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Consider relist

This was closed because it was linked on main page. I ask that we relist the AfD proceed now that it is no longer a concern. Lightburst (talk) 20:34, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@Lightburst: I believe a new AfD would be more appropriate than re-opening the most recent one as a lot of the !votes there were due to it being on the main page at the time. It is probably easier to start fresh. It is worth noting though that there is currently a merge discussion ongoing, which could cause an AfD to be seen as WP:FORUMSHOPPING. --TheSandDoctor Talk 03:13, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Liam Watts

You deleted Liam Watts (EastEnders), but then recreated Liam Watts (EastEnders) as a redirect to Liam Butcher. The problem here is that the character "Liam Butcher" in EastEnders is not now, nor has he ever been known as "Liam Watts". The original page was an act of vandalism by TheGagaFan20072008, a user with a history of falsifying soap opera character pages. Your new redirect should be deleted. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:01, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@WikiDan61:  Done. Thanks for pointing that out. --TheSandDoctor Talk 00:49, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thanks for the redaction at my talk-page ~ Amkgp 💬 15:43, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Peer review assistance

Hello TheSandDoctor. I hope you are doing well. Loving the work you and HD are doing on Tay Tay articles. Anyhow, I have this peer review open, and I would love to hear your comments regarding the prose of the article if you have the time. :) Cheers! — Tom(T2ME) 13:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

1989

Hey, thanks for your work with the article Just saying I think that it is okay to add wikilinks to publishers/magazines for every ref cited (which is not WP:OVERLINK to my knowledge)! (talk) 07:34, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

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Dr. Stone: Stone Wars, The World God Only Knows (season 1), and The World God Only Knows: Goddesses

Did you check the talk pages for those pages? All of the info for The World God Only Knows season pages were split from its episode list with links showing it. Dr. Stone: Stone Wars was created using info from Anime News Network and and other sources on its main episode list page. SpectresWrath (talk) 00:16, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

SpectresWrath, TSD asked me to for advice on this issue, and it looks like a few of the articles might be legitimate splits from the original articles. Unfortunately I cannot locate all of the original content because you didn't provide enough attribution per WP:PROPERSPLIT. If you could please identify the article(s) that each page was split off from, it would likely mean restoration of the deleted articles. Primefac (talk) 00:54, 11 October 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)
The World God Only Knows (season 1) and The World God Only Knows: Goddesses were split from List of The World God Only Knows episodes. SpectresWrath (talk) 01:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
Can you restore Dr. Stone: Stone Wars as well? SpectresWrath (talk) 01:54, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@SpectresWrath:  Done for all three, but I am concerned particularly about [6] as it predates the earliest version of the article and copies it virtually word for word. Could you please resolve this? It also seems a bit too soon and needs its attributions fixed if it is indeed copied from other enwiki articles. --TheSandDoctor Talk 03:35, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
That section for Dr. Stone: Stone Wars is copied from the episode list which was published on October 18, 2019. The version from startattle.com was published on December 14, 2019. So theirs is copied from Wikipedia. SpectresWrath (talk) 19:30, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@SpectresWrath: Thank you. Could you please fix the attribution? Right now there isn't any on the talk page. --TheSandDoctor Talk 19:57, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
That's because it wasn't split from the episode list since it didn't air yet. So do I just use the links I presented to you with the copied template? SpectresWrath (talk) 20:03, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@SpectresWrath: Yes, that sounds fine by me. Thanks for the explainers. --TheSandDoctor Talk 22:01, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

15:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

AFD

The next time you nominate articles about seemingly widely known subjects for deletion, please explain your nominations if you are convinced about. "Fails WP:GNG" is not a magic formula which will persuade anyone when the article looks quite notable in the first place. Geschichte (talk) 16:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Geschichte: You are right that I should have given more expanded rationales. I have started going through and updating them. My apologies. --TheSandDoctor Talk 17:24, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the category: "Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues."

Hello, I have removed all user talk pages who appear to be inactive for more than one year. I have done this using WP:AWB by skipping pages that contain "2020." Please note that users who have not talked on their talk page since 2019 but are still active will be removed. I suspect this will be few if none. If you need to readd a user, please revert my edit, or remove <!-- and --> surrounding the code that adds the person to the category. Happy editing! Mr. Heart (talk) 01:46, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I must admit that I strongly disagree with this, HeartGlow30797. Not only is it a probable violation of WP:BOTPOL for editing speed, but UPOL violations have no expiry and should all be evaluated rather than indiscriminately dumped. You yourself said that your script wasn't sensitive to whether they are still active or not. CAT:UAA is not best served by indiscriminate automated tools. --TheSandDoctor Talk 02:11, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
TheSandDoctor, I apologize. I have stopped this process immediately! Recommendations to do now? Mr. Heart (talk) 02:14, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
HeartGlow30797 Since you have supplied me with a list of the pages removed on irc (which I greatly appreciate) and given only 550 left to go, please complete the run but do so a bit slower. In future, please leave time for consultation prior to such a run on an admin category. --TheSandDoctor Talk 02:29, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020).

