Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 1

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1 July 2007

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The June 22 proposed deletion of this user box was rejected (see

asked both Tony Sidaway and Dmcdevit to reverse their actions as being inconsistent with the consensus of the June 22 original deletion discussion and they have refused. --DieWeisseRose 22:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply
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Deleted for not having a fair use rationale. I'll write it. Kotepho 20:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Restored. Please also add a source. --BigΔT 06:05, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Tinfoil Hat Linux (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

This article was deleted on a second nomination with virtually no participation and essentially dismissing the arguments of the first debate. The second nominator, User:Chealer, seemed to think that the primary point in the original debate was whether the distribution had users, whereas in fact the debate centered on its notability as an example of secure computing. The consensus (see in particular the comments of User:Jamyskis and User:Phr) was that in fact this was indeed notable. Chealer, however, ignored this argument entirely, minimized the significance of the article's "historical value", made an ambiguous statement about Google hits, and asserted precisely the argument which I, the original nominator, had advanced in the first deletion debate (namely, that this Linux distribution is dead and therefore not notable) and which was refuted. The second debate itself attracted only two other participants, who disagreed, and the one (User:Goldenglove) who voted for deletion gave the two invalid reasons that the article was poorly linked-to, and was "not so great". I think this was an improper conclusion of consensus given the relatively active debate in the first nomination, and that the article should be undeleted. Ryan Reich 18:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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ILoser (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

Reliable source 1 Reliable source 2 This should redirect to Greg Parker. He is not notable because of his talent, smarts, business success, inventions, or even smashing good looks, and has enemies and rivals out to get him. He is notable because of his ability to make himself notable. He is all media. And reporting on him means reporting what the media reports about him. In the iPhone coverage, the epithet "iLoser" became of rather common use to refer to him, and since reliable sources - both of which I provide do not push bias or POV - identify and report as the epithet being used to refer to him, its all kosher like Nathan's frankfurter. Cerejota 17:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The deleted page appears to have been an attack redirect, if such things are possible, and was deleted as a BLP concern. In the circumstances endorse - BLP trumps pretty much everything. Please consider taking this up with the deleting admin to see whether they would accept an idefinatly protected redirect instead.
Spartaz Humbug! 17:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply
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Comment While in general I tend to agree with the principle of
WP:BLP
, I do argue that [{WP:BLP]] explicitly allows for this redirect and mention in the article of the the term "iLoser", in the context of Greg Parker. The term "iLoser" is much less an attack per se than a somewhat derogatory backslash epithet. Since his notability is intrinsic with media reaction to him (his source of fame is fame itself), the term "iLoser" is germane and central to documenting his notability in wikipedia.
In a nutshell: Greg Parker's biography is a special case in which derogatory terms themselves are part and parcel to notability.
Please consider this. Thanks! --Cerejota 22:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The assertion that Greg Packer deserves to be forever labeled the 'iLoser' because a couple of weblogs felt a sense of malicious cleverness during the iPhone hype is unnecessary, unkind, and is clearly removable under BLP. Keep deleted. - CHAIRBOY () 22:58, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep deleted per Spartaz. First of all, this epithet is being used to refer to Greg Packer, not Greg Parker. Second, labeling him the "iLoser" in a redirect gives undue negative weight to a single incident in his life. --Metropolitan90 23:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse deletion. This is really ridiculous. "much less an attack per se than a somewhat derogatory backslash epithet." What kind of doublespeak is that? --Tony Sidaway 14:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse deletion. Blindingly obvious, I can't imagine why we're even having this discussion. Guy (Help!) 22:45, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse deletion per Chairboy (and I rarely say per anyone). ObiterDicta ( pleadingserrataappeals ) 23:36, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Boston Dynamics (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

It was flagged as a copyright violation probably because the single line description of the company comes from their website, and the bot compares the first line of the article with the first line of the webpage listed as the source. The line was referenced as coming from the webpage, and the entire article was just three sentences. The entire article reads as follows: "[Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in robotics and human simulation]. [1] [The company began as a spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where Marc Raibert developed robots that ambulate like animals]. [Boston Dynamics was incorporated in 1992.]" Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 16:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Endorse deletion. Actually, the second of the three sentences was also copied from the source, too. Citing where it was copied from still doesn't make it okay... just write the article in your own words. Instead of spending so much time challenging deletions, it's best to just write acceptable articles from the start. At any rate the deletion summary "tagged as copyright violation, of which a single sentence is, but deleted primarily for a7, no assertion to notability". --W.marsh 16:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Here is the text from the website: " [Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in robotics and human simulation]. Our customers have applications that range from military robotics to simulation-based training to physics-based virtual prototyping. [The company began as a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where Marc Raibert and his colleagues first developed robots that run and maneuver like animals]. Their groundbreaking work inspired the [launch of Boston Dynamics in 1992]." I challenged the speedy, so why wasn't it sent to AFD? The article already has links to it from other articles, thats why I created it. A simple Google search would have turned up 36K hits, and 122 in Google News Archive. Doesn't some sort of due diligence need to be done before speedy deletion? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 17:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note that Richard had recreated the article, with no citations except a link to the company website. It has been deleted again as a recreation of previously deleted material by User:W.marsh. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kesh (talkcontribs) 15:33, July 4, 2007
  • Note it was not a recreation. The nature of the companies work was moved from a reference to a direct quote in quotation marks to satisfy the people who said that using a single sentence is a copyright violation. It went from:
    • Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in robotics and human simulation. [1]
    • Boston Dynamics is an "engineering company that specializes in robotics and human simulation." [1] That should certainly satisfy anyone declaring that using a single attributable sentence is a copyright violation. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 15:44, 4 July 2007 (UTC) See: User talk:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )#Boston Dynamics to see the rationale behind the deletion by User:W.marsh and User:Kesh. [[2]][reply]
      • As I pointed out on the talk page, it does not. -- Kesh 16:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • What was your newest objection? Your arguments on the talk page are not correct. If you feel so strongly that a corporate webpage is the same as a blog; and that it is a primary source, not a secondary source, add it to the list of forbidden sources, and see if it sticks. Its much easier than arguing on a case by case basis. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 19:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Recreated I have done my own research and created an article that hopefully meets all the speedy objections raised so far. It may still be wise to merge it into some other article, such as that of the its founder.--Chaser - T 18:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for properly citing the article, Chaser. Hopefully now Richard will see what kinds of citations are actually required for an article. -- Kesh 22:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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  • List of Pentax K mount lensesEndorse Deletion, but, as reading the discussion indicates consensus is pretty unclear and it's mostly because no one having a real strong idea what to do with the content, if anything. If someone does develop a plan, and needs this content, I or another admin will undelete it for you. – W.marsh 02:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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List of Pentax K mount lenses (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

