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I'll love to know why you deleted an article on Eyitayo Ogunmola, which I created, without prior notice of any sort of contravention. Moreover, it was an article in progress. Thank you for an expected response. ReoMartins (talk) 08:31, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Contacting me

I prefer to communicate via talk pages. Please only email me if there is a good reason not to conduct a conversation on a talk page. I do not respond to emails regarding link deletions and other issues that should be discussed on your userpage or the article talk page.

Thank you.


Why did you remove my external links?

If you've come here because you want to know why I removed some external links you've added, please read Wikipedia's policies on spam, Wikipedia external link guidelines and conflict-of-interest first. Because of Wikipedia's popularity, it has become a target for folks looking to promote their sites, which is against Wikipedia policies. If you read WP:SPAM and still feel that your link(s) does not violate those policies, let me know.

One common argument I hear is But so-and-so link is on that article, and it's commercial! WP:EL doesn't explicitly forbid In links to commercial sites; it depends on the notability of the link, its content, and if it's a reference or a notable pro/con argument on a controversial subject, etc. On the other hand, I think that many Wikipedians would agree that there are way too many commercial links at present time, so feel free to "prune away" if the link doesn't meet guidelines in WP:EL. Incidentally, if you've come here to complain that I've deleted links to your blog (especially a blog with advertising), don't bother. You'll have to find free advertising somewhere else. A good Google search will reveal plenty of places for that sort of thing.

Vandalism and insults left here will be recycled in the bit bucket. Remember: be nice!




Draft:Manal Deeb

Greetings, and I hope I am posting this message in the correct space. First of all, thank you for reviewing the page I created on artist Manal Deeb. While the page was deleted (G8), I have looked carefully at the Wikipedia criteria and believe I understand where I went wrong. I have worked on a new draft of the page offline, and would like to resubmit, as I believe the topic has merit. As I understand it, protocol is that I connect back to you, as the person who deleted the first draft, before resubmitting. Please let me know if there is anything I need to do before submitting a second draft, and thanks again for any assistance you can provide. All the best. Lucylocket (talk) 15:21, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The problem was that your (draft} article was in breach of copyright, as it copied wording from two sources relating to the subject of your draft. It is, of course, perfectly proper and indeed necessary to have good quality secondary or tertiary sources for articles, but it is obligatory that you create the articles in your own words, avoiding extensive quotes or close paraphrasing. If you believe that the topic has merit then of course you are free to submit a revised draft, paying attention to my comments contained herein.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:12, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you for your response. I will plan to submit another version, keeping your comments in mind. All the best. Lucylocket (talk) 17:13, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Ascentium Capital

Anthony, thank you for noting the update. I have requested to retrieve the article. Previously, Davisonio had reviewed the article and gave the decline reasons, and that is why I noted the changes to Davisonio's suggestion on his talk page. I understand that the reviewers are busy and intentionally did not want to resubmit the article before hearing from Davisonio. Please retrieve the article. I will work on it further and resubmit it. Thanks for your help! IrfanAli512 (talk) 14:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:REFUND/G13 ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:02, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GridDB Draft Page

I would like get a copy of that deleted draft and make the necessary changes to get it published. Is there a way you could provide the original draft && give me some insights on what I need to change to get the article published?

Thanks. IllegalThoughts (talk) 01:11, 28 November 2018 (UTC)IllegalThoughts — Preceding unsigned comment added by IllegalThoughts (talk • contribs) 00:15, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will place a copy of the deleted draft in your talk-page. Please note that the draft was deleted as being a copyright infringement: any re-creation must be in your own words, without either copy-pasting or close paraphrasing. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 10:44, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The deletion of the Kirsten Nimwey article

Hello! How many commercial publishers you can court mostly writing in Tagalog if your book is not a localization of the Bible, or a handbook for schools supported by the government, or like that? There are a Wikia page of the The Explorers universe and regular illustrative work on the Mr. Mac Bible series for years to be kind of notable too.

