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CfD backlog

Hi, do you have time to close some CfD discussions again (especially the older ones of September and October)? Marcocapelle (talk) 07:24, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

ABN Assets

Hello! I wanted to give you some more information on ABN Assets. They are an active scam community that are impersonating ABN AMRO, a legitimate financial institution. They message people on facebook trying to get victims to send cryptocurrency to their website www.abn-assets.com . The entire webpage is fake and I am actively looking to take them down. The Wikipedia page is the first thing that comes up when you google the company and I noticed you removed the deletion flag on the page. I am not too familiar with how Wikipedia operates, but if you can help me out and get this page taken down it would be greatly appreciated. Just trying to prevent more people from getting scammed. Thank you very much, have a great day. UnrealFinancial (talk) 07:40, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Content dispute on Ten (singer)

Hi, I'm recently in content dispute with a persistent IP. We've already have a long discussion, but we're stuck now. I've asked for third opinion, but since you're familiar with k-pop on Wikipedia, I think you can understand the problem better. So, if you have time, can you take a look at it? Thank you beforehand. — Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 12:06, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Deletion review for List of international goals scored by Harry Kane

An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of international goals scored by Harry Kane. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 18:24, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

I love brownies! They are my favorite desserts! Rohnay Pinnock (talk) 03:13, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Use of “ethnic cleansing”

I am very concerned by the use of “ethnic cleansing” in the context of language. This is the term that was used specifically during the wars that resulted in the breakup of what was once the country of Yugoslavia. Ethnic cleansing specifically referred to the KILLING and attempt to KILL off an entire ethnic group.

I personally know people who literally lost their entire family due to ethnic cleansing. Using this term to indicate a language issue is beyond offensive. It is sanitizing again the deaths of many innocent people. 2600:1700:B2D:1810:A5A7:17EA:92A2:9D3D (talk) 13:16, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

International Society for Philosophical Enquiry

Thanks for your closure. Do you think this should maybe get salted, since it's being repeatedly recreated? JBchrch talk 04:44, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

@JBchrch: Hi, it feels like it may be a little early for that. It was technically recreated only once. Bgrus22 created the page as a cross-namespace redirect in 2020 for some reason, so only Elingolin's 2021 version would count as a recreation. ✗plicit 06:41, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Miss Myanmar

Hi, Explicit. AungKaung932 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) has returned to the various Miss Myanmar pages again. It might be time for an indefinite block, given that they've been blocked for exactly the same behaviour and are probably evading the block you placed on 202.165.87.75 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)). Sdrqaz (talk) 10:40, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

@Sdrqaz: Hi, I have blocked AungKaung932 indefinitely. Given that this user was able to make edits despite that IP being blocked, it may signify that their IP address is dynamic. I'll leave the Miss Myanmar pages alone for now, but please free to notify or ping me if the articles are restored once again so I can protect them from editing. ✗plicit 11:16, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, Explicit. Sdrqaz (talk) 11:44, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

your deletion

[1] - please explain your deletion of a talk page. Loew Galitz (talk) 19:43, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Loew Galitz: Hi, as the deletion summary suggests, promotion. It was created by 84.68.137.66 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), who was being disruptive and was blocked for 60 hours by another administrator. There were no other edits to the talk page. ✗plicit 23:41, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Croatia–Mongolia relations (4th nomination)

What sort of more thorough discussion can we have there? I'm trying not to be impatient here, but it's been decades now :) we have three people saying delete, and one person commenting that they're curious if there is significant coverage (and then me saying yet again that there isn't). What else needs to be said or done to resolve this? --Joy [shallot] (talk) 09:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

@Joy: Hi, I relisted the discussion because I didn't see a strong enough consensus to delete the page, especially given its history. It has survived AFD three times prior, two of which you were the nominator. Unlike other international relations which I have deleted even as "soft delete" due to low participation, this one in particular has proven to be contentious and would benefit from additional participation. Plus, I felt that the other half of Mhawk10's comment had some merit due to the language barrier with Mongolian. The debate will likely close as "delete" if additional sources are not forthcoming. ✗plicit 11:56, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
Yeah, I think if we haven't received input from Mongolian users about the topic in this much time, it's doubtful we'll get it now. (Probably because nobody even knows about such a fringe matter.) --Joy [shallot] (talk) 12:20, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Deleted user and articles

Sir, your deletion of this user
https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=123187304

Caused the removal of their UK Nottinghamshire articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wigthorpe&action=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Costhorpe&action=history

And it hence shows missing links here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Nottinghamshire

Could you provide the content? If they were sensible articles, I'd happily recreate them.
Thanks --The Equalizer (talk) 17:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

@The Equalizer: Hi, sure thing. Here is the content for Wigthorpe and Costhorpe. These links will expire in a week. ✗plicit 06:42, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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Unused non-free file

File:BaltimoreColts4753.png was only unused because of vandalism at Baltimore Colts (1947–1950). Could you please un-delete it, if that's a thing? - Sumanuil (talk) 01:56, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