Administrator changes

added AjpolinoLuK3
readded Jackmcbarn
removed Ad OrientemHarejLidLomnMentoz86Oliver PereiraXJaM
renamed There'sNoTimeTheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely 1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


GTA IV Peer review

Hey The SandDoctor, I noticed you have a PR active for Grand Theft Auto IV and it piqued my interest for a few reasons: I'd have a few thoughts, I reviewed (failed) its GAN many years ago and I largely took Grand Theft Auto V through to FA (think you may have used this as a model somewhat). I'd like to have a look although I'm wondering if you'd exchange for any commentary on Warner Bros. Movie World? I understand this may not be a topic as familiar/interesting to you but perhaps dispassionate commentary from an outside reader could be helpful? Let me know your thoughts about this. Thanks! — CR4ZE (TC) 14:06, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@CR4ZE: You are right that WB Movie World is sort of outside of my familiarity, but I will happily take a look at it...but it will be this weekend probably before I can read through and get comments up. Is that okay? --TheSandDoctor Talk 06:04, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
Not an issue at all. I haven't been able to get around to anything today or yesterday anyway (tied up with work currently) but I'll get some comments to you tomorrow hopefully. No pressure at all re Movie World, comments are not expected although even some preliminary observations in lieu of a comprehensive review could be useful. Thanks! — CR4ZE (TC) 03:18, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Why did you relist this? To my (biased) eye, there appears to be a consensus. ~Kvng (talk) 15:52, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Kvng: Apologies for the delayed response. I felt re-listing in favour of a stronger consensus would be appropriate. Given another look, I will close it once it becomes re-eligible, if I am not beaten to it. --TheSandDoctor Talk 18:14, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kvng:  Done --TheSandDoctor Talk 06:35, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

16:30, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

French road article PRODs

Generally, all national roads are considered notable; see WP:GEOROAD. --Rschen7754 02:16, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

@Rschen7754: I was looking at the section right above (which references infrastructure needing to pass WP:GNG), WP:ROADOUTCOMES, and Wikipedia:Notability (highways). The fact that roads exist isn't disputed or anything, but they don't appear individually notable. That said, I respect that you disagree re this. I was also probably thinking somewhat back to a string of successful AfDs for roads a couple years ago, but upon some sifting discovered I had remembered the case wrong and they were literal local avenues in Portland. Anyhow, I hope you are staying safe in these most unusual times . --TheSandDoctor Talk 03:48, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
It's a bit more than "I disagree with this" - there are over 25,000 articles on national and state/provincial roads on English Wikipedia (over 1,000 of them are GA or higher). If you disagree with having them here, making a few PRODs is the wrong way to go about it. As far as why those particular articles aren't that great, the language barrier seems to be the primary issue (and the fact that there are matching articles in both German and French Wikipedias should be another hint that these are indeed major highways). --Rschen7754 04:07, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
@Rschen7754: That was misworded on my part, my apologies. I'll drop the matter. My comment re hoping that you are doing well does stand though (and isn't meant to insinuate anything). --TheSandDoctor Talk 04:11, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Request AfD / WP:SIGCOV advice

I am interested in maintenance tasks, and consequently have lately been participating in AfD discussions. Most have been pretty straightforward.

However, Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Majid_Ali_Jaunpuri has me bowled. I have not voted in the discussion, but based on my reading of WP:SIGCOV I feel that the one sentence mentions of the subject in the cited documents are passing mentions, and don't rise to the level of significant coverage. But a bunch of editors seem fairly content with the sourcing. Therefore, I seek some guidance in this matter - not necessarily on how to vote in this matter (I am fine not voting in this AfD at all), but rather so that I understand the standard of sigificant coverage as I continue to participate in future AfDs.

I want to clarify that this is not an attempt at lobbying/campaigning either for or against deletion of this article - I am genuinely seeking advice on WP policy.

I posted the question at WP:Teahouse but the person who created the article is a host there, and replied with the same arguments. And since someone replied, I assume nobody else at Teahouse will now look at the question.

In my browsing of AfDs since I started a few weeks ago, you seem to be fairly involved in the cleanup. Hence this message to you. Apologies if this is too much trouble.

Full disclosure: I am aslo asking Bearcat for advice, as he seems to be fairly active in AfDs too. — Ad Meliora TalkContribs 15:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

17:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Re:PROD for 1st Seiyu Awards

I personally agree with your rationale on your recent PROD ([20]) of the 1st Seiyu Awards article, but I WP:REFUNDed it because it should be handled as a set with the other 13 articles on the award ceremony (see Seiyu Awards). IMO, either merging to the main article or deletion would likely be the outcome of such a discussion. — Goszei (talk) 01:21, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

@Goszei: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1st Seiyu Awards has been opened. Please don't consider this canvassing, it is merely due to the fact that it is of relevance and per your request so I am letting you know as a courtesy. --TheSandDoctor Talk 03:05, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, TheSandDoctor. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Rolling Stones Tongue and Mouth".

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 deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 22:42, 29 October 2020 (UTC)