02/135_81067.html
Please get back to me, thanks.
Claytoncarmichael ( talk) 21:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
This page is probably going to be recreated by Cyberbot I (run by Cyberpower678). Please see User talk:Cyberpower678/Archive 23#Bug with Cyberbot I creating Book talk: pages for further information. Steel1943 ( talk) 13:33, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Boxing Ego deletion. Hii i was wondering if i can grab an archive of the deletion of Boxing Ego, I want to try and do it within the guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacbradley2 ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello i was currently working on my page RedArcGaming and was deleted in the proccess by you, could i ask how it was advertising.
You have an itchy deletion finger. Comedy Dynamics was deleted without any discussion or consideration and it shouldn't have been. The organization or product has attracted the notice of reliable sources unrelated to the organization or product, including The New York Times. Notability is not synonymous with fame or importance and the organization has had significant or demonstrable effects on culture and entertainment. Just because large organizations and their products are likely to have more readily available verifiable information from reliable sources that provide evidence of notability doesn’t mean smaller organizations and their products can’t be notable. Arbitrary standards should not be used to create a bias favoring larger organizations or their products. ComedyGuy15 ( talk) 16:07, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I put a page up, Republic Metals Corporation, which you deleted for not having notable sources. I would like to put the page back up, but rather then linking all of the sources to Republic Metals website, as was done before, link the citations directly to the independent sources. Would this be acceptable? Please let me know so I can begin on putting it back up. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilastrul ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the temporary undelete. I can't find the page. When I click on the link I am taken only to an empty page with a tag on the top. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 21:35, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
You are right, I didn't go far enough back in the history. The version I deleted was riddled with spam and possible copyright violation. I've now restored to the version of 1 March 2015, which looks fairly clean. I've also watchlisted this, and I may semi if spamming from ISPs continues, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:44, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
I want to preface this by saying that sometimes I think that foreign language redirects should be kept. I !voted to keep 愛, for example ( Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_June_8#.E6.84.9B). I also don't have a problem with you !voting to keep foreign-language redirects, in general. I understand the argument and respect it. That being said, it isn't a good idea to say that "there isn't a reason given for deletion." By saying that, it is a personal attack against the nominator and a very weak argument that doesn't hold much merit. In fact, it is an argument for deletion and one that has been upheld on several occasions. Instead, you should be explaining why you think foreign-language redirects should be kept because is a much stronger argument and one that actually has some truth to it. Remember that these discussions are not a vote. I respect you and I apologize if I have been too strong with my previous replies to you. But please have some respect back though and show that you are participating in the discussion instead of dropping off copy-and-pasted nonsense every time someone nominates a redirect that you think should be kept. As an example, my keep rationale got Ivanvector to change his opinion on the subject. Tavix | Talk 15:16, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
[49] Do you even read what I'm saying? If you'd do that, you'd see I'm not proposing to do WP:OR. I'm actually talking about wanting a source for it, for crying out loud! -- JorisvS ( talk) 09:26, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
Please read Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process. -- Rubbish computer 16:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
You are continuously stating that there is no rationale for deletion when various rationales are sourced. Please reply to this as soon as you get a chance. Thanks, -- Rubbish computer 00:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, I tried to tell you but my mobile was playing up. -- Rubbish computer 17:13, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
I've closed the thread because I appeared to be overreacting. Apologies, -- Rubbish computer 17:37, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Would it be possible to undelete Spectra Animation so I can continue working on it from there? If not, may I please know what was written there? Mdrnpndr ( talk) 01:47, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello! You are listed in the category Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles. Could you userfy the deleted article James Wilder (actor) and its history into my userspace? -- Bensin ( talk) 16:09, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
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I'm curious why you reverted my removal of the reference to an examiner.com article in the lead of Americas. That site is on the spam blacklist (which is why the ref is malformed, since it cannot contain a working external link); the consensus at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard appears to be that examiner.com is not to be treated as a reliable source; and the information that is so referenced actually has several scholarly references in the body of the article. So what's the deal? Deor ( talk) 01:01, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, WilyD, and may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 13:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi this is regarding the deletion of the PriceMDs.com page. I was editing the page in order to inform the reader about a company that I cam across. I would like to recreate the page, just as an informative page with factual info about the company that would be supported by appropriate references. Do you have any advice for me on re-doing the page so that it will not get deleted? ( Soccer4545 ( talk) 19:15, 20 January 2016 (UTC))
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The page appears to only exist as an advertisement. Give that youre the only non-banned major contributor I thought I'd let you know.