@Sumanuil:  Done, file restored. ✗plicit 02:52, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. - Sumanuil (talk) 04:13, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Explicit, for catching all of those many broken redirects and reverting them all to point to the correct pages. I have been waking up too early and I shouldn't edit before I've had my morning coffee. I jumped the gun there. I appreciate you alerting me to my mistake on my talk page so I could revert myself. I also left a message for the page mover suggesting that, in the future, they leave a redirect when they do a page move so that a bot can fix all of those redirects so they point to the right pages. Thanks again! Liz Read! Talk! 22:59, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

@Liz: With the amount of pages affected and 99% of them having eventual targets, those broke redirects had to be inspected with extra care. Many of them had backlinks and the page history showed that reverting to the previous revision would have taken care of the matter. Please make sure to check these the next time a huge batch shows up.
I appreciate you taking accountability for those mistaken deletions here on my talk page, but shifting the blame onto AnomieBOT III in your message to Polyamorph is odd. AB3 only deletes broken redirects with one revision. Those with more are listed at User:AnomieBOT III/Broken redirects for human review. Had those redirects been deleted, the deleting administrator would have been responsible for those actions. ✗plicit 02:52, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Explicit, in reverting the disruptive page moves I did not consider broken redirects when I should have. I will be sure to do so in the future. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Polyamorph (talk) 04:49, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Request to send a hoax article to the hoax list

Can you add Ruda Real (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ruda Real) to the WP:HOAXLIST? wizzito | say hello! 00:57, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

@Wizzito:  Done, the page is now available at Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Ruda Real. ✗plicit 05:30, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Guardians Drum And Bugle Corps

hello! i was wondering why you proposed deletion of the guardians dbc page? the reason you put was "non-notable" and "no evidence of success in national compettion" and yes thats how you spelled competition, if we're going off of notoriety and success you'd have to also remove dozens of other open and world class ensembles. I see no reason the Guardians pages shouldnt be present, thank you kindly. 52.144.111.245 (talk) 16:46, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

The article was nominated for deletion by another user and remained uncontested after seven days, leading to its deletion. You are free to request the restoration of the page at WP:REFUND. ✗plicit 00:10, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

File:Life Is Strange.gif

Can you restore the file you deleted with a reason "unused" when its acually used in the GA Life Is Strange (video game) and were just removed by the bot in the end after it was deleted. thanks. 118.106.111.141 (talk) 22:26, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

For reference, https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Life_Is_Strange_(video_game)&diff=1032311899&oldid=1031593442 — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 23:33, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done, file restored. I've cleaned up the file's description page so the bot won't remove it from the article. ✗plicit 00:10, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Hold Nickar

You closed the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hold Nickar with soft delete. I didn't vote this AfD because I'm busy these days. Pls kindly reopen the AfD. I'll explain with sources. TIA. VocalIndia (talk) 09:38, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

@VocalIndia:  Done, discussion re-opened. ✗plicit 14:49, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Block Evasion

User Kaung35 rolled back your redirect you enforced on Miss Myanmar 2013. I have done a rollback on Miss Myanmar 2014; you may wish to start an SPI around this repeated block evasion. Cheers. --Whiteguru (talk) 21:24, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Yury Polyanskiy’s page

Hi! I was wondering if your deletion of my page can be undone. Any updates (Dec. 15, 2021)? Thanks! 128.31.5.105 (talk) 02:14, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Policy does not allow for the page to be restored. It will need to be rewritten by someone who isn't a sockpuppet of the blocked user. ✗plicit 03:07, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Declined speedy (Fahad Ahmad (activist))

Just to clarify, the creator of the article for the purpose of G5, is the person who actually created the draft, not the one who moved it to mainspace? The one who moved it to mainspace is a likely sock (and blocked), but not the creator of the draft. It's a rather odd situation IMO, as there are several authors who seem to work very closely with the socks of User:Syed amjad08, but who don't obviously seem to be socks. Mako001 (talk) 10:18, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@The Alternate Mako: Hi, per WP:G5, the person who created the page must be the sockpuppet of a blocked user to qualify. ✗plicit 14:12, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification. would it be acceptable to draftify this one instead in this case? Mako001 (talk) 04:27, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
@The Alternate Mako: Yes, that should be an acceptable alternative in this case. ✗plicit 07:23, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
I've moved it to draftspace now, since the only edits by other users were categorisation and cleanup/copyediting. Would it be worthwhile deleting the redirects that this has left? Mako001 (talk) 12:39, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
@The Alternate Mako:  Done, speedy deleted under WP:CSD#R2. ✗plicit 13:07, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/VKKM

Hi, could I received Archive of deleted article as this was my long term article.

Thanks Paulmafija (talk) 06:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

@Paulmafija: Hi, a copy of the text can be found here. ✗plicit 06:38, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your TfD work

Thank you for your many, many closures at TfD. I know that admin work can sometimes come with pushback and static and tediousness, but I appreciate your work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:57, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: No worries, and thank you for the kind words! I'm not particular good with template building, but I've been able to learn a lot from working at TFD. ✗plicit 00:48, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Explicit!
Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 01:03, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

CfD backlog

Hi! At WP:CFD there are 8 discussions from October still open and a few more from early November. Would you be willing to take a look at them? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:21, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Deletion review for Florian Hempel

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Florian Hempel. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. All my warmest wishes, ItsKesha (talk) 21:54, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Tell me why why why?

