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29 February 2016

28 February 2016

27 February 2016

  • Dr. George William Mackay – Speedy deletion overturned, without prejudice to a normal deletion request. –  Sandstein  18:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Dr. George William Mackay (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (restore
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I had translated it from zh wikipedia.偕叡廉But it used to be deleated by speedy delete in A7。But it in Zh wikipedia has references! Please put the article back, thanks.--Cjackh (talk) 20:53, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

On what basis do you conclude that the sources assert notability? I do not read Chinese, so the best I could do was copy-paste the references into an automated translation tool. Not surprisingly, the results were so poor as to be essentially worthless. Do you read Chinese? Can you tell us what they say, and in what way they assert notability? -- RoySmith (talk) 12:58, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
RoySmith, these books are talked about mackay and his family. And Dr. George William Mackay also be called mackay second. And he living and preaching people like his father. so all at all these books are be notabled, OK?--Cjackh (talk) 17:03, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think that the existence of Chinese sources about a missionary born in Taiwan is enough to assert notability to pass the {{db-a7}} bar and require community discussion at AfD to delete the article. Cunard (talk) 19:08, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have no problem with overturning the A7 and bringing this to AfD.
WP:CSD is supposed to be for uncontroversial deletions; once there is discussion about whether it was correct, then almost by definition it wasn't uncontroversial. And, AfD is the right place to debate the quality of the sources, not here. I'm just puzzled by the concept that without even being able to understand the language something is written in, one can claim that it clearly assert[s] notability. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:27, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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I don't think there is anything puzzling about it. It is not necessary to know the sources' content. The sources were published in 1933, 1996, 1997, and 2012, which indicate that the subject has had enduring coverage years after his death in 1963. That the subject has been discussed in Chinese print sources published over the span of decades is a clear assertion of notability in regard to {{db-a7}}. Whether that clear assertion of notability will pan out into actually establishing notability or not would be based on the sources' reliability and depth of coverage of the subject. Cunard (talk) 21:01, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, that's a more useful answer to my question than your first answer :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 22:10, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn with no prejudice against immediate listing at AFD. It looks like there's enough here that the community needs to review before deciding whether to delete it. Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:16, 28 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
  • As per Lankiveill. A7 is for when there is no point in discussing. Undelete and, if stil desired, list at AfD for discussion. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 15:15, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sources exist and indicate notability for this historical figure. Eg http://www.presbyterianarchives.ca/FA5000Mackayfamily.pdf. The A7-ed page was pretty poor and with gross errors, so no shame on the tagger or deleter. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 15:22, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a nice discussion of the subject in the Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives source SmokeyJoe linked above:

The Rev. Dr. George William Mackay was born in 1882 in Taiwan. He received his early education in Hong Kong and at St. Andrew’s College, Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto, and completed graduate studies at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1911 he was appointed as a missionary educator to Taiwan by The Presbyterian Church in Canada. In the same year, he married Miss Jean Ross, daughter of the Rev. John Ross and Anna Ross of Brucefield, Ontario. They had five children: Anna, Wm. Leslie (who served in the air force during World War II and was killed on March 13, 1942), John Ross, Isabel, and Margaret. Soon after his arrival in Taiwan, George William was elected as an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Tamsui and for many years was an honorary member of the Taipei Presbytery. A leader in educational work, Dr. Mackay was instrumental in founding the first fully accredited private middle school, Tamkang Middle School, and served two terms as principal. A nearby street was later named after him. He also made a notable contribution in the translation and revision of the Amoy Bible, and organized the first course in the Taiwanese language for missionaries in the north of Taiwan. During World War II, the family left Taiwan and returned to Canada. He and Mrs. Mackay were appointed as missionaries to British Guiana, arriving in early 1943. Dr. Mackay served as Principal of the Berbice High School until august 1946. In 1947, they were able to return to Taiwan. In 1948, Knox College, Toronto conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He retired in 1952, but maintained an interest in the educational and religious work in Taiwan, setting up a Bible study centre in Tamsui, as well as several preaching chapels in the area. He pas sed away on July 20, 1963.

Cunard (talk) 19:08, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Permit recreation at
    George William Mackay. The deletion was fine--keep in mind that page as deleted gave a date of birth of 1995, and used present tense when discussing him. I would have pulled the trigger as well as there's nothing in that article to indicate that this person is notable. If someone wants to write a proper article then that's fine. Mackensen (talk) 13:01, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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We need to be careful to distinguish between notable subjects and well written articles, particularly when the author is not a native English speaker. As for the present tense issue, my understanding is that Chinese has a very different way of representing tense than English. So, it should not be surprising to find instances of the wrong tense being used in a translation from Chinese. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:50, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Permit re-creation I would be very reluctant to speedy an article with an equivalent in another WP for A7. It would normally at least merit a discussion. DGG ( talk ) 02:17, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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26 February 2016

25 February 2016

24 February 2016

23 February 2016

22 February 2016

21 February 2016

20 February 2016

  • Federal Way Public Academy – No Consensus. Headcount is pretty much even, and I don't see any killer arguments or patently invalid arguments on either side. Which means that the original AfD decision to merge, stands. As of this writing, that merge is yet to be performed. – -- RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Federal Way Public Academy (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

The closing admin wrote, "The article's subject is found to lack the required notability to have a stand-alone article." I do not see such a consensus in the AfD.

Secondary schools generally are considered notable. Federal Way Public Academy educates students in grades 6–10. Editors disputed whether educating to grade 10 rather than grade 12 was notable enough. "Merge" editors said the school was not notable because it is is not a diploma-granting high school, while "keep" editors noted that this American school "educates to the school-leaving age in many countries so does count as a secondary school".

I provided reliable sources about the school from the Federal Way Mirror, The News Tribune, and The Seattle Times that demonstrate the school passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. "Merge" editors asserted that coverage by papers in the Seattle metropolitan area was insufficient to establish notability because they are local sources.

An American high school that teaches up to grade 12 is considered notable because there is a presumption that there are local sources about it. It is not necessary to find non-local sources for diploma-granting high schools to establish notability. The same standard should apply for an American high school that teaches up to grade 10. There was no consensus in the AfD that the local sources were insufficient to establish notability. Just Chilling and I believed local sources were sufficient, while DGG, John from Idegon, and Onel5969 did not. As I noted in the AfD, The Seattle Times is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. Coverage in a regional or statewide source like The Seattle Times strongly establishes that the school is notable.

I have not contacted the closing admin prior to taking this here because the closing admin wrote at

deletion review
, and leave a note here saying that you opened a discussion there."

Overturn to no consensus.

Cunard (talk) 18:56, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Overturn to no consensus per Cunard without prejudice towards opening a merger discussion. No one, not even the nominator supported deletion, so this should not have been brought to AFD. !Votes on keep v. merge were closely or equally divided. There were reasonable policy/guideline supported arguments on both sides (although the underlying notability seems to be solidly demonstrated). A well-framed merger discussion is the best way to approach the matter, rather than one using deletion criteria as the starting point. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by administrators since 2006. (talk) 19:24, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse I do think that the discussion there was leaning towards a merge/redirect rather than a keep. The main arguments for keeping were that it's a secondary school or high school and those are presumed to be notable. I don't actually see any evidence for the claim that secondary schools are presumed to be notable and
    WP:OUTCOMES contradicts this by saying that middle schools usually aren't notable. High schools are presumed to be notable but as pointed out although the age range of this school overlaps with high schools it isn't itself a high school. Cunard offered some sources, but the other editors who analysed them concluded that they were all local and/or press releases. I can see where both sides are coming from on the question of whether the Seattle Times coverage elevates this beyond local coverage and so I don't think we can treat that as a knockdown argument. I don't see how the fact that this educates beyond the school leaving age in some countries is at all relevant here. Hut 8.5 21:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • I'm not sure we can make that inference. Until this edit the article contained an assertion that the subject taught until grade 12, which would make it unambiguously a high school. With the exception of that one reply by Just Chilling every other comment which asserted that notability was gained through it being a high school was made prior to that edit and didn't indicate that they were aware the school did not in fact teach until grade 12. After that edit Keep proponents switched to discussion of sources.
    The primary criteria of NORG outline how the GNG should be applied to organisations - namely what exactly constitutes significant and independent coverage in that topic area. If an article on an organisation tries to demonstrate notability through source coverage then these criteria need to be met. I don't in fact see anyone other than you arguing in that AfD that your sources constituted more than local coverage, but I can see three people arguing that they did not. Hut 8.5 10:46, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wrong forum  The use of admin tools was not proposed and none were used.  Unscintillating (talk) 22:22, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think Cunard is completely right in this--as I understand our current practice, it can be done either way. Taking it here can sometimes have the advantage of settling the issue rather than possibly leading to an edit war. DGG ( talk ) 01:18, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
He may be right about the forum but he is totally mistaken in his interpretation of
WP:ORG. Its entire purpose is to provide a higher hurdle than GNG. John from Idegon (talk) 03:11, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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WP:NSCHOOL also states this very clearly. Thincat (talk) 10:35, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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19 February 2016