I'm not very satisfied with the discussion. 3 people say "listcruft", 2 people say "useful", all of which are apparently

Pentax K mount, but the closing admin says that article is too long already. End result: deletion with misgivings. Could we possibly relist and have a slightly more in depth discussion about what to do with it? The notion of dismissing any argument of "usefulness" is just dumb. Let's find a real reason to either delete or keep it. Stevage 13:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply
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Comment Have you asked the deleting admin to consider reversing themselves and relisting the discussion? Useful isn't a valid reason to keep by the way but I agree the consensus to delete wasn't outstandingly obvious.
Spartaz Humbug! 18:04, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply
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  • Yup, crap discussion. But a valid result. The Pentax K mount is notable, but a list of lenses with Pentax K mount is canonical fancruft: of interst only to a very small number of people who probably knew it already. Guy (Help!) 22:44, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn The implication of the closure is that the closer considers the material to be valid, in which case it belongs in wikipedia. In any case, there was no consensus to delete. Aviara 01:00, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • History undeletion and redirect with an eye to a partial merge. Notable lens types should be listed in the parent article. As long as the list is restricted to notable ones, it shouldn't over-crowd the text there. Xoloz 17:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse deletion. The copy of this list in the Google cache is quite unpromising. Only Xoloz's comment (just above) gives a hint of a reform plan that would try to make the list encyclopedic. None of the lenses in the list have their own articles. We don't even know why the ones included in the list deserve a place there. A more analytical survey of the field of lenses might be acceptable, but that would be a lot of work, and a whole other article. Since there was not a clear consensus in the AfD, the closer of this DRV should be open to reform plans that have some hope of success. If there are none, then I believe it should stay deleted. EdJohnston 23:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse Deletion JzG has it right. Eusebeus 10:37, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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  • 27 Club – Deletion overturned unanimously; no need to relist. – Xoloz 17:08, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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27 Club (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

The article was deleted for being a neologism, even though this accusation wasn't properly explained. I quote: "The keep arguments have not been able to rebuttal the WP:NEO arguments appropriately." Actually there were no arguments for WP:NEO - it was stated, but not argued (check the log).

This administrator was wrong to rule in favour of delete when there was certainly not consensus, and the delete side didn't come up with any arguments as to why it was in breach of WP:NEO.

Even if you agree with that administrator's actions in the former case, I have some new sources that weren't made available in that deletion debate. Consider the below... how could something that's been talked about for over 30 years and has books, plays, tshirts and numerous articles about it be considered a neologism?

Scholarly article about 27 club - http://www.unt.edu/writinglab/resources/share_information/index.htm
Book about 27 club - http://www.memoware.com/?screen=doc_detail&doc_id=19600&back=search_results
BBC news item about 27 club - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/nirvana_27.shtml
Magazine article about 27 club - http://split-magazine.com/2007/05/20/the-27-club/
Article about 27 club by Cobain/Hendrix biographer which mentions how widely known it is - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/writers/304767_writer23.html
27 Club t-shirt for sale - http://www.a-non.co.uk/item.php?id=272
Article about a play based on the 27 club - http://www.stereogum.com/archives/the-27-club-set-to-meet-offbroadway.html
Website of said play - http://www.27heaven.com/
Fan website (admittedly a bad quality one) - http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/27club/ I'm right and you're wrong 12:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure entirely what's going on but there was a past AFD here, closed by me, and a 2005 AFD here which was for some reason moved. --W.marsh 14:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Overturn Term is notable and sourced as per Caleby.--Cerejota 17:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Overturn - multiple sources, I can't see a consensus to delete in the AfD discussion.
    Catchpole 13:25, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply
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  • Brand (magazine) – Deletion overturned as clear mistake; a different, valid article existed within page history. Partial restore and semi-protection undertaken to revert to clean version. – Xoloz 17:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Brand (magazine) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

Highly notable magazine. It's the oldest continously published anarchist magazine (since 1898) and the second oldest in the world. Have ha several notable people writing for it like

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