User talk:Explicit

Margaret Court backhand.jpg

I have no idea why this was deleted by you. I gave a proper reason to the query on the talk page as requested. I went to check the talk page just now and it's gone. No explanation, no nothing. I think this should be talked about before such a quick removal. From everything I read the picture passes Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria. Fyunck(click) (talk) 04:56, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

The subject is still alive and well. Anyone is capable of taking a picture of her and release said picture under a free license. It was a textbook violate of WP:NFCC#1. — ξ^xplicit 22:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Allison Brennan

I was in the process of adding references to Allison Brennan when you got there first and deleted it as an expired BLP prod. I re-created it. A quick check on WorldCat found her books were several of them in over 1000 libraries, & translated into 6 languages, & 1 was a NYT best-seller. I added sufficient 3rd party RS references to demonstrate the key elements of importance to address the BLP Prod issue. I haven't added the reviews yet, to make the notability unambiguous, but I will in a day or two. As merely an expired prod I know I could just go ahead and do it, but I thought I'd let you know.

I do a good deal of checking of prods, and I do not deleted expired BLP prods automatically without checking for refs if there is any reasonable chance of there being any & the person might be notable -- except for sports & entertainment figures, where I just can't keep up. I tried to source them also when BLP Prod first was adopted, and did source 3/4 of them, tho not all were likely to be notable, but I decided someone else will have to do that part.

Most of the content was added by a clearly promotional editor, as the original formatting indicated (I changes that also). I'll deal with that guy tomorrow. DGG ( talk ) 05:34, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Finding sources for this article was kind of difficult. It appears that there is a writer for CNN and a diver of the same name who don't seem to be the same person, from what I could tell, anyway. From what I could gather, it seemed like a case inherited notability from her best-seller, hence its deletion. Of course, I don't feel too strongly about it since other individuals with the same name come up in search results, so someone may be able to turn something up sometime in the future. — ξ^xplicit 22:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

File:RaphaelXavier.jpg

Hello,

You deleted a photo.. RaphaelXavier.jpg even after I had the permission sent to the permissions email posted.

Was this received or did it have an issue?

Thanks,

Jordan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lugenbee (talk • contribs) 20:23, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

The email may have not been read by the time I deleted the image. I'll come into contact with one of the OTRS volunteers and see if they can dig up the email and get the image restored ASAP. — ξ^xplicit 22:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Helmet images

Can you review this again as per Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2011 December 11#File:LSU Helmet.png, the drawing of a helmet IS copyrightable, and as it is not licensed cc-by-sa the helmet pictures can be replaced by free image and a FUR made for the logo part only. Mtking ^(edits) 00:15, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

It does seem like that discussion set a precedence for these type of images, so I've gone ahead and deleted the images in question and noted the conclusion at File talk:Cleveland Browns logo, 2006 to present.svg. — ξ^xplicit 00:53, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Mtking ^(edits) 01:11, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't want to be a pest, but did you consider in this decision the possibility that File talk:Cleveland Browns logo, 2006 to present.svg may not be subject to the precedent set at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2011 December 11#File:LSU Helmet.png? As noted of the LSU helmet, it is essentially two copyrighted works: the logo of the team and the helmet drawing itself. But the Browns are different in that the helmet drawing itself is the team's logo. Thus the helmet drawing is just one copyrighted work: the team's logo. I supplied evidence of this on the talk page and elsewhere. If you think the precedent still applies, then fair enough, but I wanted to ensure that you were at least considering the difference between a Browns helmet drawing and other teams' helmet drawings. Given the difference, I thought it might be useful to take it to a full deletion discussion to gain some kind of consensus. --Batard0 (talk) 10:56, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

FYI, there's some more substantive discussion that tangentially involves you at my talk page in case you are interested. --Batard0 (talk) 12:01, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

If the image is being used only to identify the logo, then it does appear that it can be used in this case. I have restored the image. Anything further attempts to have the image deleted should definitely be handled at WP:FFD. — ξ^xplicit 22:05, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Quartz Soccer Club

Hello, I just noticed on my watchlist page that you just deleted the Quartz Soccer Club badge due to it not being on a page. I am sorry because I wanted to make a section where I could repost it on the page but because of the recent Hurricane Sandy I was unable to do anything on wikipedia (except for a few small things) and one of the things I could not do was re-add that logo. Basically what I am asking is if you could possibly restore the image so I can properly repost it on the Quartz SC page. Cheers. --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 01:13, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Of course, it's no problem at all. File:Quartz Soccer Club.png has been restored. Glad to hear you're safe! — ξ^xplicit 01:16, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Cheers and yes I am safe, thank you again. --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 01:21, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Gangnam Style Elevator Scene screenshot.png

Please take a look at it. F7 tag have been removed several times by an IP user. This fair use is disputed and have been deleted one.--Morning Sunshine (talk) 09:12, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