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

While it was not my page and I do not have any connection with the organization, I was surprised by the sudden deletion of the article without any discussion. It makes no sense to publish a deleted article under another name, as I later discovered it was, but the first deletion without any in depth discussion was rather dubious. Qualitatis (talk) 10:28, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • The discussion at
    reliable sources exist. I would be willing to undelete and move to draft, under the AfC process, with the understanding that this would not be moved to mainspace until an AfC reviewer approved it. @Qualitatis: DES (talk) 16:15, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • It is worth reading
    WP:CSD#G4. On that page, Qualitatis has explained his or her reasons for wanting (or "demanding") the restoration of the article. The view was expressed that it was only deleted to suppress the organizations POV. I reject that contention -- that POV surely had no effect on my actions, and I doubt that it did on anyone involved in the AfD discussion. Others may judge for themselves. DES (talk) 18:28, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Comment. The original AfD close was correct but the discussion didn't attract much interest and the consensus was half-hearted, as is so often the case for topics where there may be significant under-representation in English-language media. It doesn't sound like there is any reason to overturn the deletion at this point (so read this as an Endorse if you like) but I do think we should be extra-sensitive to the possibility that language bias is a factor here. Thparkth (talk) 05:26, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • In what ever language, we still need sources that establish notability. It may be that many Wikipedia editors mare not as good at finding sources in other languages, and that the outcome would have been different for an organization headquartered in, say, Washington DC. But an organization located in Geneva is likely to have sources in major European languages, if it has sources at all, and many editors are conversant with those. It is not as if non-english-language sources were offered but ignored. No sources with more than passing mentions have yet been offered by anyone about this organization. Qualitatis, who started this discussion, has basically claimed that a large number of passing mentions establishes notability. That would be a significant change in policy. DES (talk) 14:19, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • 'temporarily undeleted the article history for discussion here DGG ( talk ) 01:23, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse, but undelete immediately on production of two independent sources. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:53, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • There are multiple independent sources, but the problem is that they are, IMO, passing mentions. We need something more than that. Is there a Palestinian newspaper? Hobit (talk) 15:40, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I have reverted an edit by Qualitatis restoring the article content, claiming to have improved references. Even though none of the references added provides any significant coverage of the subject of the article, only trivial coverage, and most of them are to the organisation's own web site. Which I see as disruptive and abusing the process. Thomas.W talk 15:49, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Very dishonest to say that "most of them are to the organisation's own web site". --Qualitatis (talk) 16:01, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • No, it's not. But creating multiple new redirects to an article that has been deleted, and is currently at DRV, as you have just done, is disruptive. Thomas.W talk 16:10, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • That is not disruptive. Even if the article is deleted, a red link will remain, which will become blue again as soon as the article or a redirect is re-created. --Qualitatis (talk) 13:07, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse deletion. The article was sourced only to the organisation itself, and none of the links provided by Qualitatis on the talk page (when contesting the deletion) provides more than at best trivial coverage, which per the notability rules doesn't count towards establishing notability. Thomas.W talk 16:10, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse Unless non-trivial coverage in multiple reliable sources can be found and listed here or in the article. DES (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Restore This is not a marginal organization. I found that in fact most references are to Euromid Observer for Human Rights or Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights.
We have the
WP:BURO. --Qualitatis (talk) 12:57, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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I don't think anyone is arguing that it should be deleted for being incomplete, that's just a
GNG standard is, rather than a lot of frothing and "superlatives". --82.14.37.32 (talk) 22:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Just the view of an isolated clique who blindly and dumbly applies rules according to a narrow interpretation. With vital, I mean that the group is very active on social media, despite its ban from WP. The fact that the group is outlawed by Israel proves that the organisation is credible and notable, as that state is very afraid of groups that reveal the truth (see the hunt on other organisations). The detailed source will certainly come. Just a matter of time. In the mean time, the readers will be deprived of useful info about the organisation. --Qualitatis (talk) 14:01, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There's no "ban" on WP, if there was all of your edits adding the organisation's press releases everywhere on en-WP would have been reverted. The rules about notability apply to everyone and everything, so no one is going to bend the rules for you, no matter how obnoxious you get. And you are becoming increasingly obnoxious, starting by accusing people here of being part of the "hasbara army" (= the "Israeli propaganda machine"), and now telling everyone here that we're "an isolated clicque who blindly and dumbly apply rules". Thomas.W talk 15:28, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Generally I've found spending time insulting people is not a particularly persuasive tactic. I think you can guarantee that over the years we've had hundreds if not thousands of listing here promising that next week/month/year the <topic> will be able to meet the standards so we are just being shortsighted in not just being as smart as the people claiming that and including it now. In some cases those articles will now be here (hopefully with high quality articles), because the people interested in the topic cared enough about it to go off and find the sources and do the leg work rather than moaning about it (And frankly I doubt anyone here sees those articles making it as anything other than a positive outcome). I suspect the majority however still don't have articles. "Just the view of an isolated clique who blindly and dumbly applies rules according to a narrow interpretation" yet strangely enough for such a horrible project with all these problems we get people here absolutely desperate to include articles on a range of topics which fall short of our guidelines, you'd think if it was such an awful, short-sighted place to be they'd fork the content (the license allows it), setup better standards and show us where we've been going wrong all these years. --82.14.37.32 (talk) 20:11, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse, eminently reasonable deletion given the nature of the sources, which were either not independent of the subject, or so trivial and slight as to be useless. The accusation of bad faith and a conspiracy theory made by the nominator against the editors involved for deleting the article is also very disappointing. Lankiveil (speak to me) 02:33, 25 February 2016 (UTC),[reply]
  • Note I have a friend who has some relevant background and language skills. His comment: "I did a little bit of searching as well but found nothing independent. However, the board of trustees has some well-known respectable people, in particular the Chairman Richard Falk." So endorse but let's keep an open mind about this and not let this AfD/DRV set too high of a bar for recreation if and when sources do appear. Also, a redirect to Richard A. Falk might be reasonable with a few sentences and sources from here included... Hobit (talk) 11:58, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Richard Falk should IMHO only be done if his being a chairman of this organisation is a major part of what he's notable for, which it isn't. Thomas.W talk 12:07, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Agreed on the inherited thing. Disagree on the redirect. We redirect to things all the time if there is something to redirect to that's relevant. Currently his article just has a passing mention to this group. But I don't think changing that to 2 or 3 sentences would be a
WP:WEIGHT issue. At that point, it's reasonable to have a redirect rather than a red link. Hobit (talk) 14:53, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Oh, also, my comments on a redirect aren't really relevant for DRV. I've just stated them as a reasonable way forward. I endorse the deletion because the discussion was closed per the consensus. I don't support recreating the article, given it doesn't meet
WP:N. I do think a redirect may be the way to go in the future. Hobit (talk) 14:58, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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18 February 2016