I regret to say that I have the remotest idea as to what your unsigned comment means. If you lack skill in the English language I suggest get a native English speaker to help you. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:07, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

To say in short I’m appealing to you to challenge the deletion of the mentioned page Kirten Nimwey. There was a notion of lack of notability for that subject from Cabayi resulted in a speedy deletion nomination you had executed, but I’ve put some additional comments on that you’ve barely understood above, though.

If you wish to challenge the deletion you are free to do so at deletion review. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 10:12, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

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Deletion of AROUNDtheTREE

The article provided just the basic info about the company. I don't understand how that's commercial. What was the problem exactly ? Mention to specific products ?

4throck (talk) 16:04, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article was very clearly a promotional piece designed to advertise the company. If you are unable to recognize this, then I suggest that you refrain from creating articles until you have gained a better understanding of editing principles within Wikipedia. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:44, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Amardeep Sada

Hello Anthony Bradbury, I've been looking around for articles to add on wikipiedia and have noticed one in particular that looks very interesting. That of Indian serial killer Amardeep Sada. I was going to add it but I noticed that you had already created it and that it was subsequently deleted. I was just wondering if you'd be interested in working with me on creating and expanding it if I make it as a userspace draft? Please let me know what you think.--Paleface Jack (talk) 18:23, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I did not create this article; I have not created any articles for a number of years, and never at any time about Indian serial killers, or indeed any Indians at all; or any serial killers. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:38, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
On looking back four years I see that on December 21st 2014 I deleted the article as being a copyright infringement; that does not imply any enduring interest in the subject. You are wholly free to create a replacement article, being of course careful to avoid copyright or other WP:CSD problems. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:45, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations

Please undo the delete of "Draft:Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations", as the article did not have any copyright violations. All of the information was public domain information from the US government. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Commander_of_the_Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations&action=edit&redlink=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiFixur (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Apologies . ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 15:05, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

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Haligator page deletion

This page does not promote any business or any other organization whatsoever. It is a page about a school alumni group. Please consider and reply me soon. Thanks_ _ Supun999 (talk) 17:55, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely. The problem is that the article was not deleted as being promotional: it was deleted (in July 2017) under category A7, which is lack of claim of significance. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:43, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring Draft:Radiology Cafe

Dear Anthony I would like to continue completing a draft page for Radiology Cafe, but it was deleted. I'm happy to start afresh or you could restore it whatever is quicker? What should I do? Chrisgdclarke (talk) 14:07, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Inquiry previously page created called AEVI

Hi Tony,

My name is Amelie, I would like to create a page called AEVI, a company in Financial Services. (No affiliation) I have created a very basic draft but noticed that you previously deleted one with this name. I just wanted to check before I submit.

Thank you

AmelieMGArras (talk) 17:53, 15 February 2019 (UTC) Amelie[reply]

Amelie: I am answering here as I am uncertain if you look at your (blank) user talk page. I did indeed delete the article you mention. I did that at the request of the editor, but the record shows that said editor received three messages in quick succession giving as opinion the judgement that the company lacked wikipedic notability. If you can show that this condition has been overcome then I see no reason why you should not create your version. I suggest that you do it as a Draft in WP:AFC.

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Balakot

Hi there! You deleted the page 2019 Indian Balakot Air Strike under WP:G5. The content of the former article at that title was used in merging into 2019 Balakot airstrike and is necessary to satisfy WP:CWW, notwithstanding that it was contributed by a banned editor. Can you please restore the page? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:43, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The creator of the article is virtually the sole editor thereof. He is a checkuser-blocked serial sockpuppet; I am very unenthusiastic about restoring his article. If you choose to do it yourself then I shall not object to your action; as the article is not overlong, if there really is essential information in it can this not be extracted with article restoration? ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 23:12, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Shivaji Sondhi

Hi, I had a system crash while editing the draft article Shivaji Sondhi. Can you restore it please? 