I reduced it, and fixed one text error. --Lexein (talk) 12:07, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I have an opinion about this image: I don't think its fair-use claim is invalid. It's on the hairy edge of permissibility, only because we don't permit multiple non-free images of a living person in a BLP (is that article BLP-ish?), and have in the past heavily frowned on multiple non-free images in an article. Exceptions that I've seen: films, and this is a sort of film. But some court cases have eased the onerous burden on fair-use users, so I'm firmly in the camp of justify it: actually use it for an educational purpose, and source it: discuss and cite discussion of that shot in substantial independent sources. --Lexein (talk) 20:07, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Morning Sunshine, if the F7 tag is continually disputed, the proper thing to do now is to nominate the image for deletion at WP:FFD for community input. — ξ^xplicit 00:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Asbury Park Convention Center.jpg

Hi,

I see that my image has been deleted. It was taken with my old, low-resolution AGFA digital camera about 8 years ago while vacationing in Asbury Park. Camera quality's why the quality looks like a screenshot. I own the image and it's not taken from any video or TV show. -Fnerchei (talk) 04:48, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Very well, I've gone ahead and undeleted the image in good faith. Your explanation does explain the quality, and I see no compelling reason to keep it deleted. — ξ^xplicit 00:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :) -Fnerchei (talk) 18:55, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Reinstate Mindpearl corporate page please

Hi Explicit,

Can you please reinstate the Mindpearl page you deleted on the 6 Oct.

00:47, 6 October 2012 Explicit (talk | contribs) deleted page Mindpearl (Expired PROD, concern was: Fails WP:CORP. I can't find any significant coverage of this company in any independent sources.)

Mindpearl is global call centre company with locations in Brisbane, Suva, Barcelona and Cape Town.

What type of validation do you require to reinstate?

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2009-11-02/call-centre-opens-in-fiji-taxfree-zone/141474 http://www.fijilive.com/news/2009/10/mindpearl-will-take-on-air-pacific-staff-ceo/20737.Fijilive http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20080528103844776/

Thanks for your support.

Nigel Clarke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigelsclarke (talk • contribs) 05:04, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Done - as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request. Please make sure to address the concern the article was originally deleted for. — ξ^xplicit 00:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review for UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida

An editor has asked for a deletion review of UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida. 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. Oskar Liljeblad (talk) 11:08, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review for UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall

An editor has asked for a deletion review of UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall. 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. Oskar Liljeblad (talk) 11:30, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Saving Londoners' Lives map file

Hi

I originally posted - in error it would appear - the following on SchuminWeb's talk page. Apparently you are who I should have been in contact with. Can you answer my query (below)?

You relisted, then deleted, a file I uploaded - this one [1]. You mentioned on the FFD that there needed to be a discussion of the merits of the file itself. I didn't reply, which is my bad, but I think that the original FFD (here: [2]) has that - a discussion of its copyright status.

Could you reply to let me know your rationale for deletion? If it was that, in essence, you don't think my original rationale was strong enough, that's of course fair play, but it would be helpful to know.

Thanks! Batmanand | Talk 17:44, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

I was not involved in the listing, relisting, or deletion of File:SLL map of schools dec 2011.jpg. User:Explicit did the relist and close on that one. SchuminWeb (Talk) 06:21, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

The deletion summary for that file shows that it was in fact SchuminWeb who deleted it. I have no idea why he sent you to me. — ξ^xplicit 00:47, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

That is what I thought. I will go back and ask him! Batmanand | Talk 23:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF)

Hello. I noticed that you deleted the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) article, claiming that it's not an important fair. I believe this opinion doesn't reflect the reality.

Please check the links:
http://www.idef13.com/en/index.php
http://www.tuyap.com.tr/webpages/idef13/index_eng.php
http://www.tuyap.com.tr/webpages/idef11/index_eng.php
http://www.tskgv.org.tr/tskgv/?p=1713&lang=en

for detailed information. It is one of the largest military/defence industry fairs in the world, held once in every 2 years since 1993 (the next one will be in 2013.)

Best regards. 88.251.119.64 (talk) 08:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Check out the list of participating companies: http://www.idef13.com/en/index.php?main=katilim 78.181.130.75 (talk) 09:06, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Done — ξ^xplicit 00:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! :) 88.251.83.107 (talk) 07:13, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

File: Aliyen kentaui.jpg

As finally you had deleted the image, I'm still waiting for a reason for that action. As I had stated, there is not a free license alternative to the image, so the claim that I had violated Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria #1 is clearly and totally false. Regards.--HCPUNXKID (talk) 12:46, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

This was a textbook violation of WP:NFCC#1. The subject is still alive, and anyone is capable of taking a picture of him and releasing that picture under a free license. — ξ^xplicit 00:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

y se llama perú

i'm a bit curious behind the rationale of the deletion of And It's Called Peru. You write "", A search for references failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources to comply with notability requirements. This included web searches for news coverage, books, and journals, which cbut googling "y se llama perú"+partido gives me 295,000 hits. Hardly a clear-cut prod case. Did you contact the article creator when putting the prod notice? --Soman (talk) 20:46, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

The number of Google hits doesn't guarantee notability. Per WP:PROD#Procedure for administrators, I did all I had to do before deleting it, and the burden to verify notability lies with the users who want to keep the article, not those who want to delete it or the deleting administrator. As the deleting administrator, I'm not required to notify the creator, but neither is the nominator, so... — ξ^xplicit 00:39, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

"I did all I had to do before I deleted it" sounds pretty dubious to me. You filled some checklist, now you "get to" delete an article? This is not some arcade game where the goal is to delete articles. You ought to be exercising your judgment, not exhibiting an automatic bias toward deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.200.202.244 (talk) 03:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh, if only the editors interested in having the article kept would exercise their judgment in properly referencing the article to begin with, but I guess courtesy doesn't extend that far.