17 February 2016

  • World Head of Family Sokeship CouncilUnsalt and restore from draft. There's good (perhaps unanimous) agreement here that Draft:World Head of Family Sokeship Council is sufficiently improved from the original that the AfD results no longer apply, so I'm going to unsalt the title and restore from the draft version. If anybody wants to take this new version to AfD, they are free to do that, but doing so is not part of the consensus I see here. Then, there's the question of a number of other titles which redirected here. I don't see any real consensus on what to do about those, so let's wait for the dust to settle on any possible AfD that comes out of this. Once that picture is clear, any admin is free to unsalt those titles, or not, as their judgment dictates. – -- RoySmith (talk) 00:19, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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World Head of Family Sokeship Council (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Apparently the article's title has been salted, so I've been advised to bring the discussion here. 009o9 (talk) 22:59, 17 February 2016 (UTC) There is further guidance (somewhat hard to find) on martial arts article topics here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial arts/Notability#Schools and organisations 009o9 (talk) 23:17, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The original article (can be seen in the Draft article history) was horribly referenced (primary only), overtly promotional to the point of disingenuous, and was quite rightly deleted via AfD The title was eventually salted because of constant reposting with no attempt to address the issues. I will add that the article had been declined in AfC process multiple times before copy pasted into main space. So with respect to deletion review - the original deletion was correct.
That said this new version is hugely different, and although IMHO some of the issues critically still remain, this is not a question for DRV. I suggest that the Draft article go through AfC. The de-salting can be taken care of at the point where it passes that process. Once passed it would not be deleted via G4 because it is substantially different. I suspect there might be an AfD soon after but that could happen no matter which route is taken. I added a couple of comments on the Draft talk page concerning the article itself.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:07, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • We are already in the latter stages of AfC, submitted 25 January, the article sat without comment for 20 days. User:MSGJ recommended bringing this to DRV, stating in the AfC discussion on the talk page, "Ultimately I have no problem in moving this draft over, if others are in agreement." 009o9 (talk) 18:23, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To a new editor, the new trend of disallowing stub articles and requiring excessive references in AfC declines is understandably frustrating when they can point to dozens of similar articles published on the Wikipedia. My client (the blocked user) has proposed two other articles which I have declined, neither of which can pass WP:N at this time, specifically United States Isshinryu Karate Association and Phil E. Little, neither of these topics appear to be blocked(?) There is currently no plans for a Frank E. Sanchez, nor San Jitsu articles and my involvement with the client appears to be winding down. In good conscious, we should clean up this mess while we are here. 009o9 (talk) 15:35, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd only recommend unsalting them if there are valid articles to place there and/or if they will become redirects to the main article. If this survives AfD in the mainspace, I'd support these being turned into redirects. This article here needs to prove itself first before unsalting the other articles becomes an option.
    (。◕‿◕。) 07:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Like I said, the client has no desire to edit again and it is much more cost efficient to just pay me to keep him out of trouble. I certainly don't want my writing to appear promotional, but that is generally a function of the strictness in AfC these days, most of the decline verbiage is canned, so it is quite apparent that not much time is spent on some articles. Sometimes a lot gets thrown at an article, in the highest visibility, just to get the reviewer to consider WP:N. The Frank E. Sanchez topic might be a logical redirect to the WHFSC article, but the San Jitsu topic is not. My suggestion to unsalt both topics is so that some future editor (or uninvolved reviewer) does not spend a week in DRV, just to approve an AfC in the coming years.009o9 (talk) 12:46, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll make you a deal - when this moves to the mainspace I'll unsalt these and create redirects. (I say when, since this looks extremely likely to be approved and I'd actually be disappointed if it doesn't get approved.) If this survives AfD (assuming someone nominates it, which I'm not going to do) then these redirects can always be changed into articles at any point in time in the future.
    (。◕‿◕。) 12:08, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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No comment on the unsalting but as 009o9 mentioned that although Frank E. Sanchez could be considered a reasonable redirect to WHFSC, San Jitsu would not.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:27, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
My interest in unsalting is administrative in that we should clean up the entire misunderstanding while we are discussing it. An entirely different Frank E. Sanchez may become notable in the future (there already is a Frank Sanchez article) and San Jitsu might one day be the short title of a film or book. If the WHFSC article survives the process, a search for Frank E. Sanchez will produce a result to the WHFSC article with or without a redirect so I am indifferent about it.
Tokyogirl79 suggested that proposed redirects would be needed for her support in the unsalting. I'm just proposing we leave a clean slate for future editors (and reviewers) now that the tendentious newbie editor issue has been resolved. 009o9 (talk) 14:57, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Redirects are fine with me, as long as the next editor can accomplish their task without administrative assistance and/or unwarily writing an entire article that already has a prejudice that they have no knowledge of. If we decide to go that way, I'll add some verbiage to the lede mentioning Sanchez' style is San Jitsu, so the bluelinks are not confusing to the reader.009o9 (talk) 11:16, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note to closing admin: If you want to unsalt the above mentioned related titles, feel free to do this when moving the article.
    (。◕‿◕。) 12:10, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Restore, and either fix or AfD The standard for AfC declines is whether the article is likely to survive in mainspace. This is variously interpreted as 51%, 60%, 66.66%, 70%. 80%--but of course this can not be stated as a definite figure, because of the variability in AfD discussions. In the past some people reviewing AfCs have declined acceptable articles in order to get them further improved. This is wrong, in my opinion , and I think the opinion of almost all the people working regularly there. In contrast, it is not necessarily wrong to decline an article which might just pass AfD but would very probably pass with feasible further improvement. Fortunately, no decline at AfC is final, for the article can be resubmitted, and most current reviewers are sensible.
If I had reviewed the current draft I would not have accepted it. I would probably have given the reason as both notability and promotionalism: the list of "ambassadors" in the various countries is content which belongs on a web site, not a WP page, too many of the references are mere mentions of someone being a member, and too many of the sources for key points are local newspapers where the material was presumably added from a press release in connection with a local event--and I think some of the refs submitted above fall into the latter category, &I doubt it would pass AfD in its current state. But it is fixable, because the section mentioned can be removed, and the trivial refs removed, and there will probably be enough left.
However, pointing to similar articles presently in WP does not mean much: Out of the 6 million articles we have, probably more than 100,000 (which is only 1.7% of the total) are ones accepted in prior years where the standard were lower, and would be deleted if brought to AfD now.-- and a good reason for gradually doing that is to avoid confusing people about our current standards. DGG ( talk ) 23:29, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]


 Done DGG's proposed edits in strike-thru Draft:World Head of Family Sokeship Council -- 009o9 (talk) 04:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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16 February 2016

15 February 2016

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Chicago (pool) (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Sigh. We're going to end up here anyway, so saving everybody a lot of time. See also User_talk:RoySmith#Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion.2FChicago_.28pool.29. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:56, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Overturn to keep. After Adam9007 (talk · contribs) nominated the article for deletion, Arxiloxos (talk · contribs) provide a link to an entry in a billiards encyclopedia and opposed deletion. SMcCandlish (talk · contribs), Anarchyte (talk · contribs), and SwisterTwister (talk · contribs) voted "keep". No editor besides the nominator supported deletion, and Arxiloxos' source renders Wikipedia:Verifiability#Notability inapplicable.

    There was a clear consensus to keep on the basis of Arxiloxos' source, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards (which I have quoted below).

    Arxiloxos' source includes references to several other reliable sources about "Chicago (pool)" like The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the Games Played in the United States, with Rules, Descriptions, and Technicalities Adapted to the American Method of Playing (which I have quoted below). The Handbook of Rules of Billiards and Rules Governing the Royal Game of Billiards by Brunswick Balke Collender are also mentioned as sources in the encyclopedia entry but are not available online.

    RoySmith's "delete" decision is neither unsupported by the consensus in the discussion nor by Wikipedia policy.

    Cunard (talk) 01:33, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Discussion with closing admin:
    Extended content
    You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chicago (pool) as delete, writing that the people arguing to keep failed to provide any sources. This is correct, but an AfD commenter in the discussion wrote:

    The game is real, and Google produces an explanatory entry from a billiard encyclopedia [5]. So I wouldn't favor a total deletion of this content. But the encyclopedia entry suggests that it is may be viewed as a set of variations of rotation, so a selective merge/redirect is a possible alternative. --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:31, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

    Here is a quote from the source Arxiloxos provided, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards authored by Michael Ian Shamos and published in 2002 by Globe Pequot Press:

    Chicago

    1. (game) A form of ROTATION in which the balls are not racked but are placed FROZEN to the rails at various predetermined DIAMONDS in numerical order counterclockwise about the table. The striker must hit the lowest-numbered ball on the table first and receives credit for the numerical value of any balls pocketed on the stroke. The custom in the city of Chicago was for the lowest-scoring player to pay for general refreshments and the next lowest to play for the TABLE TIME. 1890 HRB 88, 1916 RGRG 63. Also called BOSTON POOL, CHICAGO POOL, or MEXICAN ROTATION. 1900 May 61. The term "Rotation" derives from the arrangement of the balls in the game of Chicago and not from the fact that the balls are struck in numerical sequence. Other U.S. cities appearing in names of billiard games are BOSTON and HONOLULU.

    2. (game) A synonym for ROTATION. 1979 Sullivan 99. General references: 1890 HRB 88, 1891 MB 334, 1919 Hoyle 633.

    I think the "keep" editors were supporting retention on the basis of Arxiloxos' source, so I don't think a "delete" close is justifiable.

