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I'm a long term user (first edit 2006) and have been an admin on or off since 2007. When we first started there was so much idealism and we really had no strong policies about inclusion except a desire to have some level of sourcing. As time moved on we became more structured and around the time I became an admin in 2007 we were grappling with the concept of collapsing non notable articles into lists which I was at the forefront of as a regular afd closer and constant presence at DRV. I had a lot of patience once and for that reason was regular DRV closer for a long time after GR Berry left the project. Sadly, my patience was degraded over time and getting involved in the PORNBIO wars pretty much washed out a lot of the good faith that policy and courtesy quite rightly requires us to show. This was again a major change in our approach to content and one of the first SNGs that was deprecated in favour of a more rigid approach to proper sourcing. Since then our content in this area has become much better and we are seeing similar struggles now in the sports arena where SNGs are slowly giving way to GNG level standards.
I have always taken a very legalistic approach to closing discussions that I recognise does not fit well to the current community standard, where low participation level allowing more brigading of votes or allowing more non-policy based arguments. For this reason I'm not really closing discussions but will still happily review old closes. Otherwise I mostly review and nominate unsuitable content as aBLP is a serious matter and needs to be properly sourced.
i am willing to userfy deleted articles for improvement as long as there is a reasonable likelihood that they can be saved. If you are challenging a deletion, do you havethree good sources?
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Declaration: I recently logged into my daughter's account to upload and post some images to her sandbox for her university course. For privacy reasons I will not be publicly disclosing her account but will do so privately to any admin in good standing. This was a one time thing and there is no intention for me to edit further using her account. By the way uploading images on mobile is needlessly difficult event for a user who has been around since 2006....SpartazHumbug!15:55, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Heyy! Can you please restoreMasha Danilova page in my personal space, so I could continue improving it until it's ready to be published again? Thanks! --Oleh325 (talk)16:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Good Afternoon, Can you please userfy the deleted article for me?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jorge_Gracie_(2nd_nomination)
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Hi there! For full disclosure upfront, I'm a PAR employee. I submitted a brief write up requesting for a review of PAR Technology's page deletion from a few years ago. I have detailed reasoning based on new information here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2024_June_13
Can you please have a look and let me know if this is something we can discuss? Many thanks!LeLiPAR (talk)13:57, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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I was told to come to the deleteing admin i would like to express my concern that the nominater of said page is extremely biased againt pages like this these pages have been considered notable for years and there were onlyn2 particpents in the afd including the nominator who i feel is biasedWwew345t (talk)21:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A tag has been placed onRamakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School, Rahara requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. I have contested the deletion because this is a well-known school, far more notable than other articles on schools like Taki Ramakrishna Mission High School, Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandir, Sarisha. It has won the Best School Award from the Government of West Bengal in 2019, 2021 and 2024 respectively. If this page is nominated for deletion, then the same should be done with the above pages as well. Therefore, I strongly believe that the page should bekept as a stub and modified gradually.Indian English Literature (talk)09:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Kahvihenki has asked fora deletion review ofThinkMarkets. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Cryptic17:17, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Spartaz,
I am Sabrina, working in the press office for the artist Cesare Catania (declaring Conflict of Interest).
I understand that the article was deleted after an AfD discussion. However, since then, significant new independent coverage has become available. Here are some examples:
Given these new sources and his confirmed participation in the Venice Biennale Arte 2024 and Florence Biennale 2025, I kindly ask if it would be possible to restore the article into Draft space (User sandbox). This would allow us to completely rewrite the article in a neutral encyclopedic style, strictly supported by reliable independent references.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. --Pressart1979 (talk)09:05, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I'm sorry to inform you thatMichaelQSchmidt, a prolific Wikipedian, has passed away. You appeared in histen most-edited talk pages (other than his own), so I thought I'd let you know. Condolences can go tohis talk page, where there's a link with more details.Graham87 (talk)17:47, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi! You closedWikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garret Cord Werner (correctly) as NC. This is not an issue with your close in any way. However,@Johnj1995: just flagged it as G5. I declined that in lieu of the discussion. Thoughts? Feel free to revert my decline if you're good with a G5. The tag wasn't wrong, but I thought it needed discussion. Happy holidays.StarMississippi18:28, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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As forKent "sucking" as a county ... I can only admonish you, my fellow admin, for such scurrilous misuse of language. No English county "sucks". Kent might be shite, rubbish, grim and full of tossers, but it does not "suck".</sarcasm> Regards,Goldsztajn (talk)11:24, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the Annamalai draft, does the close call for a formal acceptance by an AfC reviewer, or would me "accepting" a version of the draft (by moving it myself) I submitted be fine? A contention was that the AfC process is very conservative (and acceptance apparently requires much more than notability), but it does not actually have the authority to unilaterally block articles as often happens in practice. regards,TryKid [dubious –discuss]14:02, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I spent an ENORMOUS amount of time on this article to only have editors comment WITHOUT some even actually reading the sources correctly evidenced by the incorrect statements in their comments, so yes, I STRONGLY DISAGREE - One - Some kept incorrectly insisting he had a minor influence-Johnson WAS in fact CO-FOUNDERhttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/frevolution-x-split-controller-system-on-show-at-e3There is also a filing that shows Johnson Launched the Frankfurt Public Company that was later bought by the Swiss corporation that currently appears to own the ip.Also - I was trying to keep this articles to an encyclopaedic standard - Should I be adding a bunch of Glam Press?? There are also a lot of VISUAL images on IMAGE WIRE etc. of Johnson at the GOLDEN GLOBES (2008/2009) showcasing the controllers with dozens of Celebrities including Mary J. Blige, Josh Grobin, Pussycat Dolls, Chelsea Handler, Rumour Willis to name a few and an ACCESS HOLLYWOOD gaming lounge - in addition there at least 6 major Gaming Conventions that images are available from.As Johnson was instrumental in not only CREATING THE COMPANY, but DESIGNING THE PRODUCTS, and PROMOTING THE PRODUCTS - and the PRODUCTS were industry DISRUPTORS, INNOVATIVE, and some COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL - then by extension - this is obviously NOTABLE. Corpus xmas (talk) 18:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)Corpus xmas (talk)18:34, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, just querying your close on the above AfD. It could easily have taken another relist if consensus was unclear, but was it that unclear? Two editors felt it should be kept, but five felt it should be merged or redirected. The AfD was only ever about the PAGEDECIDE question, and the consensus was surely for that outcome. Notably two new merge/redirect !votes were added after the sources were raised and two others were reaffirmed after the first relist too. The close is meant to assess consensus. Wasn't that the consensus?Sirfurboy🏄 (talk)17:36, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, where can I find this deleted article so that I can improve it and restore it once it is compliant with wikipedia standards?Queens Historian (talk)01:13, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You mentioned "Not averse to revisiting this if sourcing can be confirmed." Would you be willing to look at the deleted article and send me the links to the sources that were included? Thanks,BeanieFan11 (talk)23:36, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Higgins, who for thiriy-three years served as professional at Forthill, enjoys a popularity unequalled by any other cricket prof, in Scotland. A rare bowler and batsman, a wholehearted clubman and genial personality, he "played the game" on the field and off. Higgins figured in all the great matches at Forthill, and knew all the famous cricketers during his long sojourn at Forthill, and in the recollections tells the story of these wonderful thirty-three years.. Number two is a two-column obituary, although all but four paragraphs are written by someone who knew him. I'm not seeing where the bottom one talks about him.BeanieFan11 (talk)18:58, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]