Why did you delete the Malaysia and the apartheid analogy, will you restored it back so can copy the content to translate it from English to Malay. Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.143.172.226 (talk) 10:40, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello Mr. @Explicit:, why didn't you answer me. I want your explanation over the matter?!–175.143.172.226 (talk) 10:06, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Pages deleted for block evasion can not be restored. The content will need to be rewritten by someone who isn't a sockpuppet of the blocked user, in English or Malay. ✗plicit 10:15, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

thanks

Nice to meet you. Thank you for your work. My name is Qbwr8296. Thank you for editing my subpage. I think it was probably a redirection that was edited, but what did I do wrong? In addition, I would appreciate it if you could tell me how to edit it. I'm a Japanese, so I tend to rely on machine translation for most of my English, but I'd appreciate it if you could help me understand. I won't edit the English version at this time, but I'll do so someday when I have a lot of English ability and experience. I look forward to meeting you one day, Explict. Qbwr8296 (talk) 03:51, 23 December 2021 (UTC) correction Qbwr8296 (talk) 03:55, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

@Qbwr8296: Hi, I changed #REDIRECT[[Ja:利用者:Qbwr8296]] to {{Soft redirect|Ja:利用者:Qbwr8296}} because of the technical limitations of this website. When someone wants to redirect a page on the English Wikipedia to a different language Wikipedia, we must use {{Soft redirect}}. Otherwise, AnomieBOT III thinks #REDIRECT[[Ja:利用者:Qbwr8296]] is a redirect to a page that does not exist. I hope this explanation makes sense. ✗plicit 09:52, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

I understand now. Thank you very much for your help.Qbwr8296 (talk) 11:40, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Review Michael D Norton Discussion Page

Norton's deletion page has not been closed yet and its deletion discussion page is two weeks old. I am asking if you can review the voting and close the deletion discussion page so its not left there for longer. Nobody has closed it yet and I am asking you because your one of the discusion closers. You might be busy but when you find time, please close it. The articles deletion page is Michael D Norton. Thanks. HelpingWorld (talk) 21:06, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Draft Adam Kasa

Hi there,

I was drafting a page for a professional golfer.

It has since been removed without my request or notification.

This page is extremely important for an up and coming golfer. Can I request to have this reinstated to continue my project immediately?

Thank you. Bubbix84 (talk) 09:12, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Bubbix84: Done – as a draft or Articles for creation submission deleted under CSD G13, the page has been restored upon request. Drafts and Articles for creation are not for the indefinite hosting of material found to be unsuitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia. ✗plicit 10:29, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Request to restore deleted image

Hello Explicit, may I request for this image to be restored? It was properly used to depict the logo of a defunct airline until removed by an editor with a history of randomly removing stuff. You had deleted it under F5 as it was not being used (rightly so), and so I am requesting to restore the image on the page. This will be greatly appreciated, thank you. Seloloving (talk) 20:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Seloloving:  Done, file restored. ✗plicit 00:18, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Afd reappears

Hello User:Explicit. on 14 December 2021 you deleted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muhammad Al Hayrsh. However on 18 December it popped up again Muhammad Al Hayrsh without explanation. Any reason you know of? Best wishes, Xxanthippe (talk) 04:04, 26 December 2021 (UTC).

@Xxanthippe: Hi, thanks for bringing this to my attention. The author simply reposted the same content, so I have deleted it under WP:CSD#G4. ✗plicit 04:44, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Thx. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:04, 26 December 2021 (UTC).

Request to restore deleted article

Hello Explicit,

I page I created was deleted after an expired PROD. I had forgotten to respond to the person who nominated the article for deletion. Their concern was somewhat ridiculous, "Non-prominent nor noteworthy artist vying for Wikipedia clout by using the "people of color"/race card, doesn't qualify under Wiki standards" . The artist has many non-trivial mentions and in-depth coverage in large, reputed publications like The New York Times, Complex, WWD, Vogue, and 032c. The person who placed the proposed deletion obviously didn't conduct a WP:BEFORE.

Would you be able to have it restored? Thanks! Mooonswimmer 12:33, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Mooonswimmer: Hi, it would be no problem as any article deleted by PROD can be restored upon request. Which deleted page are you referring to? ✗plicit 12:37, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! The article is Brittany Bosco. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mooonswimmer (talk • contribs) 13:01, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Mooonswimmer: Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored upon request. ✗plicit 13:09, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Deletion review for Oleg Kharuk

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yoshitha housing and infra pvt.ltd

hello sir i have explained in talk about company how its become promoting . on that page i just entered a basic details of company — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbvraghunath (talk • contribs) 04:28, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

@Sbvraghunath: Sorry, but with language like, "...is undoubtedly the [fastest] growing real estate company" and "With high attention to detail and elegant aesthetics, the value that Yoshitha's projects offer to the customers is truly unparalleled", your draft was blatantly promotional. Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. ✗plicit 04:34, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Category closure

Just as a reminder, you have closed Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_November_22#Disease-related_deaths_by_country but you have not implemented it yet. Marcocapelle (talk) 23:57, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@Marcocapelle:  Done. ✗plicit 00:47, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Please remove items altogether from lists like these, when closing deletions. Index of Telangana-related articles is a list of articles, not a list of topics that no longer have Wikipedia articles. Geschichte (talk) 08:56, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