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"My kid is now old enough he often wants me to leave him alone" LOL. Been there. Welcome back. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 18:55, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
I put it up for G6 because I wanted to move Like a River to the Sea (song). Another user declined the G6 not to contest the deletion, but to give me pagemover rights so I could do it myself. For some reason, those pagemover rights aren't working right for me, so I feel that in this case reinstating the G6 was valid. I won't reinstate it again in the interest of not looking like I'm edit warring or abusing deletion tags; I just thought you should know the context of my retagging. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 05:35, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
I think I should make it absolutely clear here that in no shape or form have I ever stated that I am Jasper Vine, or any of the numerous alleged sock accounts DN seems to be seeing everywhere. At least, not intentionally. I suppose I may possibly have made a typo or something that gave that impression though. It gets rather difficult editing a thread where people move comments around and hide them halfway through an edit. Could you perhaps provide a link clarifying where exactly you think I'd made a statement to that effect? 86.134.75.242 ( talk) 07:54, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Help desk#Clutter family murders. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 06:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
I recently edited a paragraph that discusses five papers on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker that were published between 2011 and 2019. The previous version of that paragraph didn't accurately represent the content of the papers, which contain the most extensive body of original material (e.g., three videos that have been published) on this topic since 1944. I am not going to waste my time with an editing war. So I have deleted the entire paragraph. If the paragraph is restored in a way that is not accurate, however, I will delete it.
Lonleafpine ( talk) 12:08, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that you suggested removing the discussion of the Kulivan report from the ivory-billed woodpecker page. That report was the most consequential of the past several decades. By motivating others to search for these birds, it ultimately led to reports of sightings in Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana that were later published by scientists.
Lonleafpine ( talk) 17:41, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
How is including an accurate date a BLP violation? Why is it appropriate and relevant to mention the date in virtually every detailed account of this sighting, but not on Wikipedia? PragmaticRealist ( talk) 15:50, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
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I know the move is controversial, but we have a WP:RM going for that discussion right now. However, I'm trying to restore the pages back to how they were prior to the copy/paste move that was performed by the other editor (which is how we got into this situation in the first place). Can you delete This Year's Girl ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), or do I really need to make another WP:RM to move the other page back? — Locke Cole • t • c 10:17, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, you declined my speedy of the above on the grounds that 'most of this user's edits are in draftspace'. That does appear to be the case but up until I moved User:Marine8994/sandbox to Draft:267th Military Police Company with this edit, (at around the same time... about 6.45 UTC 3 December) all their contributions were to the user page or user sandbox. If it is the case that the 'webhost' userpage cannot be deleted because the user sandbox has been moved to draftspace, then what is the correct method to get rid of the inappropriate userpage please? They don't seem to have edited at all since the page move etc. ( per here). Cheers. Eagleash ( talk) 12:05, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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🤓 You should have let it remain deleted :D Lourdes 16:00, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a bit confused by your saying "Bogus speedy deletion tags." The article was created by NateRaab which makes it perfectly clear that it is only made to be promo fluff. Kb03 ( talk) 14:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I don't know if this is the right way to point an admin to the request I made on the discussion page on the close of the Cristian Pache article. But as I said there, I reiterated my request that I had originally made (without effect or response) the closer that an admin restore the deleted page temporarily. Also - I reiterated that if this were to be a redirect, an improper old version was used by the closer, missing a lot of the notability elements and updated information -- all sourced, rather than an appropriate current version that was being discussed by the end of the AfD, which is also is appropriate to have in either an article or a redirect. There is no reason for that material's deletion, and none was given. Also, I think that now when a reader looks up Crisitan Pache he will not see the mention of the discussion that is ongoing now, while if the page is temporarily restored it looks as though we provide that information to such readers, which seems to me to be a good thing. Anyway - and I apologize if it was not proper to ask you directly - would it be possible to temporarily restore the page as I had requested? It would I think lead to a fairer process. Thank you for considering it. -- 2604:2000:E010:1100:25F8:B237:3473:223E ( talk) 09:00, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you recently deleted an article that I created for Joe Dispenza. The guy is quite popular and he charges enormous sums for his workshops and retreats. He has 180K subscribers on his Youtube channel. He is a charlatan in my view, but there are very few unbiased sources about him on the web, and they get pushed aside in search results by sponsored events and content created buy his marketing team. My wife is actually about to pay $2000 for one of his workshops, and that is why I tried researching him in the first place. I wanted to create a Wikipedia page that will have links to pages that criticize him and his practices as well.