Qcmt2019 (talk) 15:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I am not clear as to what you mean: the draft article remains in the archives, so any problem your system has experienced is irrelevant. To apply for restoration of the article (which I deleted in May of last year) use WP:REFUND/G13.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 16:54, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry -- I had started a new entry on this, and thought the deleted article was the one I had started. Qcmt2019 (talk) 19:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also sorry - I am not being difficult; the deleted article is the only one retained in the encyclopedia. When your system crashed I am afraid that it must not have saved your work. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:32, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Recovery of user page

Hi! I had submitted my user page for deletion by mistake. Will it be possible to recover the same?! Thanks!! --- User:TheInnocentBystander 13:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Happy wikying. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
 Thank you!! --- User:TheInnocentBystander 05:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
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M.R Ghanoonparvar

Hi AB, hope all is well. It appears you just deleted this page.[1] I had addressed the issue a few minutes ago, so I find this a bit odd. I had also left a message on its talk page as well, but no one replied. Yet it just got deleted. - LouisAragon (talk) 18:41, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is still a certain amount of overlap, but I have given you the benefit of the doubt and restored the article.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 21:48, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. - LouisAragon (talk) 16:37, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kudumbashree

You've deleted the article Kudumbashree. The page is very relevant and I don't understand why it was deleted Subins2000 (talk) 17:19, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. The page which I deleted was a redirect to a previously deleted page.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:23, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Tyler Rogers

...was a legitimate sports biography before being replaced. diff I don't know that it would survive AFD, but there is some third-party coverage. I'm assuming you deleted it because of User:CataracticPlanets's A7 tag, and didn't see that he reverted himself (and the hijacking) just before you deleted. Please restore the versions dated in 2017 and 2018. —Cryptic 00:29, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, User:Diannaa went ahead and restored. If deleting the college football player actually was intentional, we can discuss at AFD. (I'd probably be in favor of deletion myself, just not as a speedy.) —Cryptic 03:31, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

G6 deletion of Kotra Tehsil

Why did you delete Kotra Tehsil under G6? Sam Sailor 09:58, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Fintelum deletion under G11

Draft:Fintelum page was deleted under G11, however, I don't think that this should be the case. G11 states "Any article that describes its subject from a neutral point of view does not qualify for this criterion" and I truly do believe that the article was written in a neutral fashion. I anticipated that, if the article needs some fixing, it would be noted in the talk page, not simply auto-deleted. That's why it was added to the draft, not published. —Magickriss 09:19, April 25 (UTC)

In my view the draft article was clearly promotional.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:09, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe some tips on how would one write it in non-promotionally so it would comply with your views of what is promotional? —Magickriss 09:03, May 13 (UTC)

Phoebe-Retta

I would like get a copy of a deleted draft for "Draft:Dynamic Yield". It said there was a draft created on this topic in 2016, but since I'm not the creator of that draft and I'm just getting started on submitting articles, I want to see why the last submission was rejected to learn a bit more about article creation before I attempt submitting one. Can you provide the original draft & give me some insights/tips on what prevented that version from being published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoebe-Retta (talk • contribs) 14:21, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yamani Nayar

Hi, Anthony can you restore the "Draft:Yamani Nayar" without the exhibitions list? I think the exhibitions are the portion that were G12 copyright from the saatchi page [1] The rest is good original text with citations. This is the approach used for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Juliette_Losq which had the same problem. I will rework the list. Thanks for your help. BartholomewSenior (talk) 02:09, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. But I can and will post a copy of the deleted article ib your talk page, for you to modify. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:57, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate that. Thanks for your help. BartholomewSenior (talk) 20:19, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

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Arbitration

  • In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
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Restoring drafts

I don't know if you get undo notifications, but I thought I'd drop a note regarding the ones I just performed on some of your recent edits. If you're giving a user the text of a deleted page, please make sure that you're not pasting copyvio content when you do it! Also, it's generally not a good idea to have "article text" on a user talk page, especially if there are WP:AFC headers such as {{AFC submission}} - things like that should probably restored/copied to a user subpage or emailed. Primefac (talk) 03:11, 20 May 2019 (UTC) (please ping on reply)[reply]

{ping|Primefac} OK, noted. Are you saying, then, that if a bona fide editor posts a copyvio in draft, which gets deleted, and he then asks for a copy of his text to correct it I should refuse him?----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:14, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Not refuse outright, but transfer it only by e-mail or other off-wiki means.—Odysseus1479 21:11, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]


AKatyayan

I would like to complete this pending article which was deleted by you due to inactivity "Creating Draft:Ted Neward". Professional commitments never gave me enough time to do additional research and put external links and references. Please restore this page, so that I can attempt this again. Thanks a lot. Akatyayan (talk) 09:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:REFUND/G13 ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 09:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2019

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  • The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
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Miscellaneous

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Deletion of Draft:Free Republic of Verdis

I noticed you called my article about Verdis a 'hoax'. I'd like to state that Verdis isn't a how and if it was, you could do the same thing to all other micronations out there including Liberland.