If you plan to address the concerns mentioned in the deletion rationale, I can restore the article for you. — ξ^xplicit 01:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Robert J. McCann Group Executive Board UBS March 2012.jpg

Hi Explicit,

I uploaded this image and you left a message stating: (File deleted: F7: Violates non-free content criterion #1 (TW)). Thank you for your participation in this edit but having followed the Wikipedia guidelines very closely when uploading this image I would like to dispute that the image violates non-free content criterion and my rationale is as follows:

1. My search has uncovered no other suitably licensed images.

2. Wikipedia does not insist that all images that are uploaded to their servers are Creative Commons or Copyright Free. This would preclude the use of -- for example -- the UBS logo that appears on the UBS Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:UBS_Logo.svg

3. Instead, Wikipedia relies on "Fair Use" rights that are common to UK, US, and Swiss law (among others). Wikipedia's notes on fair use can be read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Fair_use_images http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NFCC

4. Logos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos) and publicity photos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Publicity_photos) are among the material that is considered acceptable under "fair use" rights. Wikipedia's rationale for the latter is that "[s]ince such photos are distributed for reuse by the media, there may be an implicit license for their use in discussing the subject that is being promoted."

5. I believe that if photos are used in this context, and appropriately tagged, they will remain the copyrighted property of UBS, just as they would were they to be used in a press article. Wikipedia places restrictions on the use of this content within Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NFCC)

6. The image of McCann that I uploaded is hosted at http://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/media/global/images/executiveboard.html which meets Wikipedia's criteria for fair use publicity photos (1. in an area of the site aimed at the press, 2. available in high resolution format, 3. clear copyright message and licence text permitting reproduction for certain purposes.) I believe that Wikipedia considers itself to be covered under the "educational materials"

7. To this end,the image was uploaded in low resolution format, and the following steps taken: a) UBS is cited as the source and copyright holder b) The content includes the Non-free promotional tag c) The content includes the Withpermission tag d) the content is tagged with Non-free use rationale according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline (see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Non-free_use_rationale)

Please let me know where I have gone wrong, or if you agree that I have complied with Wikipedia's guidelines allow me in uploading the image again and adding it to McCann page. Thanks for your time. Whileworth (talk) 12:16, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this case was a textbook violate of WP:NFCC#1, which states: Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.. The subject is still alive and well. Even if a freely licensed image of this person does not currently exist, anyone is capable of taking a picture of her and release said picture under a free license. — ξ^xplicit 01:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Explicit, thanks for replying. I am still unsure as to the best way to proceed about including an image on the Bob McCann page. I do not have access to the UBS employees and therefore I cannot physically take a photograph of him myself. All other images on the internet have copyright issues hence why it is necessary to use the photos made available for press on the UBS site. If you take for example the UBS key logo and refer to point 4 of my rationale - 4. Logos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos) and publicity photos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Publicity_photos) are among the material that is considered acceptable under "fair use" rights. Wikipedia's rationale for the latter is that "[s]ince such photos are distributed for reuse by the media, there may be an implicit license for their use in discussing the subject that is being promoted."

A Wiki Bot has crawled another image I uploaded with the same rationale and accepted the rationale. The image is: Sergio Ermotti Group Executive Board UBS March 2012.jpg The Bot stated: (Bot: Updating license tag(s) with image has rationale=yes)

If you would be kind enough to suggest how I might go about adding an image without physically taking a photograph myself I would be extremely grateful for your time. Whileworth (talk) 14:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but if the subject is alive and well, there is hardly any justification to upload a non-free file. As long as this remains to be the case, there should be no non-free photo uploaded of this individual. — ξ^xplicit 00:58, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Reverse Wood Burning Stove

Quote:Explicit (talk | contribs) deleted page Reverse-process stove (Expired PROD, concern was: This article is just an advert for a particular type of stove, and is not notable enough to be in an encyclopaedia.)

Hi there

I am not on wikipedia a lot anymore, and I just came across your note. As there are this many varieties of stove online as in the attached listing, I don't know why the Reverse process stove is relegated to the category of an advertisement when this others are not. I am not even associated with the stove in any way whatsover, but thought the engineering principles were enough to warrant an article, as did the invention and manufacturing processes. A new link and image (for wikimedia commons) have recently come to light as well. Can you email me back and explain your reasoning please and thank you.

   Air-tight stove
   Bamboo stove
   Beverage-can stove
   Biomass cook stove, a fuel efficient and environmentally aware cookstove
   Buddy Burner
   Electric stove
   Franklin stove
   Gas stove
   Hobo stove
   Kang bed-stove
   Kitchen stove, (also known as cooker, cookstove or range) for food preparation
   Pellet stove
   Portable stove
   Potbelly stove
   Reverse-process stove
   Rocket stove
   Sigri (stove)
   Wood-burning stove

SriMesh | talk 22:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

An reply via email will be sent shortly. — ξ^xplicit 01:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

deletion of homes.com

On August 24th, you deleted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homes.com with the reason:" non-notable company and website"

There is a very good chance this was initiated by a competitor. Homes.com gets over 10 million unique monthly visitors and is currently ranked the #5th real estate website by both Comscore and Hitwise. If needed, I can provide countless news media references (not PRs).

