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Contacting me
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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!
I'm interested in receiving rollback rights, however I don't know how to proceed with an application or how I should ask anyone, so I wanted to ask an administrator.
A page with this title has previously been deleted.
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17:05, 6 November 2015 Anthony Bradbury (talk | contribs) deleted page Ratnadeep Lal (A7: Article about a real person, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject)
12:42, 13 May 2014 Yunshui (talk | contribs) deleted page Ratnadeep Lal (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement: www.iiftgroup.com/profile_of_rdlal.html G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
Please let me know what the issue & how I can resolve it.
As you have created a new page, with similar content but different wording and with fractionally more detail, I will not take any action, as I have deleted previously. As you have not provided any satisfactory and independent third-party references it is likely than another admin may choose to act, particularly as this is an autobiography which, while not forbidden, is seriously disapproved of here. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:05, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Default edit summary
Is there any way to set a default edit summary? It is so I can revert vandalism faster.The StormCatcher (talk) 16:54, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I know there is no way to do this, nor should there be. A default summary is meant to have a specific relationship to the edit in question.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I noticed you speedily deleted F-hyphen-hyphen-hyphen as A11. The A prefixes only apply to articles and that was a redirect, so it can't be deleted under that criteria. Please be careful in the future when you speedy delete redirects since only the G and R prefixes apply to them. Thanks, --Tavix(talk) 20:06, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fairly clearly that was not a redirect that any editor could accidentally type in. It was obviously created, who knows why, by the editor. Hence A11. Not that it matters on which rationale I used, as it clearly merited speedy deletion. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:51, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The point is that redirects don't apply to A11. If it clearly merited speedy deletion, then use a criteria that applies to redirects or leave it to the editors at RFD. --Tavix(talk) 06:43, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
What's the point of speedy deletion criteria if our admins don't follow it? --Tavix(talk) 16:02, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
They are primarily to guide editors in making speedy-delete nominations, and also as a starting point in the event of a speedy deletion being challenged by an editor who disagrees that the article should be deleted.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 16:52, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
He made only a token 24 hour block. I have converted it to a month.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:32, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not really necessary. The person has been rapidly hopping IPs recently. I blocked 2600:1003:b100::/42 for a short period of time a few days ago but felt the range was too wide for a long-term block. A second opinion would be welcomed. --NeilNtalk to me 18:28, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
AN discussion
Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#admin_run_amok... the ip does raise a valid point about your page being semi-protected. You state above you don't respond to email; per WP:ADMINACCT you should provide some way for IPs to ask questions about your admin actions. NE Ent 15:49, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying without success to find the statement you mention about not replying to e-mail. Certainly I do respond to e-mail, either by return e-mail or, in the case of unblock requests, on the talk page of the user in question. Sometimes both. My talk-page is protected because, as an admin who spends a great deal of time in vandal-fighting, I otherwise get deluged with vandal posts. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:56, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to User_talk:Anthony_Bradbury#Contacting_me, which perhaps I've misread. Not important anyway, since any editor should be able to contact you onwiki. If I'm reading [1] correctly, you've had your talk page semi-protected for two years. The question remains: how would you like an IP editor to contact you about your admin actions? NE Ent 18:02, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
To be fair, I will point out that the wording of that message is specific, and only limits my response to certain categories, where I say I will respond elsewhere. For the record, although I obviously do not retain e-mails indefinitely, I can not detect the receipt of any from an IP editor in the last nine months, and would expect editors to contact me in-wiki. Nevertheless, if the protection is seen as being problematic, I shall remove it.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:17, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also just out of interest, although I do not need to defend this action, that string of U5 deletions were all either resumes or CVs, except for I think one which was stupid vandalism. I am not certain that U5 is a narrow a criterion as the IP editor appears to think, but however broad or narrow its interpretation, that lot fell well ouside it.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:28, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Incidentally, I deleted an obviously vandalism page posted by the IP who posted the criticism just before he did so. Coincidental, doubtless. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:30, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I am aware, I did not post any "obviously vandalism" page to Wikipedia, nor do I see anything from your deletion log that looks like my creation. Which page are you referring to? 103.6.159.75 (talk) 17:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am having some difficulty in locating the edit in question. Is it important? I did not block or sanction you for it, as far as I can see. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:55, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for unprotecting the page; the talk archive deletion was obviously an accident, therefore I really had no doubt the U5s were fine; "likely legit" in that context meant "I cannot personally validate this statement." NE Ent 22:15, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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WYNWYL