@Geschichte: Huh. I think XFDcloser unlinked the item instead of giving the option to remove the entry in its entirety because the article is formatted as prose instead of a bulleted list. Compare this format (bad) to this one (good). ✗plicit 11:27, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

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Request CSD on page unable to be tagged

Hey Explicit, sorry for reaching out to your specifically on your talk page like this, but it seemed like the easiest way to get this done (if there is a better way to get this done that doesn't involve having to bother you, please let me know because I'm sure this isn't the best way to do this I just can't figure out a better way to do it). I would like to request CSD per A7 on Module:Sandbox/Snood1205/Convert to eastern arabic numerals/testcases. For some reason using require('Module:Module wikitext')._addText([=[{{db-author|rationale=...}}]=]); didn't appropriately put a CSD request on the page. Thanks! snood1205 01:12, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

@Snood1205:  Done, it was no bother at all! But surely you meant G7, not A7? ✗plicit 01:15, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, and yep G7 not A7. Oops! snood1205 01:18, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

2 Media Deletions

File:Sonic X scene.png and File:Sonic X DVD.jpg. Can you undo these deletions? Former looks like a mistake[2]. The latter also best met FAC criteria.[3] « Ryūkotsusei » 05:13, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

@Ryūkotsusei: I have restored the first file, but I'm trouble understanding the justification for the second. In the link you provided, it describes the image as "Cover art of the Spanish-language DVD of Season 2." That's an odd cover to identify the entire Japanese series, isn't it? ✗plicit 12:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Now Commons

Hello!

Good that you're deleting files I transfered to Commons! It seems most admins don't unfortunately, which has lead to quite a large backlog.Jonteemil (talk) 07:15, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I suspect the reason for the backlog is that admins aren't sure if the license is correct so if it's deleted on Commons then it's gone, and this makes them unsure and leave the file page without deleting, am I right?Jonteemil (talk) 07:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) Explicit is also a Commons administrator so perhaps it easier for them to assess whether something is more likely OK for Commons than for someone who's only a Wikipedia administrator. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:40, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
@Jonteemil: Hi, no worries, thanks for the transfers! Magog the Ogre is also an English Wikipedia and Commons administrator who deals with this backlog, though there may be others. It's usually media file specialists who work in the area due to all the legal ramifications that come with it, laws that change from time to time, verifying the author, source, publication dates, checking for copyright violations, and so on. Editors willing to dig in this mud are far and few in between.
I'm not sure about others, but it's more of a "I'm not confident in this case, maybe another administrator is more knowledgeable and they determine if the licensing is correct" approach for me. There is so much about copyright to learn, but I go to the oldest in the backlog every once in a while and can make a determination weeks or months later because I always learn something new. Sometimes, it's more about making a better effort on my part to figure things out, ha. ✗plicit 12:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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deleted page Draft:Neeco

Hello. I would like to ask for help with this article about Neeco company, which I was trying to create and you deleted. I understand it was wrong but I have no idea how to write it properly so it is not promotional. Could you help me please? Elle at Neeco (talk) 07:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

@Elle at Neeco: Hi, perhaps you are aware, but please note that there is a conflict of interest on your part as an employee of the company. Generally, you are strongly discouraged from creating and editing pages relating to your employer, but Wikipedia understands that this simply can't be avoided. The pertinent guidelines for writing about this subject are Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion and the notability guideline for organizations and companies. ✗plicit 01:38, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Subpages deleted after TFD, but they are still used

This is partly my fault, but the following subpages were deleted after a TFD even though they are still used. Can you please restore them? I will take care of moving them to a better location.

Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:49, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring these. I have moved and replaced all of them, so they can all be re-deleted now. Sorry for the extra work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:21, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: The subpages were actually restored by Plastikspork. They are more knowledgeable with templates, so I will leave the fate of those redirects to them. ✗plicit 01:38, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh, thanks Plastikspork! The above templates (which I converted to redirects and then replaced with their targets in all transclusions) can be re-deleted. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:34, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Done, it looks like these were all replaced by Template:Hatching colors. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 13:21, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
It looks like I have a benevolent stalker. Thanks all. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:51, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Deleted files

Would you restore the following files?

  • File:Camel-StationaryTraveller.jpg
  • File:Camel_Dust_And_Dreams.jpg
  • File:Camel_Rajaz_cover.jpg
  • File:Harbour of Tears.jpg
  • File:Caravan Coming Of Age.jpg

I've restored the pages. Sikonmina (talk) 05:49, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

@Sikonmina:  Done, all files restored. ✗plicit 11:05, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Request to undelete page

I would like to undelete Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/VKKM, I am aware that deletion happened at the moment, but was unaware at the time when discussion happened. I would like to request a review, at which I would be able to provide notable sources, as per wikipedias guidelines, originaly I was unclear on sources requirments when article was created. Paulmafija (talk) 00:04, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

@Paulmafija: As the page was deleted as a result of the deletion discussion, I can not unilaterally undelete the page. You may want to try creating going through the Articles for creation process to address the issues brought up at the deletion debate. ✗plicit 12:57, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Block

Please block Riocokidswear for advertising and spam. Look at all their edits including deleted ones, they are advertising capital bank. Cheers--Megan B.... It’s all coming to me till the end of time 12:50, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

@Synoman Barris:  Done, user blocked. ✗plicit 12:57, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abhaya School

You closed this AfD as a soft delete for low quora. I'd like to take a 2nd look at the material: could you draftify the article?