David

204.154.43.244 (talk) 20:13, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

The article was definitely not nominated for deletion by a competitor, but a regular Wikipedia user who registered nearly nine years ago. He likely came across the article by chance and felt that the subject was not notable. If the reference you can supply are reliable sources and you plan on improving the article, I can restore it for you. — ξ^xplicit 01:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

I went back a few months and pulled some references to Homes.com from various national news media outlets as well as the from a real estate industry niche site:

Inman news (Inman News is one of the top Real Estate niche news sites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_News)

Homes.com powering listings for media outlets http://www.inman.com/news/2012/09/7/homescom-powering-listings-media-outlets

Homes.com signs up 2 more MLSs http://www.inman.com/news/2012/05/8/homescom-signs-2-more-mlss

Revamped ERA website live with IDX listings http://www.inman.com/news/2012/06/1/revamped-era-website-live-with-idx-listings

National news

How (and where) to buy a house online http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2012/0921/How-and-where-to-buy-a-house-online

The Best (and Worst) Home-Buying Sites http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2012/09/21/the-best-and-worst-home-buying-sites/

A Village Without a Downtown http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/realestate/rye-brook-ny-living-in-a-village-without-a-downtown.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

High-, low-cost ZIP codes to rent in Boston http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/2012/08/22/most-least-expensive-zip-codes-rent/ZPl20S8wBzKi2Rew7sCAjP/story.html?pg=1&t=150&cp=1

College Roommate Selection: A Step-By-Step Guide http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/roommates-infographic_n_1825619.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Five Tactics That Will Help You Fight Back Against The Big Boys http://www.businessinsider.com/five-tactics-to-level-the-playing-field-for-small-businesses-2012-4

What to do with $10,000 now! http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2012/09/20/spending-10000.moneymag/4.html

Getting Warmer: Where Rent Prices are Hot http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/home-front/2012/09/24/getting-warmer-where-rent-prices-are-hot-and-where-theyre-cool

Dhoegerm (talk) 12:59, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

A couple of these do seem appropriate for the article, so I've gone ahead and restored it. Please make sure to add these references in. — ξ^xplicit 02:01, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of JayData and JSLQ

Dear Explicit, sir!

These two articles have been deleted by you on 9th the Nov as the the deadline have been reached for deletion. The reason for deletion was the lack of references. We amended the foreign references on 6th the Nov but nobody approved the changes till 9th the Nov, so the deletion just occurred. Please help us resolve this, since we do believe those content were valuable.

kindest regards Peter Zentai — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Aron Zentai (talk • contribs) 17:54, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

If you plan to add references to the article, I can restore it for you if you'd like. — ξ^xplicit 01:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Explicit,

I've recreated the article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/JayData#Fixing_citations). Please let me know if the content is acceptable or requires further modifications. Very best regards, Robert Bonay — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonayr (talk • contribs) 12:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I don't review Articles for Creation pages. You'll have to wait until someone else does. — ξ^xplicit 23:21, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

I understand, no problem, I just proposed to accept the new article to show that I'm quite serious adding the references. Could you please restore the deleted article, I will fix the citations and references. Thank you, Robert — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonayr (talk • contribs) 12:52, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of Frankie Bones

Seriously??? http://thedjlist.com/djs/FRANKIE_BONES/bio/

Shame on you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.18.199 (talk) 04:48, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

This article needs to be expanded, not deleted; this article concern a globally recognizable musician that has been active for over 25 years and has dozens upon dozens of commercial releases - Stage Name "Frankie Bones", birth name, Frank Mitchell. Can someone please expand this article or work to make it better. Here is a link to a recent magazine cover story on Frankie Bones

http://www.ortofon.us/files/news/USA_DJ_MAG_2012_72.pdf

Also, a more complete Discography is available on Discogs.com --- a few decent photos would be appropriate as well. This article is need of many additions, it should be much longer. Hopefully someone can get the ball rolling on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2002:18EE:288A:1234:7949:6938:EFE2:A444 (talk) 09:42, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, looks like the prod was contested and the article is at AFD. — ξ^xplicit 23:21, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Lilah Morgan deletion

Hi Explicit. First, I have no qualms about your deletion of that article, my problem is how it was deleted. It was deleted without being redirected to the proper place, meaning all the content that was in that article is lost, and can't be merged into the proper article, and also tons of redlinks appear for "Lilah Morgan" in various Angel related articles. It should have been merged here: List of Angel characters. Is there any way to get that content that was in the article (so it can be merged), and to recreate the article as a redirect? Thank you. Drovethrughosts (talk) 15:29, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I can restore the article and redirect it to the page you've linked, and you can view the history of the article. I will go ahead and do that now. — ξ^xplicit 23:21, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Neda Agha-Soltan.jpg