While I am aware that I am talking about something from 4 months ago, I would like to point out that you told I Love Bridges that CheckUser evidence is never wrong. While it is true that it does indicate they are the same person, just because they've logged in from the same IP doesn't mean they are the same person and I'd appreciate it if you didn't do that. Krett12 (talk) 21:00, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Checkuser evidence does not depend only on identification of IP.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 21:33, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Edit conflict
Sorry Anthony, I edit conflicted with you here where I was posting an accepted unblock template after removing the autoblock. The autoblock was put in place in 2012 to stop this throw-away vandal account. I am very doubtful that it's the same user as IPv6s are rarely that sticky.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 21:02, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I noticed you recently unblocked User:The owner of all who was indeffed 9 years ago for repeated vandalism. He has now interfered again (see his contributions) but I can't do anything about it because admins are not allowed to defend themselves (WP:INVOLVED). If I were not the target I would indeff him again. Although, the edit might well have been made in good faith. I'll let you decide. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:01, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps I am missing something, but it appears to me that the offending comment - I agree it is clearly grossly offensive - was posted by Leaky caldron, while The owner of all only moved it. Whether he should have done so is perhaps a moot point, but initiating the edit is surely a greater offence? His other edits since unblock seem to be innocent. if I am misunderstanding please feel free to let me know. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 10:55, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Though I have now had two requests for rollback denied in the past 90 days, I have about finished CVU training, garnered a proven record of counter-vandalism, have been using Twinkle and would like to move on to more advanced tools like Huggle. It would be logical to apply again now that I have a hold on counter-vandalism, but I've been denied twice in the past 90 days. Do you think I should request rollback again now? The StormCatcher(talk)(contribs) 06:18, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Your most recent request was on November 15th, only just over two weeks ago. As you know it was refused on the basis that you hade not made 200 or more main-space edits. I note your anti-vandal work, and your CVU training. If you have now achieved at least 200 main space edits, by which is meant positive contributions, not vandal-warnings, moves or reversions, then you should be ok to re-apply; I would suggest leaving it until a full month has passed since the last application, to ensure that a new request is assessed properly. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 10:51, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I noticed that you're willing to consider reasonable requests for rollback, so can you try to review mine? The StormCatcher(talk)(contribs) 15:13, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!
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"Here's a few key questions:"
I've seen you using that "Here's a few key questions" message on unblock requests quite a lot, and I think it's pretty good. Presumably you subst it from somewhere? If it's one of your own, do you mind if I use it too? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:48, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I would love to claim the credit, but in fact I borrowed some years ago from another admin; I forget who. It is text, not subst; you are welcome to cut-and-paste it. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:14, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi trying to make my user page, essentially introducing myself as a contributor, however, you deleted it. I can not find the link you said would be on the page to contest the speedy deletion,. I am using a iPad mini as my internet interface, not sure if that is a factor in not seeing that, if one says hello I am new look forward to contributing and I am also on YouTube, I am not advertising my YouTube site just mentioning I also post there, I have no link to the site. If someone is just randomly joining Wikipedia you just do not want them to mention anything else about themselves other that they are posting or editing on Wikipedia. I was planning of adding some new words , I was planning to link from my user Wikipedia page to the new term since it was not clear how to make a new page, there are several professional terms that we have been using among my colleagues that are and do not exist yet on Wikipedia. Lailorchid (talk) 15:40, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The userpage is specifically so that the user can write about aspirations, skills, expectations, hopes, etc. insofar as they apply directly to Wikipedia editing. We are not interested in YouTube, either in the past or the future, nor is the user page the right medium in which to detail interests outside Wikipedia, except those you plan to write about. Also note that articles added to the encyclopedia atre not signed (talk page edits are) so advising editors to look out for your edits will pose a problem to them. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 16:04, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Draft deleted
Hello Anthony,
My name is Joanne and my page (Thorold Public Library) was deleted because I had not edited it in 6 months. I didn't realize that my page had been checked by the editors so quickly. Would it be possible to replace the draft? I would like to add more sources. This is the first time that I have written a Wikipedia article.
Thanks,
Joanne Literacy2015 (talk) 21:01, 19 December 2015 (UTC) (My username is literacy2015)[reply]
Anthony Bradbury, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and hope your day is full of the true spirit of the day. Plus, good food, good family and good times. :) Have a Great Day! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:25, 25 December 2015 (UTC) [reply]
Spread the joy of Christmas by adding {{subst:User:Neutralhomer/MerryChristmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Anthony Bradbury, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. LizRead!Talk! 20:40, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You have no basis to say that the term hssss is an invented article of no importance? The students of Frank Maletsky has been taught this principles since 1975 in the martial arts.