    Cunard (talk) 20:43, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems to me that falls way short of what's necessary. Please feel free to take it to DRV if you feel strongly about it. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:02, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, that source in itself is not enough. However, that source includes several references like "1919 Hoyle 633", which refers to this entry (image) in The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the Games Played in the United States, with Rules, Descriptions, and Technicalities Adapted to the American Method of Playing published in 1921, which discuss Chicago in a page-and-a-half:

    CHICAGO POOL This game is played with the numbered pool balls from one to fifteen and a white cue bal as in Fifteen ball Pool the object being to play upon and pocket the balls in their numerical order 4S it ti The table is laid out for the game by placing the i ball against the end cushion at the first right hand diamond sight at the foot of the table as seen in the diagram the ball is placed at the center diamond sight on the same cushion the remaining thirteen balls are placed in the order of their numbers at the succeeding diamond sights as shown in the diagram All things being equal it is immaterial which way the numbers run in setting the balls for they may also be set so that the i ball is placed on thj diamond sight which when standing at the head of the table and looking towards the foot or lower end appears as the left hand diamond sight on the end rail with the 3ball placed at the right etc The three sights on the end rail at head of the table are not occupied by any ball In opening the game the order of play is determined by throwing out small numbered balls as in Fifteen ball Poo q and he whose first play it may be strikes the cue ball from any point within the string line The opening stroke must be to strike sie uwc ball If that ball is holed it is placed to the credit of the player and he continues his hand until he fails to score but in continuing he must play each time upon the ball bearing the lowest number on the table After playing upon that ball however should any other be pocketed by the same stroke irrespective of its number it shall be placed to the player's credit so pocketing it If the line of aim at the ball required to be hit is covered by an other bowl the player LAy resort to a bank play or masse etc 10t should he fail to hit the required ball he forfeits three receiving a scratch Should a ball be holed by a foul stroke it is replaced upon the spot it occupied at the opening of the game but should it be the 8 11 111 or 2 ball so holed they being within the string and the cu e ball in hand then the balls specified are to be placed upon the pyramid or red ball spot or should that be occupiv as near to it as is possible as in Fifteen ball Pool The player having the lowest aggregate score is required to pay for general refreshment for all in the game The player having the second lowest score pays for the game The rules of Fifteen ball Pool govern Chicago Pool except where they conflict with the foregoing rules

    "HRB 88" refers to the 1898 book The Handbook of Rules of Billiards. A Google search for the title doesn't return an online copy of the book. But it returns mentions in sources like the 1903 book The Encyclopædia Britannica: New American supplement. A-ZUY, which indicates that the source is considered reliable.

    "RGRG 63" refers to the 1925 book Rules Governing the Royal Game of Billiards by Brunswick Balke Collender (Amazon link), which is not available online.

    Please let me know if that is enough to change your mind.

    Cunard (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Like I said, please feel free to take it to DRV if you feel strongly about it. I've done that for you. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:58, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Cunard (talk) 01:33, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Relist. Close was a WP:Supervote. Any overriding policy requirement to delete should be introduced to the discussion as a !vote. Urge Roy to revert close and !vote instead. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:56, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn. Arxiloxos' source provides enough appropriate referencing to impel a keep outcome. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by administrators since 2006. (talk) 05:17, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn The closing rationale didn't seem to be summarising or crystallising the discussion in any way. If it was intended as a rebuttal of the arguments presented then it was misplaced. Quite odd really. Thincat (talk) 13:34, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn to speedy keep SK#1 no argument for deletion WP:NPASR  This AfD was totally argued on notability grounds, an issue which began with the AfD nomination.  As per WP:N, the absence of sources in an article does not define an absence of notability.  The close is deficient by not citing policy.  Instead the close identifies a non-existent policy that blames our content contributors and AfD volunteers as reasons for deletion.  WP:N requires evidence, and the only delete !vote was a argument from
    WP:INSIGNIFICANCE).

    A second point is, since the close had nothing to do with the discussion, why aren't administrators sweeping through and deleting the articles without sources?  This is not intended as a rhetorical question.  Unscintillating (talk) 16:40, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply

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Because it would be clearly opposed to WP policy, since it meets no speedy criterion. Even BLPs without sources can only be deleted on that basis via a 7 day exposure to the community at BLPPROD. There is a considerable difference between an admin doing something not permitted presumably hoping nobody notices, to an admin doing something they know may be controversial and immediately bringing it to a discussion board, as was the case here. DGG ( talk ) 20:42, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder if we can we get agreement to move unsourced articles to draftspace.  Unscintillating (talk) 00:54, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I (respectfully) disagree about this being a supervote. What I saw was all the keep arguments being exceptionally lame. Saying, Can be better sourced if needed when there are zero sources in the article is an argument which shouldn't hold water. Likewise for although there are no references, some could be found. If they could be found, then find them, please.
    Spartaz extended the debate for a week with the explicit request that the people arguing to keep provide the sourcing they suggested must exist. And all that got us was, this is imaginably improvable and can be kept for such. We live and die by proper sources, or at least we should. I'm not sure I agree that the sources Cunard found and cited above are enough to meet our notability requirements, but props for at least putting in the effort to do the research and finding them. That being said, it's obvious that people here don't agree, so I've backed out my close, and will leave it to somebody else to re-close. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:55, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Cryptic 04:35, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Draft:Białynicki-Birula decomposition (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (restore
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G13 doesn't apply. Taku (talk) 04:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Closing subsequent discussion that does not change the outcome noted above.  Sandstein  08:08, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Nah. The issue is that the page should have not been deleted in the first place, since it was not created through the AfC process. -- Taku (talk) 04:53, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Did you want to the page back or did you just want to argue about it? —
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Both, I guess. It is important to note we have the consensus that the deletion was a mistake. This was certainly not the first time G13 has been applied in a wrong way. (And this is the correct place for such a discussion definitely not at
WP:REFUND.) -- Taku (talk) 22:53, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Endorse. If there was a technical mistake with G13-ing, please explain better. Redirect the draft to Morse theory, which is where any such material would be added if anywhere. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:01, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    As I said, G13 doesn't apply in this case since the draft was not created through the AfC process. Also, the redirect doesn't make sense since the decomposition isn't a part of Morse theory, if somehow related in spirit. Recently, G13 has been used to delete pages that have nothing to do with AfC, often by mistake like this one. Is it your position that the speedy deletion was perfectly legitimate in accordance with G13? I believe the correct procedure was to send the page to MfD not speedy. -- Taku (talk) 21:21, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Probably it is best to take this allegation of G13 overenthusiasm to
    WP:CSD#G13. NB. I am not sure that you are right. When you move a draft to draft space and leave it for a year, it is liable to deletion if no one sees its value. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • If you don't want your work subject to deletion, move it back into your userspace. Add a note to the top stating your intentions with it. Unless you are hoping that someone else will find it in your userspace and contribute, to be very safe blank the page during periods of inactivity. Looking at this page as it was in January, if it were MfD-ed, it would easily be deleted with little attention, given the recent popularity of meta:Immediatism and meta:Deletionism in practice there. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:18, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That argument sounds a bit backward; obviously the correct solution is not to delete the non-AfC drafts just as we don't delete the articles in the main space due to staleness. That would save everyone's time. Also, I doubt the MfD has resulted in the deletion. I for one would have voted no and it would not be hard for other editors to find reliable sources to establish the notability. -- Taku (talk) 02:54, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • DRV is the place where judgements are made about whether or not deletions were in-process. This one was not in process. Nor was it a good
    WP:IAR exercise of deletion power. Also, this DRV should not have been closed as it was, but should have been allowed to reach a conclusion. Thparkth (talk) 03:20, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Victor de Leon III – No further action required – -- RoySmith (talk) 00:26, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Request redirect be created. Protecting admin user:east718 is inactive Prisencolin (talk) 20:45, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored the redirect, this can be closed. east718 | talk | 23:44, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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12 February 2016

11 February 2016

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It has been speedy deleted by an administrator who seemed apparently a-priori biased against the subject of the article for reasons non pertaining its content, which were not considered at all. No discussion occurred. The administrator ignored favorable advices by other users who asked to keep the page or, at least, not to speedy delete it. Another administrator removed a previous discussion concerning the re-creation of the page with a positive outcome. It seems to me that such behaviours were too arbitrary. It is on a notable scientist according to several criteria. I am a relative of the subject of the paper. I openly declared it, and the closing administrator arbitrarily blocked my account. 82.49.16.105 (talk) 07:23, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • In the deletion review instructions, it notes that you are expected to discuss the issue with the administrator who deleted the page before listing here. Please can you specify why you chose not to observe this. Stifle (talk) 10:34, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I tried to interact with him at the time of the speedy deletion, but it was useless: he ignored the comments of other users favorable to keepng the page (some of which were posted on the Talk page of the article, which you removed. See also the discussion here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Planet_Nine#Lorenzo_Iorio), he did not even discuss at all the numerous links I added to show the notability of Iorio. He used often aggressive, scathing and sardonic and tones. I think it was useless. Thank you. 79.35.72.242 (talk) 11:28, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • List at AfD. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorenzo Iorio (2nd nomination) was the correct close, but it's nearly five years old, and it has therefore expired for the purposes of G4 speedy deletions. NB: If restoring the article for the purpose of an AfD discussion, revisions preceding 15th February 2011 should not be restored owing to the copyvio in the now-deleted history.—S Marshall T/C 18:41, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Topic inherently notable due to solutions to facilitate input of Ethiopic/Ge'ez script; also this Wikipedia edition is larger than some others about which articles have since been created A12n (talk) 01:21, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Cryptic 20:45, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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WP:LISTGLOSSARY Prisencolin (talk) 21:52, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Jayanthi Pushpa KumariRelisted. Opinions are divided about whether there was a sufficient basis for the non-admin "keep" closure. The logical thing to do is therefore to relist the discussion. –  Sandstein  12:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Closure of