The original deletion discussion was in 2010, and probably he was not that popular at the time. At the moment he has a treatment of a rock star / guru among his followers. -- Svrznik ( talk) 22:18, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi WilyD. I saw that discussion in the talk page but noted that it was only two users (the one who proposed the change and the one who supported the change but assumed it would not be approved because he thought the incorrect punctuation matched the majority of sources) and that it was from nearly 5 years ago. I checked the cited sources, further reading, & external links and all of them appear to use the correct (Freis’ Rebellion) punctuation rather than the incorrect (Freis’s Rebellion). I do not know if the incorrectly punctuated links that user InedibleHulk references have been swapped out for others or whether those non-Wikipedia sites have since corrected their own punctuation, but either way the concern expressed that linked and linking sites were unfortunately using the incorrect punctuation and thus it likely be best to leave the likewise incorrect Wikipedia version as is seems no longer valid. Also, please note the unsigned comment from 2013 on the talk page pointing out that the official historical marker erected at the site uses the correct punctuation as well. The US Dept of the Interior oversees the historical markers programmes in various states and requires that prior to erection, the text of historical markers be validated by the designated university history departments assigned this duty in each state for accuracy of claims and correctness of copy (for grammar and punctuation). This means that the erection of an official government historical marker at the site using the correct punctuation of Freis’ Rebellion versus the incorrect Freis’s Rebellion lends the version without the second ‘s’ as formally official sanctioned & vetted status as is possible in cases of historical places and events.
Given all of this, I do not feel the deletion of the existing redirect + move of the main article to the correct name + recreation of a new redirect to accommodate the incorrect punctuation would be at all controversial or contentious. Please reconsider the deletion request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew.ward ( talk • contribs) 16:57, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. You have deleted Bhavya Bishnoi, please can you explain why? I am well aware it was previously deleted, but was deleted as a result of someone creating the article based purely on his standing in an election. He is also a first-class cricketer for Oxford University, which makes him notable per WP:CRIN and by extension WP:GNG. It really is frustrating when people just delete articles created by an editor with 10 years experience and don't even the good grace to drop me a message, or even start a new debate. May I request the article is reinstated. Thank you. StickyWicket ( talk) 08:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Is this [50] a formal end to the speedy delete process? Just to be clear, there are zero RS in the article: there are two clips to a web-show on the Hill, and a dead link to SF Gate that again seems to be a clip of something without any substantive coverage. Any AfD discussion will obviously conclude in favor of deletion, so is it really necessary to go through the formal process of a second AfD? Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 19:57, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
I don't see anything at WP:DRAFTIFY about not moving pages during DRV. It could be something to specify or discourage though. I seem to remember moves being discouraged during AfD discussions (but still not disallowed), yet I still didn't find it now after a quick look at WP:AFD... — Paleo Neonate – 14:41, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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An article that you have been involved in editing— Penis (disambiguation)—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Doug Mehus T· C 19:25, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey, User talk:WilyD i have created article Draft:Agnel Roman. it has article from times of india [1] WP:NEWSBLOG and also there is another article in the Marathi language from Divya Bhaskar Marathi - another well-reputed newspaper of India see [2] WP:NONENG this is admin is saying the notability issue bt there is no issue - pls help Thanks
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FamousFrankie ( talk) 23:36, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi Wily, can you look at American (word)? An user on multiple IPs keeps changing cited content to declare the normal English usage as "erroneous". The first IP did open a discussion at Talk:United States#"American" demonym, as that article is semi-protected. Since "American (word)" is unprotected, they are changing it instead. I don't know it warrants semi-protection there yet, but I wanted to make you aware of it. Thanks. - BilCat ( talk) 05:24, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
No worries, I make similar mistakes all the time! - BilCat ( talk) 09:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
https://www.earnhardtford.com/earnhardt-history.html Bil Mesa AZ EoGuy ( talk) 20:40, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I'd appreciate if you could restore the page on my user space. Thank you Idris.albadufi ( talk) 14:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Please, restore the Diepiify page.