Can I please have it unblocked

Verdis website: Https://verdisgov.org/ Would be great if you could make an article on it to be honest. We just want to get on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EnjoyableWiki1 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring the article would not be in the best interests of wikipedia. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:43, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Seyyed_Ali_Mohammadiye

> The Seyyed_Ali_Mohammadiye article has been deleted by you.

Can you guide me? Improve it? Rabin.r (talk) 22:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We deleted this article on fawiki. User:Rabin.r and User:Parisa700 are sockpuppets of User:MrNewWritter. --  ARASH PT  talk  22:36, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

LOTR undeletions

Hello Anthony. I've undeleted Special effects of The Lord of the Rings film series (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Production design of The Lord of the Rings film series (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (and redirected them with {{R from merge}}) because they did not qualify for speedy deletion. The history of those pages are required for attribution since the content was merged to Production design of The Lord of the Rings film series (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:40, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page deleted OMLP2P

Hello Anthony Bradbury

you have deleted my article OMLP2P due to following reason: - A tag has been placed on Draft:OMLP2P requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.expressbusinessdirectory.com/Companies/omlp2pcom-C843734.

for your reference following profile were created by me only (http://www.expressbusinessdirectory.com/Companies/omlp2pcom-C843734) and i have done some changes in that profile so that my OMLP2P article can be approved.

Requesting you to review it again, this will be very helpful for me as all the article content is created by myself and it is unique.

Thank You Sushant Redekar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushant.redekar (talk • contribs) 07:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please see donating of copyright materials----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 21:23, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Christopher J. Gramiccioni

Hi Anthony,

I see that you have reviewed and deleted my draft for the Christopher J. Gramiccioni page I was creating. You deleted the draft based on G11 and G12 and I assure you that my intentions are not to promote or violate any copyrights. If my draft is restored I will be sure to make the necessary changes to make this article acceptable for Wikipedia guidelines. If you are unable to restore my draft to Wikipedia I would still like a copy of it through an alternate medium (email or my talk page).

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cswendeman (talk • contribs) 19:02, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Verdis

Greetings Anthony,

It appears this "Verdis" guy is back after you've took down the Draft:Free Republic of Verdis, he has started the Draft:Verdis.

Link to the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Verdis

Thank you. DerpyUser420 (talk) 19:04, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Basil Bahrani

He also has User:Basil Bahrani/sandbox, looking at his edits, not sure if he is here to contribute or not. Wgolf (talk) 22:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

General Enquiry

Hey i saw that you recently deleted Pradeep Khadka cause of Copyvivo article. Pradeep Khadka is a well-known award winning Nepalese actor with mutliple blockbuster movies. Can i start his article ? Let me know , thanks. Owlf 17:40, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You are free to create anything you wish, so long as it does not violate any of the rules or policies of Wikipedia. Including WP:COPYVIO.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:25, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:KLASK

Hello, Anthony Bradbury. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "KLASK".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 18:32, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion

Hi I just created a new page for a South Korean TV drama titled 'Designated Survivor: 60 Days' but it has been speedy deleted due to copyright issues. I would like to edit the page so as not to infringe the copyright issue, however the whole article is gone. Do you have the original copy so that I do not have to type everything again? Because the copyright is only for a small portion which I can edit quickly.

Thank you very much.

