Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 July 5
Biography in relation to published work, projects and events systematically deleted (vandalized) by wikipedia editor since 1995. Suspected hate campaing, /ad since the biography and links to support the notoriety principles have been edited/added by various users and systematicaly deleted by the editors who obviously did not verify the supporting links, even when 'hold on' was placed on the page. Claim to notoriety met. Similar articles not deleted, nor questioned nor discussed, despite lesser links (see Nick Denton}, Patrick Barkham and many many living others whose profile is never deleted). All backlinks to related sources in other wikipedia pages also systematically wiped. Please restore and do not allow editors to delete this page, or please delete all the other pages that carry biographies of living people who are journalists/writers/researchers.
- Before I reply to this, please could an uninvolved admin confirm that the various G4 deletions here really were substantially identical to (i.e., near-carbon copies of) the original content from 2006?—S Marshall Talk/Cont 19:18, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Substantial improvement was made during the course of the discussion and was ongoing at the time the discussion was closed. A courtesy notification, while not required, should have been made to the relevant WikiProject. I question the motivation of three of the "delete" voters, as they had expressed displeasure at me for disagreeing with them in a previous deletion discussion and then all showed up to vote "delete" with no interest in weighing the merits of the additions to the article. While the discussion was ongoing, two of the "delete" voters removed sourced information that helped establish the subject's notability for reasons that, at ANI, were said by two administrators to be against Wikipedia policy. I was unable to restore this information without dancing around 3RR, but the article was deleted several hours later (while the ANI was still open). Due to the ongoing improvements up to the time of deletion and procedural irregularities during the discussion, I am asking that the article be restored or, at the very least, that a second, untainted AfD be opened. GaryColemanFan (talk) 18:04, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- I'm somewhat inclined to agree with a relist on the numbers, but I find your other remarks very concerning and I wonder if we're looking at a conduct dispute rather than a content one. Please could you provide diffs to illustrate what you say?—S Marshall Talk/Cont 19:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Decision was to delete and recreate as a redirect. I feel the page should simply have been redirected (edit history retained). While it was unclear if the subject the page now redirects to is the same as the one the creator had in mind, the rationale for the deletion was that it was a hoax. But given the creator's history, it seems more like a good-faith creation in which a poor job was done at specifying the correct details. More time is needed to check this out. Sebwite (talk) 16:09, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Closing admin: This was a very unambiguous close, with the DRV filer being the only person not in favour of deleting this article. Thryduulf (talk · contribs) 's responses to your two comments at the AfD were particularly useful - there's simply no evidence that this mall exists, whatsoever, resulting in a gratuitous failure of WP:V. If the article was created in good faith, the details are so unsalvageably incorrect as to not be any use. While I salute your desire to rescue articles, I really think that time could be better spent than rescuing an article on a mall that all available evidence suggests does not exist. ~ mazca talk 18:19, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Endorse. Yeah, that was totally unambiguous. Consider speedy close.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 19:12, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Decision was to merge and redirect to List of Space Ghost Coast to Coast characters, however new information came to light during the merging process. It turns out that an entry on this page for "Tansit" or "Tansut" already exists, and that "Tansuit" is an improbable misspelling of this character's name. Had I known this during the time of the AfD, I would have recommended Delete because I think it's improper for Wikipedia to maintain Tansuit as a redirect as it is an improbable misspelling. — X S G 05:44, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- Endorse close. I don't see in what way this is an implausible misspelling - evidently whoever created the article made that mistake. I would simply redirect this as the AfD mandated, merging any further useful information that isn't already included under "Tansit", and leave it at that - the redirect isn't doing any harm. You can always take it to WP:RfD later if you really think it's implausible - I think the AfD close remains correct here even given the changed circumstances. ~ mazca talk 09:58, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- I should also add that as the AfD nominator you are already assumed to be recommending "delete" - if you wanted a merge in the first place, articles for deletion was not the place to bring it. ~ mazca talk 09:58, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- I'd say "Tansuit" is quite a plausible mis-spelling. (Look at the arrangement of keys on your keyboard).
I endorse this close as an accurate reading of the consensus.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 16:06, 5 July 2009 (UTC)