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The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the page above. Please do not modify it.
Drought Conditions (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

(I don't think the admin closed poorly here, but other considerations lead me to DRV this after speaking to him.) A sparsely-attended AfD resulted in the article on this West Wing episode being deleted early in 2010. However, not only is it literally the only episode for which we don't have an article, it also appears to be the only episode that was ever even nominated for deletion. To me, the lack of interest in deleting the others (before, after, or even during this AfD) implies a tacit consensus to cover episodes which overrides this individual AfD - consistency, and the failure of the AfD to serve as precedent for deleting similar articles, suggest that the article should be restored. –Roscelese (talkcontribs) 03:17, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • The important issue here is the idea that someone typing "Drought Conditions" into the search box is looking for a TV series episode. I think this idea is bizarre. What the AfD should have found is that Drought Conditions ought to be a redirect to Drought (disambiguation) and I suggest that we unilaterally overturn the AfD to that result. What Roscelese is asking about is whether it should be permissible to have an article called Drought conditions (West Wing episode), and I don't really care have no opinion about that.—S Marshall T/C 08:42, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow recreation at Drought conditions (West Wing episode) for the sake of consistency. Every other episode has an article, but I think they are pretty weak stand alone article. Intereested editors should read WP:WAF. If a better mix of sources can't be found, I think mass merging is in order. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:50, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I pretty much agree. I suspect there are sources for many of these episodes, but most of the articles are so weak that a merge is a good idea at the moment anyways (I looked at the last 2 seasons articles and didn't see many (if any) reliable sources). There is a season page, so maybe just a redirect for now? Hobit (talk) 13:12, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • It is currently a redirect, but I think that the article should be restored, because the existence of over 150 similar articles suggests that the community is not overly concerned that we cover The West Wing in detail, and consistency is good. While it may not be necessary to cover individual episodes, the fact that we do means that we shouldn't have a gap between "Freedonia" and "A Good Day" that leaves readers wondering what happened. –Roscelese (talkcontribs) 14:44, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow recreation at Drought Conditions (The West Wing) per nom. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment this is in essence a consensus can change argument. Rather than the normal vague wave to such, the evidence present does indeed suggest that should this be listed today there is a good possibility of a different outcome, as such this should probably be restored, if anyone feels strongly enough it could then be listed. Personally I'd go along with some of the other views above, that in fact I think there may (as some point) be a broader consensus to actually simplify the whole lot, and I'd agree with that, but that's not where we are right now. --82.19.4.7 (talk) 06:14, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Restore and rename per the above "allow recreation" votes, difference being is that I believe if we're to keep an article that was deleted other than for G10-12 reasons, we should have the edit history appropriately recorded to honor the past contributors, even if what they did needs to now be completely updated to meet current inclusion standards. Jclemens (talk) 01:34, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The above is an archive of the deletion review of the page listed in the heading. Please do not modify it.
The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the page above. Please do not modify it.
File:EichmannSSdoc.jpg (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (article|XfD|restore)

Upon request, I contacted the National Archives and had them e-mail Wikipedia to confirm that scans from the SS record microfilms and free and public to use on this site. The archivist who e-mailed me advised that he never got any kind of a reply from Wikipedia. He e-mailed the permissions address, and a copy of his e-mail was transcribed here [1]. These SS record scans are not copyrighted, yet every few years there seems to be an effort to delete them. I ask that this file be undeleted. OberRanks (talk) 02:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above is an archive of the deletion review of the page listed in the heading. Please do not modify it.