I have restored this file, which you deleted as F5. The new image uploaded to the article in its place was a copyvio. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 23:46, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Gonzalo Lóvera

A Prod that you acted upon, Gonzalo Lóvera, was recently (2 hours after you deleted it) re-created with what I recall as the same content. As such I have nominated it for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gonzalo Lóvera. Please feel free to examine the evidence and weigh in on the debate. Hasteur (talk) 17:22, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Whole Lotta Sole movie poster.jpg

Requesting undeletion - it went to "unused" status due to an inappropriate replacement by this PDF: File:Whole_Lotta_Sole_poster.pdf, which I will then promptly speedy delete as

1. Too big (2k x 3k px) for fair use per WP:NFCC, and due to PDF format, too unwieldy to reduce
2. Non-image format, PDF, and too unwieldy to reduce
3. No URL or verifiable source provided for the PDF
4. No proof that the source was the film's director, or "poster created by HiJump" as claimed (no OTRS)

I wish "upload new version" was a reasonable option, but it's not in this case (PDF only). --Lexein (talk) 20:28, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done, file restored. — ξ^xplicit 00:58, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, that'll do nicely. --Lexein (talk) 02:40, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Peer review

Hi. Since you give comments on music-related articles that are listed at WP:PR, I was wondering if you could give some helpful comments to Wikipedia:Peer review/Cher/archive1? Thanks, Lordelliott (talk) 05:29, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

File:TRS meeting in 2010 demanding formation of Telangana state attended by over 2million people.jpg and File:Telangana March at Hussain Sagar on Sep 30, 2012.jpg

File:TRS meeting in 2010 demanding formation of Telangana state attended by over 2million people.jpg and File:Telangana March at Hussain Sagar on Sep 30, 2012.jpg were deleted. Please undelete these 2 files. Free images are not available. Thanks. Ramcrk (talk) 07:28, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

The content in these images can be described in text alone. How do these not violate the first point of WP:NFCC? — ξ^xplicit 02:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

I think saying there are 2million people is not same as showing a picture. There are very few political events which attracted millions of people. Other picture is related to another political event to which 200,000 people attended even though govt used force to stop the people coming to that event(by cancelling transportation services, by putting barricades/barbed wire, Police arresting, caning , firing at people etc). This article don't have single picture, even though this movement is a major political and administrative crisis in India for last 3years. I thought I will put few pictures of major events related to this movement to give reader better understanding of the movement. Ramcrk (talk) 00:52, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Non-free images aren't required to show these crowds, text alone can do that efficiently. These images simply do not meet the criteria. — ξ^xplicit 02:26, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review for article Nolan Sotillo

On 00:24, 17 May 2012, you deleted the article Nolan Sotillo. The reason for deletion was "Expired PROD, concern was: Only one real acting credit." Now, there are significant amount of resources to prove that he has more than one real acting credit:

• The Wikipedia article Madison High wrote about his credit of playing as Colby Baker.
• The Wikipedia article Prom (film) wrote about him. He starred as Lucas Arnaz.
• On Internet Movie Database], he also has credit for TV series Corey and Lucas for the Win and TV series Made in Hollywood.
• Also, he currently belongs to Invation, a new teen musical group. The band is also mentioned in article Kenton Duty.

I think it is necessary to rewrite the article. Timothy Gu (talk) 21:46, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Alright then, I have restored the article. Please make sure to rewrite the article so it meets the general notability guideline. — ξ^xplicit 02:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello

I wasn't sure where to post this so I went directly to an administrator: This is an IP from Opera Turbo. Doing a Google search of "what is my IP" shows something different than my actual IP when Turbo is not on. It also has contributions which I didn't make. Should this IP be treated like an open proxy? 2001:4C28:194:520:5E26:AFF:FEFE:8624 (talk) 02:15, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't know too much about these new IPv6 IPs, honestly. Far beyond my comprehension. However, you may likely have any questions answered on the WikiProject IPv6 Readiness talk page. — ξ^xplicit 02:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Please undelete my images

The images in question are listed on my talk page-- I was gone and didn't have time to reply to IFD requests. Still, the rationale for their deletion was ridiculous. They were still in use on the Ref Desk, which should count as article space. People shouldn't delete chemistry images simply because they are "bad JPG" or not SVG when they are being used to ask a question. Now I can't look back on my old questions because I don't have the images with which I asked them anymore. Please restore the images. I think this is a common sense argument. Otherwise, you will have broken the Wikipedia:Reference Desk archives. John Riemann Soong (talk) 05:11, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Very well, I have restored five images. If there are more, feel free to list them. — ξ^xplicit 06:59, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Hannes Anier

Hey there,

I'd like to inform you that the aritcle regarding Hannes Anier you deleted for not meeting WP:GNG/WP:NFOOTBALL can now be restored as Anier has since made his debut for OB which plays in the fully professional Denmark Superliga.

http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/01/denmark/superliga/odense-boldklub/esbjerg-fb/1289528/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommi.1988 (talk • contribs) 15:01, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Alrighty, I have restored the article for you. — ξ^xplicit 00:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

cami bra

I want to recreate the cami bra page. It looks like I need to contact you in order to do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canuckfan79 (talk • contribs) 17:11, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I think you're looking for the administrator who deleted Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Cami bra, and that would be Fuhghettaboutit (talk · contribs). — ξ^xplicit 00:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