SSTflyer reconsider their determination however they considered that they acted correctly. I would like an Admin to re-open the AfD to allow a proper debate on the matter to occur. Dan arndt (talk) 05:02, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Comment further to my above remarks I believe that the AfD was closed prematurely without allowing sufficient time to respond to comments provided by other editors. Dan arndt (talk) 07:54, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Probably it would have been better if an admin makes this close, and probably some more discussion would help. But. Dan arndt, we make the rules ourselves, they are not handed down to us, and we can make whatever general or specific exceptions have consensus. I could make a argument for including or for not including spouses of heads of state, but since we generally do include them,it is advisable to be consistent, so people can know what they can expect to find, or expect to write about. DGG ( talk ) 05:19, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WP:GNG. The only two references provided merely establish that she is the wife of the President - nothing more. Dan arndt (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Dan arndt, see advice at Wikipedia:Renominating for deletion. Also consider that a merge and redirect, which does not require AfD, may be more appropriate. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the advice Smokey Joe> As I have been pinged before for re-nominating an AfD, without waiting for a full six month period to pass, I was simply hoping for this AfD to be re-opened so a more detailed and open debate could be had on the matter. I believe that the non-admin closure was premature, as some of the above discussion indicates. Dan arndt (talk) 07:27, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose a "no consensus" overturn. After a week, the nomination was universally opposed. One gave an excellent rationale. The other gave a reasonable rationale. The nominator failed to engage the opposing views in discussion. This means that the nominator acquiesced per
    WP:BEFORE. The outcome was clear. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:13, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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WP:BEFORE if you check the history of the article you will see that I place a notability tag and a PROD notice on 28 February 2016 citing that the article did not supply any references establishing the subject's notability, which was removed by another editor without any change/improvement to the article - which is why I instigated the AfD. I believed I followed proper process but am happy to be corrected. Dan arndt (talk) 07:54, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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On the timing of the !votes and the close, very good point, I had not noted that. Given the very lateness of the !votes, I do support a relist so that you can respond. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:55, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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A deletion discussion for this article took place in January 2014 and resulted in "delete". It was later

Spartaz ([12]) are both aware that there's a debate regarding Ryan Driller's notability. They both suggested this be brought to DRV, but have not given their opinion on Driller's notability yet, so I'd also like to see them weigh in on this debate. I have created a draft for the article. Please move it to article namespace and start a new AfD. Rebecca1990 (talk) 15:12, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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That's just your opinion, not an actual policy of WP. In fact, there are many porn actors whose articles resulted in "keep" at AfD due to an award win mentioned in their article and sourced only to the website that awarded it. For example,
see this list of all XBIZ Male Performer of the Year recipients. Not a single one of them has an AfD mentioned in their article's talk page). I assume it's probably because the prestige of this award is such common knowledge among users who browse/edit porn articles that none of them would even think about starting an AfD for a recipient of it. Rebecca1990 (talk) 19:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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No, it's not just "my opinion" — it is the rules of how Wikipedia's inclusion criteria work. Notability criteria are not passed just by asserting that they're passed, if the sourcing is
primary or non-existent — the quality of the sourcing that can be provided to support the claim is what passes or fails the inclusion criterion. That is the way our inclusion and sourcing rules work; I'm not making anything up on my own. Bearcat (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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I find this objection a bit strange, as
WP:PRIMARY. This is the sort of dispute that can be had at AfD. --Sammy1339 (talk) 19:22, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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The "reliablity" of a source is not solely a factor of the source's accuracy — that enters into the equation, obviously, but it's not the whole story in and of itself. To be considered a
reliable source, the source also has to be independent of the claim: it cannot be the topic's own website. If "award win sourced to award's own website, with no third-party media coverage of the award win shown at all" were enough to get a person into Wikipedia in and of itself, then we'd have to keep an article about every band that ever won a high school battle of the bands competition, every writer who ever won their own hometown newspaper's local poetry contest, everybody who ever won an outstanding volunteer award. That's why independent coverage in media is required: it's how we determine that the award in question is notable enough to make its winners notable for winning it. What we have so far is assertions that XBIZ is the top-level award for porn — the media coverage has not been provided to show that that's actually true rather than just a self-invented claim of the type that lots of non-notable awards do make about themselves for PR purposes. Bearcat (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Comparing a porn award to high school battle of the bands competitions, a newspaper's local poetry contest, and an outstanding volunteer award is like comparing apples to oranges. Pornography is a form of media with a widespread audience and the people who appear in it are public figures. Supposed recipients of the examples you gave would not be public figures because of their small audiences, making it absurd to perceive them as notable. Rebecca1990 (talk) 22:05, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, but here's the rub: do you know how the notability or non-notability of an award is determined, for Wikipedia's purposes? The existence or non-existence of reliable source coverage of that award in independent media. If the award is so uncovered that you have to depend on its own primary sourcing about itself to get its winners over a Wikipedia notability guideline, then by definition its winners have not gotten over the notability guideline — because coverage of the award in independent media is, with no "this subject area gets to make up its own special non-GNG-compliant rules for itself" exceptions for any reason, the one and only thing that can ever make an award notable enough to get its winners into Wikipedia. Bearcat (talk) 04:50, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'll repeat what I said previously on BethNaught's talk page: "primary sources are good enough to prove someone received an award. As a matter of fact, secondary sources can be untrustworthy. For example, Las Vegas Sun mistakenly reported that Kendall Karson "won multiple awards — 2013 AVN Best New Starlet, 2013 Exotic Dancer Awards Adult Movie Feature Entertainer of the Year, 2013 Sex Awards Porn Star of the Year, Sexiest Adult Star and Porn’s Best Body." The official websites for those awards do not list her as a recipient for any of those categories in that year ([13], [14], [15])." Rebecca1990 (talk) 19:31, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, secondary sources can be wrong. But primary sources can be wrong too — I can provide numerous examples of organizations which have made as yet uncorrected mistakes about themselves on their own websites. Bearcat (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
1. XBIZ's own Twitter account live-tweeted the winners during the ceremony, including Ryan Driller's Male Performer of the Year award, 2. xbiz.com published an article listing all XBIZ winners, which states Ryan Driller won Male Performer of the Year 3. xbizawards.xbiz.com states that Ryan Driller won Male Performer of the Year in 2016 in it's comprehensive listing of all winners throughout the ceremony's history, & 4. XBIZ profiled Ryan Driller in an article regarding his 2016 XBIZ Award wins, including Male Performer of the Year. It is inconceivable for XBIZ to be mistaken about Ryan Driller winning Male Performer of the Year at the 2016 XBIZ Awards. Rebecca1990 (talk) 22:05, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, and I recall an extremely famous incident just a few weeks ago when the wrong winner got named live on stage by the host, and at least two less publicized incidents last year of somebody accidentally live-tweeting the wrong winner of an award. The issue is still that
reliable source coverage of an award is the absolute be-all and end-all and no-way-around-it-all of how that award becomes notable enough to make its winners notable for winning it. Bearcat (talk) 06:48, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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As a regular participant at Wikipedia:WikiProject Pornography/Deletion, I'm not familiar with Bearcat. He doesn't seem to be a regular participant at porn AfD's, so I can attribute his opposition to recreating this article to a lack of knowledge on porn awards. The same cannot be said about you, HW. Your argument is completely disingenuous. As a regular porn AfD participant, you must be aware of this award's prestige. Considering the fact that you not only vote in porn AfD's, but also start many of them yourself, I assume you regularly browse Category:Pornographic film actors subcategories for articles to delete. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have started an AfD for Ryan Driller upon encountering the article if it's first creation were after the XBIZ Male Performer of the Year award win. This seems like nothing but a leap of faith you're making in an attempt to degrade the value of even more porn awards from WP's notability perspective. Everyone familiar with porn awards should know that Male and Female Performer of the Year are by far the most prestigious awards in all porn award ceremonies. I'm still incredulous at the fact that you actually voted to delete a recipient of AVN's Best New Starlet award, the industry's second most prestigious award for female porn stars right after Female Performer of the Year. Last year, you responded to the Redban (a now blocked disruptive editor who went on an AfD/notability tagging spree of porn biographies to protest the deletion of his favorite porn star's article, for those of you not familiar with him) situation with an analysis of who you believed was and wasn't notable among those he tagged, and even that didn't make any sense. In your opinion, Venus Actress Award recipient Jodie Moore was notable, XRCO Orgasmic Analist recipient Jada Stevens's notability was "arguable", yet, you somehow concluded that Katja Kassin, a recipient of both a Venus Actress Award and XRCO's Orgasmic Analist, was definitely not notable. It seems like I'm rambling here, but my point is basically that you lack the credibility to determine what is and isn't a well-known/significant award under WP:PORNBIO. Rebecca1990 (talk) 02:00, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Another fact-free, aspersion-laced post from Rebecca1990, who regularly attempts to avoid policy-based and guideline-based matters in favor of disparaging comments about editors who disagree with them. Claiming that I "lack credibility" has exactly nothing to do with a dispute over whether the XBIZ awards' lack of coverage outside their sponsor's own PR weighs on their significance. And if we look at the actual numbers, my accuracy rate in current AFD discussions is 85%,[19], and roughly 90% of my AFD nominations result in deletion.[20] Your accuracy rate, in contrast, is under 30%.[21] That's just awful. It's pretty clear whose opinions/evaluations in this area are closely aligned with consensus. And your guilt-by-association tirade about Redban (in which, btw, you've once again misrepresented my statements) lead to an interesting comparison. 28 of the 88 articles tagged by Redban as dubiously notable have been deleted. That would put his accuracy rate at no worse than 31.8%. (It could be higher, given that many of the articles haven't yet gone through AFD). That's higher than yours. If Redban was properly topic-banned for his indiscriminate pro-deletion tagging, your anti-deletion !voting is even more indiscriminate. Why shouldn't you be topic-banned, if your arguments against Redban's tagging were valid? (And as for guilt-by-association, you edited much more in tandem with the now permabanned harasser Scalhotrod than my handful of posts regarding Redban. Just saying. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by admins since 2006. (talk) 22:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's not my responsibility to have any specialized knowledge about the notability or non-notability of porn awards. It's the article's responsibity to make notability plainly apparent to any reader, regardless of that reader's level of preexisting knowledge about the subject — and
reliable source coverage in real media is how that occurs. And incidentally, I'm not nearly as unknowledgable about porn as you seem to think I am, either. Bearcat (talk) 05:08, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  • Psychiatric abuse – Endorse. Broad (perhaps unanimous) agreement here that the fundamental policy problems that existed at the time this was deleted still hold true today. – -- RoySmith (talk) 21:50, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I cannot find anyone claiming to be the administrator who deleted this. No evidence of a vote taken. A "clear majority" is not a consensus. The contents of the deleted article are not adequately reviewed in the deletion review. I would like to see it. I disagree with the conclusion that psychiatric abuse refers to either (1) medical malpractice or (2) political abuse of psychiatry or (3) proprietary pseudoscience. On the last point in particular, the name of a certain legitimate religion appears 34 times in the deletion review, and I would be interested to compare this to how often that same religion appears in the deleted article. 66.239.61.216 (talk) 19:20, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Prioryman:. If I'm following the logs correctly, the AfD was closed by ChrisO, who has since changed usernames to Prioryman. In any case, I have done a temporary undelete of Psychiatric abuse for review. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:08, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well unless I'm missing something, the article was deleted, DRV sent it back to AFD, than AFD2 here closed by another admin deleted it. But that was all 8 or so years ago. This seems a bit pointless, there is no barrier to someone writing a new article on the subject if they can do so within the expected standards. --82.14.37.32 (talk) 20:41, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, AFD1, DRV, AFD2 --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:03, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think a new version is the best choice since I see it as unlikely that an article that wad deleted in 2007 would fare any better now and if anything be less likely to survive an AFD.--67.68.21.173 (talk) 23:45, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse. The old article looks like it's a coatrack for Scientology-related drama, and I doubt it would survive very long in the current environment. Rather than recreating under this title, I'd suggest that the nominator take User:Casliber's advice from the previous discussions and reframe the article to cover ethical issues in psychiatry, rather than re-using this rather loaded title. Lankiveil (speak to me) 02:34, 7 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
  • Endorse we aren't going to restore an article resoundingly deleted eight years ago when it would probably fare much worse today. It is true that the closing admin in the first AfD mentioned a "clear majority", but that wasn't the whole closing statement - the AfD was closed as delete because there was a clear majority in favour of deletion and those people had good arguments. I would echo the suggestion that if the OP does actually want an article on this topic then they try rewriting it completely at a different title, possibly one relating to ethics in psychiatry. Hut 8.5 11:32, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse. One of the key problems here is that the basic concept of this article is irretrievably flawed - it was started back in 2007 by a Scientologist editor as a
    WP:COATRACK for Scientologist claims about psychiatry (and indeed was sourced to thoroughly unreliable Scientology publications). What the rest of the world thinks of as "psychiatric abuse" is already covered on Wikipedia in Political abuse of psychiatry and its subordinate articles. The term "psychiatric abuse" is however typically used by Scientologists and other fringe anti-psychiatry campaigners to portray the entire psychiatric profession as abusive. If this article was restored it would become (even more of) a collection of anecdotes united by the theme of "events that someone somewhere has called a psychiatric abuse". As this suggests, it would be hopelessly POV right from the start. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Climate change exaggeration for a discussion of a similarly inherently POV article topic. Prioryman (talk) 13:37, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Endorse the 2007 AfD. A clear consensus that the article, as written, was a gross
    No Original Research violation. If the IP registers and requests, allow WP:Userfication, for the purpose of improvement, moving back to mainspace and possible renomination at AfD. It is not clear that the IP intends to improve the article to make it compliant with policy. (wants to compare this to how often that same religion appears in the deleted article?) --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Endorse I see no fault in the deletion process. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:01, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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5 February 2016