Transition School
Dear Anthony,
I was unaware that Wikipedia would not take primary sources. If I made a website containing the same exact information, with the Transition School journal entries and such, would that be valid? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.56.146 (talk) 05:52, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Journal entries about the school written by students or staff at the school would be inadmissible as being primary sources. You need to find references to the school in published and reputable third-party sources. If there are none then the school lacks, by definition, wikipedic notability. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 10:48, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ok then then Anthony, the school is an early entrance program to college, and it does have a significant amount of articles published about it. However, I feel that the students are often misrepresented, and deserve a section detailing their idiosyncrasies. This information has been published by Chimera, so would it be okay to put it up now without being blocked? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.56.146 (talk) 05:31, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea what Chimera is - there are a number of Google hits, all of which seem inappropriate - so cannot answer without more detail. Incidentally, you are failing to sign your posts, which wastes time. To sign a post, add ~~~~ to the end of it. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 11:47, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
O tahiti nui freedom
I was in the middle of a major rewrite of O tahiti nui freedom (now moved to O Tahiti Nui Freedom) when you deleted it. Please review the recreated article to assure that your concerns have been addressed. I admit the current version still has issues (no inline sources; orphan) but I think the present version is a workable start. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:27, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Zika Abzuk
Hi-I am trying to write an article about Zika Abzuk, a serial social entrepreneur who has and is making significant impact in various ways. There is ample material -please try to google. I would greatly appreciate if you could please guide me where to write a draft.
Gratefully. Adam1955 (talk) 09:23, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly. There are two routes, which to some extent overlap. Either create a personal sandbox, using {{sandbox}}, and write in the sandbox page; or go to articles for creation, create your draft and then click the "submit" which automatically appears. Remember that the article must give some indication of wikipedic notability, and all biographies must have reliable third-party references.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:08, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for supporting my RfA
Hawkeye7 RfA Appreciation award
Thank you for participating in and supporting my RfA Anthony. It was very much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Jean-Claude Lutanie
Hi Anthony,
I just created the article "Jean-Claude Lutanie" but it appears that you deleted it.
I wrote here some details to "contest" the delete:
An introduction to Jean-Claude Lutanie's thought and work just have been published in the american magazine The Third Rail (issue #7).
It has been written by the new-yolked based curator and critic Rachel Valinsky, and it is followed by excerpts of a translation of the original text (Protestation devant les libertaires du présent et du futur sur les capitulations de 1980) to English.
The magazine will be launched next week at the LA Art Book Fair at MOCA and will be available online soon after.
As an answer to this increasing interest on Jean-Claude Lutanie's work, and as the French publisher of Jean-Claude Lutanie, I think that it is the right moment to have an online biography of the author on Wikipedia.
The author published anonymously the original version of the text, so his name itself isn't cited but the book's title appears many times in texts and books on situationnism.
Please keep me in touch. I'd like to publish back the article.
best,
EDLUT
Jean-Claude Lutanie
Dear Anthony,
Thanks a lot for your detailed answer. And sorry to have posted my request on top and not at the bottom of your talk page.
I am new on Wikipedia, plus I am French and I didn't read your indications correctly.
Yes, I really would love to see the article back.
I have been working on the wiki-form of it in the French version of it: <ref>https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Lutanie</ref>
And I would like to go on adding sources and references before the publication online of the article on him published by The Third Rail which will be online soon.
Could you please leave me a chance of working on it? Are you the one who can post it it back or should I do it myself?
Please keep me in touch.
Thanks for your time and interest.
Best,
EDLUT (talk) 13:25, 7 February 2016 (UTC)EDLUT[reply]
Jean-Claude Lutanie
Thanks a lot Anthony. I published back the article with more details.
I'll do my best to add more details and references in the following days and weeks.
It will be easier once the article of The Third Rail will be online.
Anyway thanks a lot for your help.
Don't hesitate to send me advices.