9 Ball Shootout.png

You filed the image for deletion, well it may as well go since the article is gone. Sod it. Raphie (talk) 01:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Very well, it has been deleted. — ξ^xplicit 01:07, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

List of amateur adventure games

Hello, just letting you know I removed the prod from the above article as it was previously proposed for deletion. Thank you. Rotten regard 23:01, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Nice catch, I entirely missed it in the page history. — ξ^xplicit 23:50, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Kesha photographs

Hi

I noticed you deleted 2 files as copyright violations. File:Ke$ha Today Show2 2012.jpg and File:Ke$ha Today Show 2012.jpg. I thought I should point you to 2 more which I uploaded from the same set, which would also need deleting for consistency. However, I will say this - I would (almost) swear on a stack of bibles that those permissions have been altered on Flickr since I uploaded these, it would be extremely unlike me not to check, and the original uploader of the other 2 pics uploaded his before mine. I also recall him specifically referring to the Flickr license being CC 2.0, which reinforces my recollection. Anyway, here are the other two: File:Kesha Today Show Pointing.jpg File:Kesha Today Show Kneeling.jpg. Cheers. Begoon ^talk 09:02, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Just a quick addendum - since I'm not 100% sure the Flickr permission was the reason for deletion, I should make it clear I assumed these pictures were indeed the work of the Flickr user present at the filming. If, instead, the issue is something else, like maybe they are from the TV broadcast, then please accept my apologies for muddying the waters.

One last thing, in case it matters: my personal opinion, if the permissions were retrospectively altered, is that we should probably respect the Flickr user's wishes, be nice, and assume they made an error with the license originally. I don't think they are important or unique enough pictures in the grand scheme of things for us to get all steamed up over, even if we were able to prove the license details. That's just an opinion, though - I'm sure you can get lots of those... Begoon ^talk 10:04, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for pointing out those two additional files to me, which I will delete shortly. Indeed, the first two images were deleted because of the license claimed on the Flickr page. At this point, it's impossible at this point to verify if the images were originally licensed under an acceptable Creative Commons license. In the future, it would be a good idea to upload these types of images on Commons, as there is a review process there that verifies the license, where the images could have remained even if the license on Flickr was made more restrictive after it was reviewed. — ξ^xplicit 23:43, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Update: Hi again - it seems the photographer read this conversation.... She emailed me to say she'd be happy to change the license back to CC2.0 and she has done so: User_talk:Begoon#Ke$ha. Because the images were cropped etc, would it be possible for you to undelete these 4, and I'll move them to commons if you let me know? Begoon ^talk 02:01, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

How very kind of her! I have restored all four images for you. — ξ^xplicit 02:04, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for doing that so quickly. I'm tagging them for copy to Commons - I'll copy them later - the helper bot won't work for me at the moment. If it's still down later I'll stop being lazy and do it manually... Begoon ^talk 02:28, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Scratch that comment - all copied to Commons - I used this: For the Common Good which I'd never used before - great tool, and meets my "lazy" requirement to a tee. . Thanks again. Begoon ^talk 02:47, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

I have deleted the local copies under F8 and tagged the copies on Commons for Flickr review. — ξ^xplicit 03:02, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Great stuff. Thanks for all your help. Begoon ^talk 03:15, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

DTRules

You deleted this article some time back. I am the guy that maintains this open source project, and of course I have some interest in having the article in Wikipedia.

In real life I am kind of busy too, and it took a while for me to notice you deleted the article. Then I was busy for a few months with various projects and papers, but now most of that is done. Now I admit that in real life this open source project is a small one. However, all the source exists in Github. SourcePulse builds a commercial product based on DTRules. The jars and the source is available through Maven. There is a forum discussing issues with DTRules that gets a small amount of traffic, but has done so for several years, discussing all sorts of implementation issues and details.

What I would like to do is start with the old article and update some references. Two presentations have been made on the technology at one of the biggest Rules Engine conferences, and one of the longest running Artificial Intelligence conferences. So there are a number of independent references to the project to add now.

Paulsnx2 (talk) 16:13, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I went ahead and restored the article. Please make sure to add the references you speak of to establish notability of the subject. — ξ^xplicit 23:47, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

This is going to take a few days, between work and the holidays and such. Thanks in advance for your patience! Paulsnx2 (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Free equivalent?

@Explicit, I see that you deleted File:Tanya Atwater.jpg because there is a free equivalent. I am not able to find one that is clearly free. Could you provide me with a link? RockMagnetist (talk) 01:04, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

It was deleted on the basis that a free equivalent can be created, as per WP:NFCC#1. As the subject is still alive, it is entirely possible for a free alternate to be created. — ξ^xplicit 01:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

I could request an image from Dr. Atwater, but I have never been sure how this works. If I sent her an email and she sent back an image, would there be a way to document it for the licensing? Or would she have to upload the image herself? I have been unable to find any useful information in Wikipedia help pages. RockMagnetist (talk) 16:27, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

If she agrees to freely license an image she holds the right to—make sure you ask to specify, a short list of possible licenses can be found at WP:ICTIC—you can forward her reply to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, and things will proceed from there. — ξ^xplicit 04:40, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

O.k., thanks. RockMagnetist (talk) 07:26, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Phoenicia Hotel Malta

Dear Sir,

I would prefer an explanation about Phoenicia Hotel malta article being deleted by you.