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Template:Cite_doi/10.7326.2F0003-4819-156-5-201203060-00010 (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Why was this kept? It's still orphaned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.170.45.121 (talkcontribs) 22:10, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Endorse closure. The closer found a consensus in the discussion that due to the very large number of Cite_doi templates, individual nomination and deletion was not the preferred approach. I suppose the template could have been deleted anyway (no one argued against it) but the close was reasonable. Thparkth (talk) 01:53, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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  • WP:CSD to this, and put it out into draft space. Pretty much everybody agrees that this doesn't belong in main article space in it's current form, and putting it into draft at least goes along with that. It needs to be said, however, that there's no promise that this will ever get back into main space. It's not just a matter of editing which will make it ready, but the subject needs to do things which will attract sufficient attention from reliable secondary sources to meet our notability requirements. That may well never happen. – -- RoySmith (talk) 23:53, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
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Ashley Renee Jones (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (restore)

The deleting New Page Patroller NPP had this to say:

the only conflict of interest I see is that you're trying to create an article on behalf of the subject, based on the comments in the images you upload that indicate the images were given to you by the subject. Third, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks are not reliable sources. Fourth, she would need to have been covered in national-scope publications. A write-up in the News and Observer is not enough to show she's significant or important. Finally, which items(s) from WP:NACTOR do you think she satisfies, and what reliable sources support those claims? —C.Fred (talk) 14:39, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

C.Fred Point One: All pages are created on behalf of something of interest.

C.Fred Point Two: The photos used are her property so the images uploaded I acquired with her permission. I told her why I wanted them so that it would be clear of my use for them. This is in line with copyrighted material and guidelines. Not to get the owners permission would have been a violation.

C.fred Point Three: Reliable Resources. While Facebook and Twitter are not news sources but social media they are still references. Reviews by the regional INDY weekly and Triangle Arts and Entertainment which includes a demographic of over a million people is certainly local notoriety. But to dis-include the News and Observer, North Carolina's largest daily circular. From N&O: Overview of the News & Observer - A company with deep roots in the Triangle, The News & Observer Publishing Co. publishes not only The News & Observer, one of the nation’s best regional newspapers, but also 10 bi-weekly newspapers offering community coverage throughout the Triangle. The company launched nando.net, one of the nation’s first internet service providers, in 1994, and today is home to both newsobserver.com and triangle.com, the region’s leading websites.

C.Fred Point Four: Websites like the Independent Movie Database or IMDB.com is a very reliable source of information concerning film and TV contributions of varying notoriety.

C.Fred Point Five: WP:NACTOR certainly proves the page should not have been deleted. Significant Roles in multiple Roles, check. Large Fan base? What is the criteria for large? Significant Cult following? Again Significant has a numerical value or a cultural definition? She has a few hundred fans and that's more people than other cults with infamous notoriety. Prolific contributions. How many contributions do you have to be in to be considered Prolific? And let me be clear, this isn't a pissing contest. This is wanting to know the criteria for creating a page.

Finally, this person is Notable Enough to be included in the Independent Movie Database or IMDB.com which is a global news credited source of reliable information.

