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Proposed deletion of File:SeaSpanBarge.jpg

The file File:SeaSpanBarge.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unused, low-res, no obvious use.

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Thanks for the tag - I just deleted it to make it easy. -- Tawker (talk) 01:01, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Page deleted

Hello, I’m new to wiki as an editor. I’m trying to get understanding as to why a page I made was deleted? I followed the steps and made sure i did citations for links and information that was posted. Editor0816 (talk) 18:17, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Editor0816 and welcome. The article was requested for deletion following Not a web host policy. If you'd like I can restore the draft somewhere in your user space and you could submit via the Articles for creation process although I'd suggest ensuring that notability is met. Articles generally belong in the article space not under a User: page. If you have any further questions or would like me to restore to assist with going thru articles for creation please advise. -- Tawker (talk) 00:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Bernard Middleton

Hello! I recently created the article Bernard Middleton that you deleted after it was flagged for copyright infringement. The page was not an integral copy of the stated source (though it was indeed used as one of the handful of references used, and cited). Perhaps I unintentionally left a chunk of text from the source as it was, without any alteration? In any case, I would like to rectify my mistake; would it be possible to restore the page in some way, with the omission of the offending content, so that I could rework it without starting from scratch? Thanks, and apologies! RickMorais (talk) 22:14, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rick - thanks for the note - let me see what I can do, the copyvio report had indicated a 65% match and there were quite a few paragraphs that were matching entirely with the source article. Can you give me a few days, it will likely be a little bit of work to go thru selectively. -- Tawker (talk) 22:19, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your cascade-protected page

Hi there. Somehow or other the issue of cascade-protected pages came to my attention, and I noticed that you have a cascade-protected page in your userspace (User:Tawker/protectlist). You made all of those page protections over a couple of days in August 2007, and it's not clear to me why that page is cascade-protected (or for that matter, why the pages listed were salted, as they'd only had one previous deletion). I know this was forever ago, and it strikes me that it was some sort of experiment that you and a couple of other admins undertook, possibly when cascade protection was being introduced. When you have a chance, could you take a look at this? It's not urgent, obviously; nobody noticed it for 16 years. Thanks. Risker (talk) 04:41, 12 April 2023 (UTC) Just noting that I came across it when looking at this page[reply]

Whoa, that is a blast from the past. It took a little bit to find the time to dig in (as you said, 16 years so hardly a critical need) - I don't think there is a need for the page to exist anymore, as such I have simply deleted it. Thanks for catching it! -- Tawker (talk) 14:03, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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