Kind regards, Ales marketing assistant at Phoenicia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoenicia Hotel Malta (talk • contribs) 08:50, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Do you mean Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Phoenicia Hotel Malta (2)? That was not deleted by me, but by RHaworth (talk · contribs). — ξ^xplicit 01:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Backlinks to deleted pages

Hi, I notice that you deleted International Online Soccer back in May, but apparently omitted to remove backlinks from other articles that linked to it. If you usually do this mopping-up but overlooked it on that occasion, then sorry for bothering you; otherwise, I hope this is a helpful reminder. – Fayenatic London 17:17, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the note, I'll be more watchful next time. — ξ^xplicit 01:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Semaphore

I've been keeping WELL away from it, but seeing you've decided to get involved, I'm warning you that you should probably do some homework. Examples:

Semaphore (disambiguation)‎; 04:54 . . (-5)‎ . . ‎Spinningspark (Talk | contribs)‎ (→‎Other: consitent formatting)

Talk:Semaphore (disambiguation)‎; 04:47 . . (-90)‎ . . ‎Spinningspark (Talk | contribs)‎ (→‎Missing parts: History has now been merged back here)

(Deletion log); 04:46 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) restored page Talk:Semaphore (disambiguation) ‎(14 revisions restored: histmerge)

(Move log); 04:43 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) moved page Talk:Semaphore (diambiguation) to Talk:Semaphore (disambiguation) without leaving a redirect ‎(moving talk page of already moved article)

(Deletion log); 04:43 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) deleted page Talk:Semaphore (disambiguation) ‎(G6: Deleted to make way for move)

(Move log); 04:40 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) moved page Semaphore (diambiguation) to Semaphore (disambiguation) without leaving a redirect ‎(previous move was misspelt)

(Deletion log); 04:40 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) deleted page Semaphore (disambiguation) ‎(G6: Deleted to make way for move)

Semaphore‎; 04:12 . . (-12)‎ . . ‎Spinningspark (Talk | contribs)‎ (Flag semaphore is by far and away the most likely target of a search)

(Move log); 04:11 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) moved page Talk:Semaphore to Talk:Semaphore (diambiguation) ‎(Flag semaphore should have the main title)

(Move log); 04:10 . . Spinningspark (Talk | contribs) moved page Semaphore to Semaphore (diambiguation) ‎(Flag semaphore should have the main title)

What can I say? "have fun"? Best wishes, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:56, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Uhh... what am I getting myself involved with? — ξ^xplicit 04:40, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Alpha Phi SJSU Deleted Article

Hi,

I wanted a more in depth and specific reason to why my article, Alpha Phi SJSU, was deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolegeez (talk • contribs) 20:15, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

The only page you edited that's now deleted is Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Alpha Phi San Jose State University, but that was deleted by DGG (talk · contribs), not me. — ξ^xplicit 04:40, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Dolores Creel Miranda (Lola Creel)

Filmmaker, Editor, Special Effects and Writer, known for her experimental films. Also for her documentaries about different poets and artists from Mexico and United States. Film Director, Video Artist. Directed the Special Project Unit supported by the Council of Arts in Mexico (2000-2003 ) The Unit was dedicated to the development of digital Arts in Mexico, and was created to support the public awareness for appreciation of the new and emerging digital Art forms. Directed the International Video and Electronic Art Festival in Mexico city Vidarte 2002 She organized the first screening of Video Art in Mexico on the Palace of Arts as a special homage to Bill Viola. (2002) Organized Exhibition of Video Artist Peter Campus in Mexico city with collaboration of curator David Ross (2003) Organized performance of Joan Jonas in Mexico city with collaboration of curator David Ross(2003) Organized Lorna Simpson exhibition in Mexico city with collaboration of David Ross (2003) Directed series of Radio: Series Divagarte, and Series Horizon XXI. Directed films of contemporary Mexican poets: Jose Gorostiza, Jose Juan Tablada, Alfonso Reyes, Carlos Pellicer, Xavier Villaurrutia, Jorge Cuesta, Octavio Paz. Directed documentaries about American Poets and Artists: W.S Merwin, W.D Snodgrass, Billy Collins, Georgia O'Keefe. Directed documentaries: Theater and Revolution, Calendars, Octavio Paz, American Poetry I, and American Poetry II. Executive Producer of series of documentaries (90 TV documentaries decicate to Art: The Video on the Flight of the Poem, Fragments of City, The Voices of Sight, Open Doors, The Cat's Step, Light in the Retina, Unlimited Zone, and others. Directed Series of Creators Emeritus in Mexico: Architect Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon ( Fate and Creation), Architect Ricardo Legorreta ( A man in the Architectural Path) and Artist Vicente Rojo (The Double Memory). Directed, edited and produced film "Journey of Hanuman". (2005-2012) A film that try to preserve moments of India that have not been disturbed by globalization. The Indian scenes are interwoven with the poems of nobel prize poet Octavio Paz, translated by Eliot Weinberger, on voiceover by Peter Coyote. Also film has beautiful underwater sceneries of the antique epic the Ramayana. The film was shot by cinematographer Ron Fricke. The music is from Kronos Quartet and Krishna Mohan Bhatt. Direct edit and produce documentary in progress about Tantrism: The Alchemy of Emotions. 2O11-2013 with collaboration of known writer and philosopher Madhu Khana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.144.193 (talk) 20:47, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing this was about Dolores Creel Miranda, which has since been restored from your request at WP:REFUND. — ξ^xplicit 04:40, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Please restore

