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Thank you, diligent bot @MediaWiki message delivery, for your unceasing pursuit in sending messages around the wiki. A smart kitten (talk) 12:01, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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noting for self reference that i don’t plan on responding to this rfc as i don’t consider myself familiar enough with the topic to be able to contribute meaningfully to the discussion. A smart kitten (talk) 13:32, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for bringing Unserefahne's articles up for speedy delete

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@SouthernNights: Thank you so much! ^user:A smart kitten_meow 08:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thank you for helping clean up all those articles spammed across Wikipedia by a banned editor. SouthernNights (talk) 22:19, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting the undoing of the deletion of Merry Littlemen, possibly a few others

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Hey, the banned user Qwerck recently reached out to me as I know him on another forum... hm, not exactly to ask for help, more like to vent a bit, as he was disappointed that all of his contributions were removed, even ones that he thought improved things... anyway, I looked at the edit histories to try to understand this mess a little, saw that (at first glance) this outcome seems to have been kinda his own fault for not paying much attention to Wikipedia's rules and ignoring warnings, but I asked him if there was anything in particular that he wanted me to help try and save.

He mentioned Category:Merry Littlemen (and the former Merry Littlemen article), The Golden Ball (novel) and Ai and Ky in the Realm of the Invisible Numbers.

Regarding the latter two, I really don't know anything about them at all, but I wonder if it would be possible to request a proper (rather than speedy) deletion discussion, as at least at first glance, they seem like they could be legitimate articles that could be improved, or proper sources found.

Regarding the first, though, I'd like to request un-deletion with the understanding that I'd try to improve it so that there are no issues. There was indeed a real Soviet series with some animated series and book, and has an article (ru:Весёлые человечки) in the Russian Wikipedia that could be used as a basis. The article before it was deleted could indeed have used a lot of improvement and the English name should probably be "Merry Little Men", but it seems like it wouldn't be too hard.

Thanks. Esn (talk) 06:56, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Esn! Firstly I should clarify that I’m not an administrator, and so won’t be able to help with the undeletion request - I’ll stick {{admin help}} above your message in a second so that you can receive a response on that front if nothing else.

I should also clarify that I have no previous knowledge of User:Qwerck, and so (if it helps, though I appreciate it may well not) this was in no way intended a personal act towards them. My involvement in this started when I saw Bbb23’s comment on AN/I here. As Qwerck had been blocked as a suspected sockpuppet of a banned user (User:Unserefahne), any edits they made on that account were in violation of (and evading) a ban. Per WP:BANREVERT, any contributions made while evading a ban are liable to be undone by any user - the reason it was me is because I saw the comment on AN/I, and had nothing better to do with my time, so decided to do the reverting myself.

(To responding admin: as well as Esn’s undeletion request, if there’s anything worth saying that I’ve missed out or unintentionally misrepresented in this response, I’d appreciate being filled in on that as well! Many thanks in advance - and sorry!

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Esn: Let me know if you have any questions about anything I’ve said, if you think I’ve misunderstood anything you’ve said, or if I’ve missed anything.

All the best, ^user:A smart kitten_meow 07:28, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No misunderstandings, and thanks for the prompt response! To be honest, it's been a while since I was really a prolific editor here, and I'm rusty on some of the procedures, so I appreciate the help. I don't have the time to devote too much attention to this matter either, but I'd like to fix a few of the more obvious things that could be fixed.

Is there a way to see which articles created by a certain user were deleted? Esn (talk) 07:54, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]