And since the NPP circumvented the seven day discussion for challenging an immediate deletion then that shows they are over zealous and read what they want and omit what the guidelines actually say. From A7 it says : If the claim of significance is credible, the A7 tag can not be applied, even if the claim does not meet the notability guidelines. Topics that seemed non-notable to new page patrollers have often been shown to be notable in deletion discussions.

So simply because the arts and artists are not important to a new page patroller, doesn't make them A7 immediate Deletion and the Deletion Discussion should have been applied. DanWOrr (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2016 (UTC)DanWOrr, (talk) 5 Feb 2016[reply]

If this deletion review is successful and the article is undeleted, I will nominate it for an
WP:AFD which I predict will close with a decision to delete. To be frank, this actress has local notoriety in community theater and has made "casting calls to Disney" which is not the same as having "significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions" that Wikipedia notability standards require. Liz Read! Talk! 19:41, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
  • Endorse A7 deletion, based on the information provided by C.Fred and Cryptic. Nothing that indicates a credible claim of significance. Thparkth (talk) 01:55, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse the text did not give any indication of significance. It said that the subject is an actress with a variety of roles in minor local theatre productions and extra roles in more prominent films. Descriptors included "local performances", "rising local celebrity", "makes frequent casting calls to Disney", "local fame" and "typical starving artist". The second deleted version did include references, and it is possible to avoid A7 deletion by including references which indicate that the subject may be notable, but virtually all the references were to the likes of Facebook, YouTube, IMDB and production companies. The only exceptions are [31] and [32] and I don't think anyone is going to decide that those confer notability as they barely mention the subject's name. Looks like a perfectly valid A7 to me. While it probably was written to promote the subject I don't think it would be a G11 candidate. Hut 8.5 21:39, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
C.Fred can't seem to keep his false statements from a poor decision. She does have film credits as both extras but also one full length film and one tv series. Seems you conveniently forgot to mention those. I was creating a page about a person of notoriety. There are over 90 actors in this middle region of North Carolina and in my opinion their were only two that warranted being preserved, one of those was Jones. She did not ask to me to do it. But I did ask her if it would be ok. Mostly because as I fan of local theater being 50 and the subject 23, I did not want any complications from misinterpreted intentions. The photos are in the public domain but as such I did hunt down who took which ones and they agreed to my use for them. The sound track as well. They were all excited to believe that she would be included since they see her talent as well. The comments made about notoriety and promotional purposes are very ambiguous and as I have recently found in discussing with people about my attempt to make this page that wikipedia is scorned by most as irrelevant and a waste of internet space. I had never asked others for their opinion and was surprised by their collective and independent responses. Reading this gatekeeper debate concerning a page about Jones or any artist really, again citing Amanda Peterson of Can't Buy Me Love. There is nothing of substance about this webservice. With guidelines that say "significant cult following" but has no definition of significant. "Large number of fans" but how many is large? I am abandoning your service completely and joining these other people I recently talked to in their disdain for the information provided. I will however be forwarding to what Fred call an unreliable news source, his comments on behalf of Wikipedia, concerning their lack of journalistic integrity and unworthy news reliability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanWOrr (talkcontribs) 22:13, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Undelete and list at AfD. Challenges A7s should be discussed at AfD, not DRV. A7 is for when there is no point in discussing. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:48, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy deletion is for articles that have severe flaws, at least in their current condition. It is certainly possible to rewrite an article to make clearer the significance of the subject if it were deleted under CSD A7. (Likewise, an article deleted under G11 could be rewritten with neutral text, and an article deleted under G12 could be rewritten with free, original text.) Part of my concern with the article was the depth and volume of coverage in reliable sources: I didn't say the N&O wasn't reliable, but what I said was a single write-up in a paper with a local arts section didn't show widespread or lasting coverage.
    To that end, what is probably best for the health of the article is to undelete to draft space and allow incubation so the article can be developed without the spectre of CSD A7 or an immediate AfD nomination. Once the article has solid sourcing and makes clear the case that the subject is notable, then it can go back to mainspace. —C.Fred (talk) 14:18, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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While I agree with the closer that there was no consensus to delete here, I feel that this article should have been relisted in order to gain broader community consensus. Reviewing the !votes on the page, I don't see a single "keep" vote that refers to an actual Wikipedia policy whose interpretation might justify keeping the article. All of them simply claim that they feel, subjectively, that the subject of the article is notable. Given the massive problems regarding sockpuppetry, off-wiki canvassing, SPA-!voting, and walled gardens in regard to longevity articles (a brief taste of which can found at the relevant Arbcom case), not relisting encourages the historical strategy of off-wiki canvassing and meatpuppetry.

If consensus is that interpretations of actual policies lean towards keeping, then I am fine with it, but the "she's old and therefore notable" argument has no basis in policy and has been rejected on multiple occasions by consensus (see the

large number of similar articles that have been deleted, redirected, and merged over the last few months). I am therefore seeking to have this reopened so that more outside community members can have a chance to comment. If no one does after a second week of discussion, then I could accept a no consensus closure. Canadian Paul 18:07, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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  • Draft:3G Boss – In my individual capacity as an admin, I'm undoing this non-admin closure and reclosing the discussion. –  Sandstein  19:58, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Draft:3G Boss (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

AFD was closed as moot because the page was moved to Draft space, but it needs to be deleted because it is being used as a

WP:SPA and a couple of IPs, also SPAs, and the AFD showed clear consensus to nuke. Guy (Help!) 00:14, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

  • Agree. Bad NAC close, not responding to the clear abuse of process by use of SPAs, and the otherwise clear consensus to delete. I guess JzG is feeling inclined to be tentative, currently engaged in enough other silly arguments and having killed Rasputin last year, but he, like any admin, could have set aside the NAC close and re-closed.
On the page as I see it. It is a running summary of a reality TV show, no secondary sourcing, a NOT:WEBHOST violation by a single editor who does nothing else, and as such if it were in userspace it would be speediable per WP:CSD#U5. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:41, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn to delete - the NAC was well-intentioned and understandable, but procedurally flawed. The actual consensus of the discussion was to delete, and the close should have reflected that. Thparkth (talk) 05:41, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, this should have been closed as delete, and yes, if it's moved back to mainspace or cut-and-pasted there it should be G4'd, but I expect most admins would have undeleted for a move back into draftspace afterward if asked nicely. It seems weird and draconian to forbid this outcome merely because the article author did it himself rather than to continue to argue at the AFD, especially at the prompting of another user.
    Cryptic 07:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
If it was a user with any history other than the obsessive blow by blow writeup of this non-notable programme, I would agree. Guy (Help!) 08:08, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that there would be no issue having this restored to draft space after deletion, so there isn't much need to actually delete it. All the same, the discussion should have been closed as "delete", because that was the outcome, and so that G4 speedy deletion can be used if the article is moved back to main space without substantial improvement. Thparkth (talk) 13:53, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, I think bolded voting summaries are distasteful, usually redundant, nuanceless little crutches for lazy deletion-debate closers. To avoid further confusion, my comment should have been read as Overturn afd to delete. Take no immediate action on article. Relist at MFD. I expect it'll be deleted there with little fuss, but I do think it a necessary step. —
    Cryptic 15:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • I would suggest a transwiki to the Reality TV Wikia.—S Marshall T/C 08:41, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree. Stifle (talk) 09:15, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • The article author can move it there if he wants, and suggesting he take it there is unobjectionable, but we shouldn't do it for him. We have no reason to think he'll have any interest in working on it there, Wikia isn't us, and we shouldn't go out of our way to line their pockets with our castoffs. —
      Cryptic 15:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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4 February 2016

  • Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions didn't make my eyes glaze over, I would impose a topic ban on you right now. However good or bad this redirect might be, it is obvious that the community just doesn't agree with you, and the amount of effort-wasting you are causing by continually flogging this dead horse just isn't worth it. Don't push this anymore. Doing so is disruptive and if you continue with this, you will be blocked or banned from editing. – -- RoySmith (talk) 13:18, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Plowback retained earnings (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore
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I believe the closing administrator interpreted the

consensus
incorrectly and I would like to request that his/her closure be reviewed.

The way I see it, there was a clear consensus to delete. The arguments in favor of deletion clearly outweighed the ones against it. The redirect was determined to be in violation of our policy on page names. It was recognized as a nonsensical misnomer that has never been used outside Wikipedia and that escapes

reasons for keeping and maintaining redirects
. These arguments were not addressed by those in favor of keeping the redirect; rather, they were simply disregarded in a manner akin to covering one's ears and pretending not to hear what is being said, which is largely consistent with what occurred during the redirect's previous two RfDs.