Wojciech Waleczek

Hi. Could you please help me to move an userspace draft about an award-winning composer into article space? I would appreciate this a lot if you could review it or tell me who could review the article. The draft is about Wojciech Waleczek—a succesful pianist from Poland whose numerous achievements deserve to be celebrated with his own Wikipedia page. He took 3rd prize at the Premio Mario Zanfi competition and was the absolute winner of the 4th Franz Liszt National Piano Competition—to name just a few of his accomplishments. Mr Waleczek already has his articles on German and Polish Wikipedia. Hope to hear back from you. Regards, AngelOfDestiny (talk) 13:45, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft: Christopher J. Gramiccioni

In addition to the post from June 27th on this page I would also like to add that I had permission from the source http://mcponj.org/meet-the-prosecutor/ to use their information, I understand if the language was too similar but as I said before I am willing to make the necessary changes. With the permission from the site I see no reason for speedy deletion under copyright and would appriciate you restoring my draft or sending me a copy to rework it. Thank you again.

I do not in any way dispute your statement as to permission granted by the source you specify. I am afraid that a simple statement to this effect id insufficient. Please follow the appropriate links in WP:COPYVIO.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:19, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Will you Review this Draft?

Hello,

Some years ago you deleted an attempt to create an article page for 'Domicology' citing A11. Would you mind taking a look through the start of this draft page to provide some feedback as to how to best augment this draft to pass through the review process? The claims of significance for this page are that the profession of Domicology is the only in the world that explicitly utilizes lifecycle sustainability frameworks to examine the relationship between the life cycle of the built environment and the lived experience of communities; and that this field of study is currently being conducted exclusively at Michigan State University (Though other institutions of higher education have since referenced Domicology in their own courses).

The desire to have this article added to wikipedia is that additional information regarding the social, environmental, and economic impacts of blight and abandonment (information originating within scholarly, peer-reviewed publications) can be added to the page. This information is not currently offered on the 'urban decay' article. The temporal dimension that Domicology offers on these phenomena is significant enough that it warrants creation of new article (or so I believe).

Please take a look, and let me know the best way to proceed. I don't have any interest in 'gaming the system' or utilizing wikipedia for self promotion, instead i'm most interested in showcasing important scientific research that will genuinely further the mission of wikipedia as a whole.

Thank You

MSUCCED1 (talk) 17:43, 15 July 2019 (UTC)Nat[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MSUCCED1/Domicology

PS: I'm unsure as to why the link to that artists page is included in this post.

regarding my userpage

how did you find me? is there a process to who you target? also sorry for posting my linkedin i guess i just realllly want a job Chriscush765 (talk) 19:29, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your reason for posting here; it was a useless exercise. This is an encyclopedia, and data is found, when looked for, by the title of the required page. It is not like a book where you can scan through the pages. The only way to find your userpage, as an ordinary reader, would be to type in the exact page name, which is "User:Chriscush765". How would anyone searching for employees know that? It is possible, with specific instruction, to search for new pages, which can be checked to determine if Wikipedia policy is being followed; that is how your page was noticed and referred to me for consideration. Advertisements, including resumes, are always deleted. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 21:44, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
When I came up to the page and tagged it for speedy deletion, what I thought was that I saw was in the category of unambiguous advertising. It was my gut instinct really. James-the-Charizard (talk) 14:49, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely correct. It also qualifies for deletion under category CSD:U5, which in short form is inappropriate posting on userpage.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:15, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sam8521

Hi Tony. You might be interested to know that the above user is requesting an unblock, some 10 years after you refused a similar request. They were 14 at the time so 10 years is quite a significant interval. Do you have any feelings either way about their request? --kingboyk (talk) 04:11, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that ten years is a significantly long time, during which people can change. However, as I made a determination on this block before, albeit not the final determination, it is not appropriate to make a definitive judgement on his new unblock request. The admin who placed the block remains available, although clearly it is unlikely that (s)he will retain a specific memory of it. It should be noted that this editor was known at the time of the block, to have used at least eighteen sockpuppet accounts. I propose that an admin finding the unblock request should be left free to make their own decision. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:56, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Draft:Henry Ohaegbulam

