User talk:Hood4546

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JohnCD (talk) 16:29, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Ferial Masry

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AfD nomination of Ferial Masry

An article that you have been involved in editing, Ferial Masry, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ferial Masry. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? JohnCD (talk) 17:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the heads up. I responded on the Masry page with my thoughts. Let me know what you think. Hood4546 (talk) 18:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What happens now is that any editor who is interested can add their views which may include a recommendation to delete or keep. After five days an administrator looks at the arguments advanced (not the number of votes, it isn't a vote) and deletes the article only if he thinks there is a consensus to do that. The default, if there is no consensus, is to keep. The rule about candidates not being notable is there to avoid Wikipedia getting turned into an election hoarding for every election, but I agree this candidate has something more going for her than most, and I shall not be unhappy if the result is "keep", as seems likely. What would help is any references you can find which are due to anything other than her candidacy or her book. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:55, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]