Another problematic thing about the closure, which in my opinion should warrant the discussion's relisting on its own, is that it was performed by an administrator who had also closed the previous discussion of that redirect.[33] This is not the first time this has happened; a similar problem occurred during

Plowback retained earnings' previous RfD, which was also initially closed by an involved administrator, though a different one; the closure was taken to DRV and overturned, see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 March 9. User:Deryck Chan clearly shouldn't have effectively repeated User:BDD
's suboptimal action which was later on nullified by consensus.

Note: The matter was discussed with the closing administrator prior to the opening of this review, see User talk:Deryck Chan#Plowback retained earnings.

Note: There were two previous DRVs of two other discussions related to the

Plowback retained earnings redirect; they're not directly relevant to the matter currently under discussion, but, should anyone wish to review them, they can be found here and here. Iaritmioawp (talk) 18:37, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

I will give you, for the last time mind you, the benefit of the doubt, and patiently explain what is wrong with your comment. In your comment, which doesn't serve to further the discussion it's now a part of in the least, you are accusing me of 1) disrupting Wikipedia; 2) being a single-purpose account; 3) having nominated the closure for review impelled by my dislike of the outcome of the discussion. All of these accusations, a.k.a. personal attacks, are not only misplaced but also blatantly false. Seeking review of closures where we believe the consensus to have been assessed erroneously isn't disruptive; it's what
SPA, as demonstrated by my 4,185 edits to 3,359 unique pages, 84.3% of which were made to the mainspace.[34] It is true that I have recently resumed my Wikipedia editing after a long hiatus and that I'm not currently making any edits to the mainspace; that is due to the fact that I'm still catching up on all the MoS/policy changes that were made while I was away, and I don't appreciate your suggestion that I came back here just to cause mayhem and destruction, or however else you put it. Do not suggest that again. The reason why I nominated the closure for review has been laid out in my nomination statement; my dislike for the outcome is not that reason. If you wish to make any further comments, make sure they contain no further personal attacks; an apology, however, would be entirely appropriate. Iaritmioawp (talk) 00:34, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Yet another red herring and a blatant misconstruing of my comments. This seems to be a pattern for this editor. I honestly have nothing else to say to the editor unless they choose to somehow misconstrue this comment as well. Steel1943 (talk) 03:16, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's not exactly the apology I was hoping for, but I suppose it'll do. Speaking of "red herrings," do you actually have anything to say about the closure that we're here to discuss? This is, after all, a deletion review. Iaritmioawp (talk) 04:47, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • (edit conflict) Strong endorse Spoiler alert: Iaritmioawp always thinks there's "clear consensus to delete" this redirect. See Talk:Plowback retained earnings for links to all four (!) RfDs, and the two previous DRVs. Deryck's close was perfectly valid, because Iaritmioawp can type until their fingers fall off, but it won't change the fact that this is essentially harmless, if not necessary. The differing opinions registered in the discussion speak to that.
I'm certain Iaritmioawp won't let this go until the redirect is deleted, so here's some unsolicited advice: if I were the one hell-bent on doing so, I'd continue nominating after several-month intervals, as Iaritmioawp has done, but I wouldn't DRV every time it didn't go my way (cf.
WP:IDHT
, and definitely the most bizarre case of that I've come across.
This is also the second time this editor has ignored the very important provision of
WP:INVOLVED
that admins who act "purely in an administrative role" are not involved. A few editors overlooking this in a previous DRV doesn't invalidate that—or if it does, then the policy page needs updating.
Being able to accept that things haven't gone your way and move on is an essential skill for any Wikipedian. I hope it's one Iaritmioawp picks up here after round 7. --BDD (talk) 18:48, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @BDD: Well, I was about to add to my comment the hypothetical assumption that it seems that this editor keeps on renomimatimg this redirect in the hopes that the body of editors monitoring RFD will change so that the discussion can go in their favor, but you basically beat me to it. Steel1943 (talk) 18:53, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I guess I had that thought too (see below). Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 19:01, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As per
Plowback retained earnings redirect was overturned and which is why the closure currently under review should also be overturned. Iaritmioawp (talk) 19:05, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
That's no consensus five times. As much as I dislike this redirect and have !voted multiple times for its deletion, it's clearly not happening. The nominator and other !delete voters (myself included) have apparently consistently failed to present a compelling argument supporting the redirect's deletion to the extent necessary to sway consensus, and there are no more arguments to give. Furthermore, the nominator has not offered any, they seem simply content to
drop this particular stick. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 18:59, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Four closures of effectively the same discussion; two closing administrators. If you believe there is nothing wrong with that picture, I guess I have no other choice but to respectfully disagree. Iaritmioawp (talk) 19:05, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed I do believe there's nothing wrong with that picture; I believe this makes me the fourth editor to have told you so, but
you refuse to hear it. Admins who act in a purely administrative capacity in a discussion are not INVOLVED; the fact that you object to it after the fact does not make them involved either. This discussion has gone exactly the same way four times, and there has been absolutely nothing presented here to make anyone think that discussing it a fifth time would result in any other outcome. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 19:17, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
  • @S Marshall: Wow, the essay that WP:DEEPER goes to ... I never knew such a list actually existed. The more I now know ... and can appreciate about Wikipedia. Steel1943 (talk) 19:28, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Those are actually relatively mild cases... some things aren't listed there, for various reasons including WP:BEANS. Here's an instructive link. Here's another. Deary deary me.—S Marshall T/C 20:03, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn to delete. Disclaimer: I've never been involved in any of these discussions that I can remember, and for all that I don't think I even know any of the users involved. Contra Steel1943 (talk · contribs), there is nothing disruptive about renominating a redirect for deletion when the previous discussions failed to produce consensus. On average of once a year (give or take) seems a reasonable period, certainly not worth an accusation of disruption which simply poisons the discussion. That doesn't help Wikipedia. Now, main idea. I see no policy-based arguments raised for keeping the redirect. Editors in favor of deletion suggested, and were not rebutted, that the redirect is implausible and nonsensical. These are reasons to delete. Steel1943 acknowledged in the original debate that the redirect was "implausible", but he also said "but that doesn't meant that it's not useful." Forgive me, but the claim is precisely that--that it's not useful. If Steel1943 has explained elsewhere how it is useful then I can't find it, and no closing administrator should have to trawl through archives like that. The argument that the redirect is unambiguous is irrelevant. Any random concatenation of nouns would be. No one in this discussion has explained why this redirect is useful and should be kept, and many have explained why it is implausible and should be deleted. The closing administrator should have given the latter arguments greater weight and deleted the redirect. Mackensen (talk) 23:54, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The rationale for it to be deleted initially was because it was redundant in itself (such as calling a refridgerator a "refridgerating refridgerator"); I did not see that to be a valid reason for deletion, and I still don't. Steel1943 (talk) 01:56, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's certainly not a reason to keep it--it's useless--and with a preponderance of editors advancing the position to delete (with policies and arguments and other cool stuff) it the administrator should have accorded their views greater weight.
WP:RFD#KEEP. It's comical, if Kafkaesque. We're binding ourselves up in knots to save a redirect no one can justify. Mackensen (talk) 02:02, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Looking deeper.... Ban Iaritmioawp (talk · contribs) from ever discussing this redirect again. If he is right, someone else will make a fresh argument, and it is more likely to lead to a consensus if the discussion is driven by someone with less baggage. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:47, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse - no other outcome was possible based on that discussion. Probably doesn't need to be discussed again any time soon. Thparkth (talk) 05:35, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse, consensus was reasonable, redirects are cheap. Nominator is advised to drop the
    WP:STICK. Stifle (talk) 09:17, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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3 February 2016

2 February 2016

  • RetroscriptingRedirect changed. The closure is contested only as regards the redirect target. There's consensus that it should be changed. Per this discussion, I'm changing it to Improvisational theatre#In film and television; this can be changed further if appropriate through the normal editorial process. –  Sandstein  09:27, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
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The AfD was closed as "redirect to

retroscripted to show that Poochie died on the way to his home planet. The reader expects the link "retroscripted" to go to an article about retroactive changes to scripts, but is instead taken to an article about an entirely unrelated TV series. JIP | Talk 19:27, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

Perhaps I should adjust my statement above. It's an open question whether it makes sense for this to exist as a stand-alone article, but certainly the current redirect to Home Movies (TV series) makes no sense. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:32, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If we're just debating the redirect, it should be at
RFD not here. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:23, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
  • Yes, retroscripting is a word used in multiple places. However, reliable secondary sources for it as a topic are very thin. Instead, it is a
    WP:NEOLOGISM. As such, the first hurdle to get an entry at wikt:Retroscripting
    .
If wikilinking is demanded from other articles unrelated to "Home Movies", then add a section at Ad libitum. If that section requires more space than that article allows, then spin out from there, a new article in parallel to Improvisational theatre. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:17, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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1 February 2016

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Food Matters (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)
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