• File:1860 census PoeGeorge.jpg
• File:1900 census Ostrander.jpg

By deleting them you left behind two redlinks in the references in articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs) 18:14, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Wow, those were from a while ago... but, what exactly is being asked to do? Unlink them? Undelete them? If it's the latter, images are not allowed to be used as references, as far as I'm aware. — ξ^xplicit 23:43, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Cerritos Veterans Memorial

Would you mind having a look at Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion#Photos_at_Cerritos_Veterans_Memorial? I don't see any problem with restoring a couple of files for fair use, as discussed there, but since the deletion was at least nominally the product of a deletion discussion, and you were the deleting admin, I wanted to solicit your views. Acroterion (talk) 21:59, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

I'll review these requests for undeletion later today and continue discussion there. — ξ^xplicit 23:43, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable images re-uploaded

User talk:Sdmvd6

Hello, Explicit. Three days ago you deleted four non-free images, linked from the above user talk page, that I had tagged as being replaceable. Since then, the user seems to have re-uploaded all of these. Although I am reluctant to re-nominate, I feel that the case for irreplaceability is still rather unpersuasive – three of the images are maps and one is a chart (examples of which "can almost always be recreated from the original data", according to WP:NFC#UUI). On the other hand, the user seems to be quite insistent that the images remain. I was wondering what your thoughts on this might be? SuperMarioMan 18:30, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

I have deleted all the images again under the same criterion. There's no justifying these easily replaceable maps. — ξ^xplicit 01:14, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you send "Between Here and Now" to my user space?

Dear Explicit: Can you please send "Between Here and Now" to my user space? In my opinion, this should have gone to the full AfD, to determine whether or not the track listing should be included in Stars Go Dim or get its own article.--Jax 0677 (talk) 09:55, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

 Done, content moved to User:Jax 0677/Between Here and Now. — ξ^xplicit 23:51, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Removing One Media Group and OMG Logo

Hi,

May I asked why the page for One Media Group (OMG) was removed, and thus why you have sent me a message about the logo for OMG which I uploaded.

You are not clear as to why the files/pages have been deleted.

Oliver — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewebguyuk (talk • contribs) 11:55, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

The article was proposed for deletion by another editor with the rationale "Article about an eligible subject, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject." The article appeared to not meet the guidelines for inclusion of articles concerning organizations and companies. In general, Wikipedia considers a topic to be notable if there exist multiple reliable sources of information on the topic, external to the subject itself. The logo has been tagged for deletion as being unused, and will be deleted after it remains as such after seven days. — ξ^xplicit 23:51, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Pass a Method/Christian POV on Wikipedia

Thanks for closing the discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Pass a Method/Christian POV on Wikipedia. I was wondering if you could also make a decision regarding the redirects that were discussed. The discussion had been closed before as a snow keep, but it was reopened since it was closed by a non-admin who was not able to delete the redirects. Several editors argued for their deletion, and there was no dissenting voice. Are you able to delete them, or will it need a separate deletion discussion? StAnselm (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

The redirects were not tagged for deletion, and most of the discussion didn't address these redirects, so I felt that it would have been inappropriate to delete them as a result of this discussion. You are free to nominate them at WP:RFD. — ξ^xplicit 23:40, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

"No evidence of permission"

"01:19, 12 December 2012 Explicit deleted page File:Deaf School at The Garage, London - January 2011.jpg (File deleted: F11: No evidence of permission for more than 7 days (TW))"

Permission was forwarded to <permissions-en@wikimedia.org> on 9th December 2012 13:32 GMT. Why was the file deleted?

Threenine27 (talk) 13:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

kensei

the title kensei was truly used to the time of feudal japan for the masterswordman Ken(sword)Sei(heavenly) http://www.kensei-ryu.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=128 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.46.137.148 (talk) 02:49, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

File:Ladakh2.svg

This is regarding: [3]

My apologies for the late response. I log in to Wikipedia irregularly since the last 4-5 years, but:

1. This image has no copyright issues. 2. It was a product of at least 12 hours of painful labor on Inkscape. 3. It adds tremendous value to a very important article, and is irreplaceable. 3. The sources listed on the page are sources of information contained in the map, not the source of the image itself.

There might have been changes in tagging policies on Wikipedia in the last 5 years, and this image might have remained unattended, but this image needs an urgent deletion review. I am no longer regular on wikipedia as an editor, but please let me know if you need any support from my side for the review. Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 22:46, 21 December 2012 (UTC).