Many thanks in advance. — Charles Stewart (talk) 10:44, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

@Chalst:  Done, the content is now available at Draft:Abhaya School. ✗plicit 11:30, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Request to restore the deleted article

The article which I have created about the Indian film director Vinoth Rajendran has notable works, which is currently in editing process and under discussion, but you have deleted it. Please kindly undelete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SarojiniMathiyalagan (talk • contribs) 03:27, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

@SarojiniMathiyalagan: Yes, Vinoth Rajendran was under discussion. For an entire week. The discussion resulted in deleting the page, as you failed to address any of the concerns raised during the debate. ✗plicit 03:34, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

I agree, I was about to join the discussion after re-editing the reliable citations properly since the article was nominated because of non-notability. Can you please re-consider it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SarojiniMathiyalagan (talk • contribs) 04:36, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Deletion review for Everything Will Be OK

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Everything Will Be OK. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ang-pdx (talk • contribs) 01:53, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

"Dark side of the Moon" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Dark side of the Moon and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 13#Dark side of the Moon until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. You issued an invitation to "take it to WP:RFD", so I have done that. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 03:48, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

List of Yellowstone episodes

I noticed you deleted Talk:List of Yellowstone episodes. The merge template on the episode articles link there for discussion, so where should the merger be discussed? —Confession0791 talk 11:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

@Confession0791: Hi, the discussion should have one centralized location on a talk page of an existing article. Otherwise, as with Talk:List of Yellowstone episodes, it will be eligible for speedy deletion in accordance with the Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page criterion. Where exactly that should take place I'll leave up to you. The {{Merge to}} template can be modified to point to a specific talk page and section by using the |discuss= parameter. ✗plicit 11:26, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

RFD question

You just closed this RFD. I just found Mannerbund that was missed in the discussion. Maybe reopen and add this one? Although it has a different target, it had the same one in the past and is just a different variation with diacritics. Or delete it without discussion as the same applies? MB 02:09, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

@MB: Hi, I felt it best to reopen the discussion because of the different redirect targets. I have relisted the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 14#Männerbund. ✗plicit 02:17, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

AFD question

Hi again, I just stumbled across something else you were involved with. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thunder River (ride) was a soft delete and since restored. I found the AFD in the edit history of another article where a link to the deleted article was removed. Now in the restored Thunder River (ride), there is no indication of a previous AFD on the TP. Is this normal? If an AFD does not result in deletion, there is a record on the TP. But here is is lost. MB 05:53, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

@MB: Hm, I think there's a bot somewhere that tags talk pages of recreated articles previously deleted through AFD with the previous 'delete' result, but it seemingly does not deal with pages that were restored. They probably should be tagged with said template. There was a batch of recently undeleted roller coaster-related pages, so they're all likely missing that documentation. I'll try to get a list together and tag them all. ✗plicit 14:01, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
What if the tagging were done as part of the AFD closure before the article was deleted? Wouldn't that handle this in all cases going forward? I have no idea what would be involved in making that happen... MB 14:07, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Delete

if you don't mind --Megan B.... It’s all coming to me till the end of time 15:03, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Nicolás Atanes

hi, someone told me I should contact you to restore Nicolás Atanes. Actually the article was deleted more than 6 months ago, in an AfD discussion. I didn't took place on the discussion firstly because I didn't knew about it. I don't know Nicolás personally, I have heard about Nicolás because he was nominated for the Navarra Television Awards, and I heard him on Cadena SER. He has appeared in RNE, in the Telediario, writes in Diario 16, has met with great politicians (Mariya Gabriel, for example), and has been proposing educational changes in math for a long time. Without biases, and with reputable sources, and surely more things that have gone unnoticed about Nicolás, I believe that his Wikipedia article should be restored, and remain on Wikipedia.--83.53.76.219 (talk) 17:25, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, among the sources you've provided here, only the first two were published after the AFD took place. The first mentions him in passing, while the second only attributes quotes to him and does not amount to significant coverage. You may want to consider going through the Articles for creation process to address the issues brought up at the deletion debate. There, you will receive comments and advice from experienced users who can guide you in crafting an appropriate entry. ✗plicit 00:42, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi Explicit - just a heads up, this is a site-banned sock puppeteer, I've just blocked the IP. Internet cafes are plentiful though, so if you see anything further along these lines, I'd advise just reverting and reporting at SPI (or ping me). Cheers Girth Summit (blether) 15:48, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Deleted page - Chukwuka Monye

Hi, I found you to be the xfd closing admin of the page above. I found the page of interest and would be working on rewrite of it. Ebubay01 (talk) 21:17, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

@Ebubay01: Well, you've already re-created the page, so I'm not sure what is expected from me at this point. ✗plicit 00:26, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Split of file

Hello!