ElPran68Oficial ( talk) 16:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
As the page Jeff J. Brown was quickly deleted due to copyrights. I have now written the description in my own words. You are requested to have a look on it and approve it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imsajids ( talk • contribs) 19:23, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Could you please block user:212.121.212.73 ASAP for vandalism. CLCStudent ( talk) 12:56, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Diamond Standard. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Nixie9 ✉ 14:17, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hi WilyD - I created the page with text provided by Joa, I didn't think to check where it came from. Is there a way for me to retrieve what was deleted to save time with the rewrite? eg the info box and notable performance list don't need to change — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaseparlo ( talk • contribs) 08:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Why did you remove the deletion template that I placed on Venetian Village? And why does it not meet the criteria for deletion? It has one reference, and the page length has been the same since it was created. You also misspelled 'references'. 71.208.32.185 ( talk) 19:26, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that you removed the AfD for the Andy Cobb article a while back. Another member has put it up for deletion again. As this is my first created article on Wiki can you help me understand how many times an article can be nominated for deletion? I have provided an example of other racing drivers from the same series with less references that have never been nominated for deletion. Why is this one being nominated multiple times? RacingFan247 ( talk) 19:46, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi Wily. You closed the DRV on Structure of the Austrian Armed Forces in 1989 as no consensus. No argument there. You then went on to write DRV procedures treat that "sort of" like an endorse, in that I won't pre-emptively restore the article, but I, or any other admin, can send it to draft or undelete it for a relevant merge or the like.
I find that confusing. Can you point me to those procedures or similar closes by other admins? I'm not as regular at DRV as I was say 12 months ago but I still regularly am around and have not seen such a close and the actual writing at DRV says of no consensus in most cases this has the same effect as endorsing the decision being appealed. However, in some cases, it may be more appropriate to treat a finding of "no consensus" as equivalent to a "relist"; admins may use their discretion to determine which outcome is more appropriate.
Thanks for your time and clarification. Best,
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Hello, I saw a recent comment on the Smooth-On page regarding some text which may require some edits due to 'jargon-y' content. Was there a specific section which seemed like it needed to be made more concise. Thank you so much. Hondo2160 ( talk) 13:41, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Can you draftify Roman Staněk for me please? Thanks. ~Styyx Talk? ^-^ 12:49, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for closing the DRV at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 January 15#Miss Grand. Since the result was to overturn the G4, without regard to the previous AfDs, I think the previous versions of Miss Grand International should be re-deleted (leaving the redirect behind)? (I've also moved the Old AfD template to the latter's talk page, since the articles' scopes, though overlapping, are rather different.) -- Paul_012 ( talk) 10:30, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello there WilyD I woukld love to create a fresh draft on Ashish Chanchlani as I have more than enough new sources which are highly reliable to get an article on him
Hi,
I requested the undeletion of
Superkombat Fighting Championship, can you please re-open it now since it was approved?
Adding:
Thank you!
.karellian-24 ( talk) 10:57, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
Re: [51]...don't worry, it's been a day for it: [52] [53] [54]. Daniel ( talk) 11:41, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, You just closed the DRV for John Allen (Irish cricketer) as "overturn". I am a bit surprised by that: there were several well-argued "endorse" !votes, so I was expecting a "no consensus" close of the DRV. I'd appreciate if you could have another look at this. Thanks! -- Randykitty ( talk) 11:23, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
The template {{ drv top}} signs your close automatically, so if you add the conventional four tildes, then you get a double-signature on the close (as with Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 May 31). You can get around this either by leaving off the four tildes, or else using the (undocumented) |sig=no parameter to suppress the autosign feature. Hope this helps— S Marshall T/ C 15:34, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Howdy! I was you were approved by the cabal, and I was wondering: would you be willing to grant me rollback rights? I just passed the 200 edit threshold and thought I could contribute better to Recent Changes Patrol with Huggle. Cheerful Squirrel ( talk) 03:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
I am a student a the Fernandina Beach high school and also the school president, i am currently the one in charge of our Wikipedia page i am trying to obtain the rollback capability. It would mean a lot to me and my team, Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Williamvr ( talk • contribs) 14:53, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
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Dear Willy,
I wanted to work on the following page Kushal Awatarsing which is currently protected because earlier there were no enough experience on Editing and Creating Wikipedia pages, is it possible to move the page back to Draft:Kushal Awatarsing so that i can work on it and shall respect all guidelines making sure there are enough articles before submitting it even as a stub class. Can you please advise?
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