All the best from Paris
EDLUT (talk) 21:04, 7 February 2016 (UTC)EDLUT[reply]
Anthony, just to let you know that the article 17823 Bartels has been re-created. The discussion from 2006 is obsolete. It is a redirect as per WP:NASTHELP and part of an overall revision (also see more details and summary-page) Thanks for noticing. Cheers, Rfassbind– talk 08:46, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Notes
20:16, 9 January 2016 Anthony Bradbury (talk | contribs) deleted page Talk:17823 Bartels (G8: Talk page of a deleted page)
20:15, 9 January 2016 Anthony Bradbury (talk | contribs) deleted page 17823 Bartels (G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion)
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20:15, 9 January 2016 Anthony Bradbury (talk | contribs) deleted page 17823 Bartels (G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion)
Just don't revert my change blindly — I was undoing something I'd unthinkingly just added myself, not removing something that was already there :-)
I had forgotten about that; thank you. Now that I think of it, didn't Camperdown lose her ram inside Victoria? Accounts of rams being used at this period are quite rare in my reading; I can't even remember another unintentional use of a ram, and the next account of intentional ramming that comes to mind (and that without the Naval ram) is Dreadnought ramming the submarine. Nyttend (talk) 13:49, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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and as if by magic you've already done what I requested! Thanks, and I hope all works out well... Bazj (talk) 20:07, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ahdieh
Dear Mr. Bradbury,
I hope this email finds you well.
My name is Ahdieh and I am a famous Iranian singer. I created a profile in Wikipedia about my life and career, so other people may read about it. Recently, while a friend of mine advised about what it seemed to be some text problems with my English profile (where many words were not right as per English language), I discovered the following (when trying to access my English profile):
A page with this title has previously been deleted.
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11:26, 25 March 2014 Anthony Bradbury (talk | contribs) deleted page Ahdieh (A7: Article about a band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject)
As I have explained above, the page you deleted was only a short biography on my life so people may know... and I would appreciate and ask you not to delete my profile again. In case you would like to verify the content of my profile and if you consider you need to have proofs about either me or what I am stating on my profile, you are most welcome to contact me or ask any Persian person you may know, if you know any, so they may talk extensively to you about who I am, which is something I don't like to do myself. I can only assure you that I am a real person with a very high reputation among Persian people. Just for your information, I was considered one of Iran's top singer at the age of 30, when I left Iran, before the Islamic Revolution and came to Spain, and I am still singing and giving performances in many countries around the globe.
There are many videos of me on youtube as well as on my website in facebook (which is in Persian, but where you can see some of my latest works and recent musics). Just for your reference:
As you say, I deleted this article about two years ago. While writing about yourself is not actively forbidden, it is strongly discouraged, largely because it is very difficult to maintain an objective point of view in an autobiography. The reason I gave for the deletion of your article was that it did not adequately indicate wikipedic notability. I have just re-read it, and I do not see any reason to make a different decision. But if you wish to pursue the case then you are welcome to make your case at the deletion review page. If you do so do not forget to sign your posting; you did not sign the one on this page. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:12, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Urgent
Protect Rugby Challenge 3 and block all the vandals there as punishment for their disregard for Wikipedia policy. 2602:306:3357:BA0:E898:A318:D9F4:65A1 (talk) 22:30, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
An IP vandal has been blocked. There is not sufficient vandalism there to consider protection, and a block is never, ever meant as a punishment. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:36, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mary E. Hutchinson
Hello,
It would be nice if you could send me a talk before deleting my pages.
I am adding pages for women artists to be edited during an Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon on February 26.
Please state reasons for deleting my article and what could be added so that it won't be deleted again.