Can you please split File:Ligue de Football Professionnel logo.svg so the free versions be in a seperate file.Jonteemil (talk) 19:50, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jonteemil:  Done, the first version of the file is now at File:Ligue de Football Professionnel logo (old).svg. ✗plicit 00:26, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Thx.Jonteemil (talk) 00:40, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

File:Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) by Robert Palmer UK and European artwork.jpg

Hey again. I would like to replace the JPEG version with PNG one. I'm contacting you; you closed an FFD discussion involving this image in 2017. Is contacting first necessary, and must I do the same for other JPEG images that have been listed previously at FFD? --George Ho (talk) 01:09, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

@George Ho: Hi, there is no requirement to contact the closing admin in such cases. For transparency's sake, please copy the {{Oldffdfull}} result from the file's talk page to the newly uploaded file's talk page. ✗plicit 01:13, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

AFD action reverted

I see that the author has immediately reverted the result of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samsung Galaxy M01. I'll leave you to take the appropriate action. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:10, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Deletion review for Gour Govinda Swami

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Gour Govinda Swami. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 12:17, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi again. Following this discussion, it seems other editors agree the best solution would be a REFUND to draft space so I can work on better sourcing the article. Is that something you're open to? Cheers, Dāsānudāsa (talk) 10:45, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
@Dāsānudāsa: Hi, an uninvolved administrator must close the DRV discussion and they will perform the action reflecting consensus. ✗plicit

Undeleting Lmmnhn pages

Greetings. It is noticeable that dozens of pages created by banned User:Lmmnhn were deleted under ban violation. Is it possible to have a mass un-deletion of those pages, considering their role in the topic of Hong Kong elections, and that such articles are believed not to be disruptive to the Wikipedia community. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks and kind regards. ~~ J. Dann 06:06, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

@Cypp0847: Hi, policy would not allow such restorations. If you'd like, I can give you a copy of the content if you'd make a list of the affected pages. ✗plicit 02:08, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
It would be gratifying if copies could be obtained. For the list of affected pages please have a check over here. Thanks. ~~ J. Dann 13:51, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
@Cypp0847: I have copied the contents and have linked them below, which will be available on Pastebin.com for one month before expiring. There's a limit of ten pastes per day, so I will complete the remaining nine tomorrow.
Most of the other entries on your subpage were redirect pages and did not contain any article content. ✗plicit 14:26, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. ~~ J. Dann 05:07, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
@Cypp0847: Here are the other nine:
Thanks. ~~ J. Dann 13:35, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Request restoration of a page deleted Nicholas Caprio

Forgive me if this is not the appropriate place to contact you I am clearly a novice. I have been out of circulation for over a month recovering from COVID-19. I came back to discover a page that I edit had been deleted. Also that I had been accused of a conflict of interest editing. I deny the accusation of having a conflict of interest in my editing of the ghost hunters page since every edit I made can be factually supported by documentation. I feel the user who accused me of a conflict of interest then, in a punitive measure, nominated the page I contributed to for deletion as a form of retribution. Unfortunately, I was incapacitated and only came to discover this After the Unfortunately I was incapacitated and only became aware after the resulting deletion. I am here to ask for the page of Nicholas Caprio to be restored. Can you help me? DoctorMegan (talk) 14:40, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

@DoctorMegan: As the page was deleted as a result of the deletion discussion, I can not unilaterally undelete the page. You may want to try creating going through the Articles for creation process to address the issues brought up at the deletion debate. ✗plicit 02:06, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Again, I feel the action was punitive. I was unfortunately incapacitated with Covid and subsequent recovery at the time of the discussion and I was not able to participate. In addition, there were only a couple of comments even after multiple postings and I suspect that those who did respond were "invited to". It is all just very disappointing. Is there a way to at least restore the page and open up the discussion? I feel bad that an incorrect misinterpretation of my actions caused someone to lose their page. I can point to dozens of pages that have less attribution that have not been deleted. Forgive me, I do not mean to sound unappreciative, I am just disappointed and looking for some help from the community. Thank you. DoctorMegan (talk) 04:02, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

@DoctorMegan: Please assume good faith of fellow editors. Baseless accusations of vindictive actions and canvassing constitute personal attacks and can lead to sanctions on your account.
I can offer compromise: restoring the page and moving it into draftspace, which will allow you work on the page and submit it through the Articles for Creation process. Do you find this proposal reasonable? ✗plicit 12:36, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

I apologize, you are correct I should not assume the actions were vindictive, as I pointed out when I was accused, correlation does not imply causation. And I appreciate your compromise, I do find it reasonable. Thank you. DoctorMegan (talk) 14:59, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

@DoctorMegan: The content is now available at Draft:Nicholas Caprio. Please make the necessary edits and follow the instructions on the submission template when you believe it's ready to be reviewed. ✗plicit 00:32, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

An article for Mugen Rao

Hello! Could you please release the following page- Mugen Rao which was protected by you some months before? He(Mugen Rao) deserves a separate article at this time as his Velan film as lead role got released and other three films are in pipeline now. Also he was part of few films in supporting roles before his lead role debut. I will create a page for him with the proper sources and guidelines if you release the protection. ~ Kannan.529 (talk) 08:36, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

@Kannan.529:  Done, the page is now unprotected. ✗plicit 14:06, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Undelete page Roger Elkin

This is a concern. Roger Elkin's poetry has achieved 62 (inter)national First Prizes - does Wikipedia list anyone else whose poetry has made a similar achievement?

The Sylvia Plath Award for Poems About Women was an international poetry competition held by the World Order of Writers of Narrative Poems - a USA based poetry writing project.