Hi Tony, you deleted a draft I was creating for Henry Ohaegbulam due to the fact that it was believed to have been created for advertising purposes. I want to ask that you kindly restore the draft for me. I was going to effect the necessary changes but it got speedily deleted before I could find the chance to. Please, help resolve this and restore the draft. I'll make every necessary adjustment in less than 12 hours of the restoration. If you cannot grant this, please tell me why so I can avoid such costly mistakes during the creation of future drafts. Thanks a lot. DHOPE4YALL (talk) 17:48, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have reviewed the draft which I deleted. I am sure that you had perfectly reasonable motives in its creation, but nevertheless it appears that the entire draft is essentially a promotion piece of a person without adequate encyclopedic notability. You are wholly free to seek a community view at the deletion review page. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 15:44, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit conflict

You deleted Carrie Symonds at the same moment I converted it to a redirect. No biggie, but having a redirect may stop people from recreating it.-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 21:57, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ponyo: Fair comment. Feel free to revert me and insert redirect if you wish. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 11:17, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lectonar has admin-protected it, so even if I did restore the redirect it may look offside to use the admin bit to do so. I still think it would be a helpful redirect as Symonds is mentioned in Johnson's article and infobox (and the page has 6k+ views in the last 30 days), but I'm not overly fussed about it. -- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 15:42, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Ponyo: I protected after a request at RfP, as indeed the article was getting repeatedly recreated, but have taken the protection back to extended-confirmed. Am off to work now, but please ping me when you did the redirect, and I will reprotect fully. Lectonar (talk) 05:56, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Lectonar Too late. Apparently Störm recreated the article under another title to get around the protection and then Fences and windows moved the article over the protection. Too convoluted for me, so I'm stepping away. -- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 15:42, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't aware of protection when I moved it; the page linked to John Worboys, which I created, so I got a ping. I checked previous speedy deletions and those versions were sketchy, the current one is quite different. A rush to salting this when she's clearly not a nobody is not a balanced approach. Fences&Windows 23:27, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletion request

Can you delete Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Kiyanu Kim please? I think it has a lack of information. 2402:1980:824C:AE08:B2BC:59B3:D1ED:3C33 (talk) 11:59, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please make this request through the usual channels.----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:00, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template deletions

Hi, you just deleted dozens of templates, like Template:Italy Squad 1978 FIBA World Championship, which were tagged as {{db-g4}} by Sawol. Several of these templates were created several years ago, the aforementioned one 12 years ago. The cited discussion was Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 May 8#Template:Angola Squad 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which was initiated and closed this past May, four months ago. The items discussed there only concerned templates for the years 1998, 2014, and 2016. The speedied templates were from other years and were not nominated in the aforementioned discussion. They could not have possibly been subject to speedy deletion under WP:CSD#G4 as recreations of templates previously deleted via deletion discussion, as no such discussion took place. Can either of you please explain your actions? ƏXPLICIT 12:42, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It seemed to me that the discussion, which covered a large number of templates, could reasonably be taken to include other templates which were in all significant features similar to those for which deletion was agreed. If you feel that this is not the case I would appreciate explanation of your reasoning. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:59, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
CSD criteria have very narrow definitions and are not particularly open to interpretation. The templates you deleted failed to meet several aspects to qualify for speedy deletion under G4. They were not: a) recreations of templates that were previously deleted; b) sufficiently identical copies in terms of content, not purpose—G4 has never been broad enough to cover the latter; c) previously deleted as a result of a deletion discussion. The deletion of these templates appear to be out-of-process. ƏXPLICIT 23:54, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I hear what you say, although possibly not with full agreement therewith. But I have no wish to argue the point; it does not seem to me to be worth arguing. what are you suggesting? ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:55, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
My point is that these templates did not meet the CSD criteria and should not have been deleted under G4. The speedy deletions noms should have been declined. The templates should be restored and sent to WP:TFD.
On a side note, let me see if I can get better understanding of your application of G4. Let's take File:Fantasy Ride Deluxe.jpg for example, which is an alternate cover for the album Fantasy Ride. It deleted as a result of this discussion because the the only difference between that cover and File:Fantasy Ride Standard.jpg was the color scheme. Would you argue that G4 is broad enough to be applied to all alternate covers where the only difference is color, even if they were uploaded before the discussion took place? ƏXPLICIT 03:32, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I would not argue at all about a deletion which was performed some ten years ago, not by me. ----Anthony Bradbury"talk" 11:26, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/yamini_nayar.htm
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