Please note that this article was flagged as being potentially deletable by another editor just over an hour before I deleted it. It qualified for speedy deletion on the basis that there was, within the article, no assertion of notability. See notability criteria. I suspect that it may merely have been an unfortunate choice of words, but it is better not to refer to "my" pages. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:09, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have now looked at all of the other similar articles which you have created. None of them appear to be currently flagged for deletion, and for me to take any action on them as a result of this conversation would be very unfair; but all of them currently qualify for speedy deletion, and it is almost certain that an uninvolved admin will have his attention drawn to them in the near future. May I suggest that assertions of notability are edited in as soon as possible? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:15, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Anthony Bradbury. Could you please have another look at this article, which you deleted as being Neelix nonsense? He never edited this article. (He did make eight redirects to it.) I think you may have deleted it in error — Diannaa (talk) 15:25, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I recall assessing that article and deciding to leave it in; perhaps I hit the wrong button? I will go to it now.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:15, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
My error - I intended to delete a pointless redirect to that article, but removed the article itself by mistake. Apologies. Article is restored.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:19, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for fixing. — Diannaa (talk) 23:07, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Vytautas Astrauskas
I noticed that you speedily deleted the former Vytautas Astrauskas article. I don't know what shape the former article was in, but as the chairman of the Lithuanian Presidium, Astrauskas was the de facto head-of-government of the republic. I have quickly created a new version of the article which I hope adequately expresses his notability. If not, please let me know. I also don't know the history of the former article, but I thought that it might be valuable to solicit the input of those former editors to help flesh-out the current stub. Would it be possible to notify those editors that the page has been restored, but needs additional content and citation? --Bejnar (talk) 04:47, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Vytautas Astrauskas (again)
I had a question relating to the deletion of Vytautas Astrauskas article. Since it is a different question from the above, I thought it best to keep it under a separate heading. I wanted to understand your justification for deleting the article. The article clearly stated, in a sourced manner, that Astrauskas is a former member of the Seimas, the national legislature of Lithuania. That, by itself, qualifies it underWP:POLITICIAN, so how can you claim that it "does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject"? I want to understand this before I create any other article on Seimas members. No longer a penguin (talk) 10:21, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I now understand that the deleted article was about the well-known (received an encyclopedic entry in 1985) physician who also served in the first parliament of the regained-independence Lithuania (1992-1996), and not the chairman of the Lithuanian Presidium. I too am interested in why Seimas membership was not a credible indication of notability. (Again, I did not see the deleted article.) --Bejnar (talk) 09:31, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Anthony, I understand that the revised article is acceptable. It is about a different person, though, and I still want to understand what was unacceptable about the original article about the original person.No longer a penguin (talk) 12:24, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I concede my error. I failed to realize that the Seimas, which was not defined in the article, is the title of the Parliament in Lithuania. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 14:35, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
request to delete article for "iPhone 6S"
hey there, i found a page that doesnt need to exist and i think we can go ahead and delete it. If you agree ill go ahead and take care of it. iPhone 6SDorkmo (talk) 05:42, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I do not agree. You are not an admin and have no mandate to delete pages. I have also commented on your talk page. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:33, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I don't know what is going on here. There are at least two other similarly-designated pages in my userspace and I've created none of them. - Sitush (talk) 17:00, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I did not, and do not, see this as being in your userspace. I am aware that you are a long-term wikipedian in good standing; the page I noticed was created by a user who decided, for presumably no good reason, to select a name suggesting a relationship to you. He is a known and blocked sockpuppet. I do not see any other extant articles posted by him, but am happy to attend to any similar pages you might care to indicate to me. I removed the speedy tag because deletion would also delete the sock tag. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:58, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah. I wonder if there is something faulty in the code I was given some years ago. On my userpage, fairly near to the top, there is a linked entry called "Root". That was supposed to list all subpages in my userspace, which is how I spotted the one I tagged. I can't remember who gave me the code but it was one of the tech wizards, and almost certainly one of those who have frequented Drmies' talk page. If must be buggy in some way or another. - Sitush (talk) 22:47, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's actually bugged. It is not set specifically to pick up on your pages; it will list any page beginning with "Sitush". So if another editor creates a page with a username "sitush....anything" it will drop into the list. You could amend it, for instance by changing the filter item to "Sitush/", if that would pick up all your sub-pages (I did not check them all). --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 09:38, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
D'oh! Thanks very much - I'll give that a whirl. Sorry for the confusion. - Sitush (talk) 10:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
I left a message on the talk page contesting the "unambiguous copyright violation", as it was in my opinion not a copyright violation. My reasons were: It was entirely in my words, the lyrics were incorporated solely as "fair use", which is applied to many other songs of a cultural or political nature; eg: The Internationale, God Save the Queen, etc, and that none of the text showed as being copied using the metawiki copyright violation detecter. BrxBrx (talk) 22:49, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I saw your message. In my view the lyrics do not fall into the same category as the anthems you quote. I am not prepared to restore the article, but you are wholly free to ask the community at deletion review.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:43, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have restored the page, and immediately re-deleted it as advertising. OK?--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 09:42, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comment. I have restored this userpage, and immediately speedy-deleted it as being advertising, wholly inappropriate on a userpage. The end-result is clearly the same; so your point was?--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 09:49, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, not OK. This was the text of the page that you deleted:
Hello!
==infobox Cantones de Costa Rica==
{{infobox Cantones de Costa Rica
|name = Coronado
}}
How is that "unambiguous advertising or promotion" within the provisions of WP:CSD#G11? My point is: why was this deletable under any speedy deletion criterion? --Redrose64 (talk) 15:22, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It is a userpage, being used to promote a holiday destination. I do not see your problem. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:11, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Still not an appropriate userpage. And, albeit without accompanying text, still promotional. This thread is now ended. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:53, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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