He is an acknowledged authority on aspects of the poetry of England's former Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes.

He is a highly-respected reviewer of current English poetry, and his reviews appear in important poetry magazines, and on websites.

His links with the editor Howard Sergeant is well documented. See the Howard Sergeant archive at Hull University, England where mention is made (among other aspects concerning poetry writing and publication) to him being the First Recipient of the Howard Sergeant Award for Services to Poetry. The significance of this lies with the important position that Howard Sergeant's quarterly poetry magazine "Outposts" held.

Roger Elkin is a highly respected Poetry Editor, and critic. Various websites acknowledge this. He regularly is asked to adjudicate Poetry Competitions, both for single poems and also full collections.

The ISBN links will indicate a wide band of published volumes of poetry. Compare this with other late 20th century poets. Not many currently-writing English poets have 13 collections published and critically-supported. His most recent collection, The Leading Question, was shortlisted for the 2021 Wales Poetry Award.

Other supporting factors, both visually and verbally, can be accessed by a trawl of current websites.

Please contact me for further discussion via eiger@hotmail.co.uk

Thank you. 109.159.122.79 (talk) 15:23, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Redirection of Pawandeep Rajan

Hello sir/Madam, Pawandeep Rajan is a notable musician and deserves an seperate article to his name. I can see the article Pawandeep Rajan has been redirected to Indian Idol as a result of AfD discussion, but he has done some notable work outside of Indian Idol. kindly reconsider your decision to redirect the article Pawandeep Rajan to the Indian Idol page. I intend to replace the redirect with an original article. Thank you Matu11 (talk) 15:30, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Deletion review for Pawandeep Rajan

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Pawandeep Rajan. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Matu11 (talk) 17:21, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

File:Police Tent Splendour 2017.jpg

Hi Explicit. Would you mind taking a look at File:Police Tent Splendour 2017.jpg? A file with the same name was previously deleted by you on Janaury 2 per WP:F5. It appears that the file is intended for use in Strip Searches in New South Wales, which may be OK; however, this same editor who uploaded the file has also tried to create a couple of similar articles (Draft:Issues Relating to the Use of Drug Detection Dogs in New South Wales and Draft:New South Wales Police Force Strip Search Scandal (List of Reported Incidents)) which seem to have been draftified for various reasons. Given all of the file deletion notifications on this editor's user talk page, maybe it would be better for them to get an article created via AFC first and then worry about adding non-free images to it. Any opinions on this? -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:29, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Undeletion of previous versions

Hello!

Since File:UEFA Champions League logo 2.svg bas been ruled below c:COM:TOO US by American courts, can you please undelete the previous versions?Jonteemil (talk) 15:37, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jonteemil:  Done, the previous revisions are now visible. ✗plicit 00:32, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, it still seems like some versions still are deleted. They are not hidden but deleted entirely, are they undeletable as well?Jonteemil (talk) 20:08, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
@Jonteemil: Ah, hadn't seen those. Those have now been restored as well. ✗plicit 00:12, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Notability

Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Cindy_Stowell&diff=next&oldid=1067143229&diffmode=source

It's true that redirects are not governed by notability, but if there is no article (because of the person lacks notability), then the redirect is superfluous. These are people who have been removed from the now-renamed list article because they shouldn't have been there in the first place. -- Valjean (talk) 00:08, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Valjean: While that may be true, it does not change the fact that these pages do not meet any of the speedy deletion criteria. These types of redirects are regularly discussed at WP:RFD, and that is where they should be nominated for deletion. ✗plicit 00:12, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Okay. I'll bring it up there. -- Valjean (talk) 00:14, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

File:2004 NBA Finals (logo).png

Hey. Can File:2004 NBA Finals (logo).png be restored? I am not sure why some editor changed the logo from PNG to GIF when WP:IUP#FORMAT specifically states that PNG should be used if SVG is not available. – Sabbatino (talk) 15:26, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Sabbatino:  Done, file restored. ✗plicit 23:45, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

File:NEJM Evidence logo.svg

Hey. Can File:NEJM Evidence logo.svg be restored? You deleted that about 3 days ago. I'd like to use that logo on NEJM before my Draft:NEJM Evidence is accepted. — Kennyluck (talk) 15:49, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

@Kennyluck:  Done, file restored. I have also adjusted the license as it is {{PD-textlogo}}. ✗plicit 01:47, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Dahl (entrepreneur)

Hi Explicit. Hope all is well in the new year. Thanks for being on top of AFD closures. I'm here to contest a soft deletion you recently made of Gary Dahl (entrepreneur). Could you restore the article and relist this AfD? I'd like to weigh in. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:11, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Eddie891: Hi, sure thing. I have undeleted the article and relisted the AFD. I'll go around undoing the delinking of the page in a bit. ✗plicit 23:45, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, I've !voted there. Eddie891 Talk Work 02:43, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

FYI

Hello, Explicit,

I don't know if you noticed but we had a higher than average number of drafts expiring during the month of January, due mostly to an AfC July 2021 Backlog Drive that occurred last summer. By the end of July, AfC reviewers had totally caught up with their backlog of drafts to review so I think going forward into February, we'll have fewer drafts appearing on SDZeroBot's daily list. Since you also do a lot of work with expiring drafts, I thought I'd just pass that observation along to you. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 00:33, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Vontae Diggs

Hello, dear Explicit,

I'm not sure why you left a snarky message in your restoration of this page, there were no recent edits to this draft since July 25, 2021, just look at the page history. I'm sure FA would eventually ask for the draft to be restored at WP:REFUND but I'm not sure what caused your remark and page restoration. We are all working together here on this project, I see no need not to be civil to each other. We may occasionally get in each other's way but we both want to improve this encyclopedia. We are all just human beings trying to help out on a volunteer, community project. Have a good day. Liz Read! Talk! 03:36, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

I see nothing intimidating about this message so no need to take me to a noticeboard again. Liz Read! Talk! 03:37, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
To my recollection, this is the third instance you have deleted a page due to your unwillingness to refresh a page before deleting it despite repeated requests to do so. It first occurred with User talk:Liz#File:Chanchhaya.jpg, then at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/Archive 369#Draft:CodeMiko, and now once again. Last minute edits always occur and it doesn't take much effort to check again, especially as you seemingly load the page far in advanced, anywhere from eight minutes ahead based on File:Chanchhaya.jpg to 13 hours ahead based on Draft:CodeMiko. I edited the draft as I'm trying to avoid deleting FloridaArmy's drafts as they request restoration each and every single time anyway.
And you can keep your antagonizing comments to yourself, that last bit was entirely unnecessary. ✗plicit 03:57, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Guys, Guys, calm down, you two, do a tremendous job here, please don’t bicker amongst yourself, if anything you both owe yourselves a bottle of expensive fine wine for the incredible super human contributions you make,¯\_(ツ)_/¯it beats me why you both are bickering. Celestina007 (talk) 13:03, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: BRG Sports You're fucking kidding, right? This wasn't even eligible for PROD even if I hadn't removed it seven minutes prior to your deletion. It was contested on the talk page. ✗plicit 03:54, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Liz, Exp, could you guys calm down and resolve your differences before things exacerbate? Please. Celestina007 (talk) 11:04, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Nuke?

Can you take a look at the contribs of this IP (less Draft:The Pregnant Cat's CrotchBelly (2023 film)) and see whether they can be G2-ed. Thanks. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 13:00, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

@Minorax: Hi, I've nuked them all except for Draft:The Pregnant Cat's CrotchBelly (2023 film), the only valid draft. ✗plicit 13:09, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

AIV

There is an IP tampering with AIV reports. 2601:240:CD01:16A8:D991:B061:2466:E7DA (talk) 13:37, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the notice. I've blocked that IP for disruptive editing. ✗plicit 13:43, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Sally Wheeler

Hi! You closed out the discussion- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sally Wheeler and deleted her page in October. Another user outright made her article again 2 months later. Whats the proper route for this? LADY LOTUS • TALK 13:39, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

@Lady Lotus: Hi, that particular AFD was closed as soft delete, so it was treated as a WP:PROD and G4 is not binding here. If you think the subject is still not notable, the page will have to go through AFD again. ✗plicit 11:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

CSD

I saw that you deleted some articles that I had tagged as CSD G11. Thanks for doing it as they were advertising. I have seen you doing this deleting job many a times. But my question is, from where do you find the list of CSD nominations from? Or else how do you find pages that have been sent for CSD? ItcouldbepossibleTalk 14:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

@Itcouldbepossible: Hi, all pages nominated for speedy deletion can be found at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. ✗plicit 14:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Oh well, thanks for letting me know about that category. I am actually learning. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 14:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Terrell Hudgins

Could you please restore this entry. I would like to work on it. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:09, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

@FloridaArmy: Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored upon request. ✗plicit 03:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

S-Bahn talk pages

Do you have a better solution for the talk pages of that article? The current talk page should definitely be located at Talk:S-Bahn, not the one that hasn't been used for years. A move is surely not the right way to archive a talk page in a normal situation but in this case we need to make way for the current talk page which is still located at Talk:S-train. --PhiH (talk) 13:20, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

@PhiH: I have performed a history merge and manually archived the older discussions at Talk:S-Bahn/Archive 1. ✗plicit 13:43, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

PRODS

Hello, Explicit,

Some of these PROD files were previously nominated for deletion. That's why I'm restoring them. Just thought you'd like to know why since you were upset with me about this issue in the past. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 02:29, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Now, I'm not sure. They were nominated for deletion in a FFD discussion but later withdrawn. You are better than I am with file discussions, I'll let you look these over. Sorry. Liz Read! Talk! 02:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
@Liz: PROD policy does not specifically address withdrawn nominations, so I'm not sure that such instances would be defined as pages "previously discussed at [...] FfD" if no comments were made. I think you only restored File:Tipa explanation.png and File:Tipa phonetics.png, and the deletion of these two in particular had the support of the uploader at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2013 August 2#File:Tipa explanation.png, so they really should have been deleted at that time. With these considerations, I applied WP:IAR. I'll just nominate them at FFD since you've already restored them. ✗plicit 13:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Salted article recreated

Hello Explicit,

An article Annamalai Kuppusamy you WP:SALTED months back[4] is now created under a different name now as K. Annamalai (BJP politician). I searched the logs for different versions of his name and found it was repeatedly recreated.[5][6]. It was deleted twice(one version deleted by you) through two AfD's and still does not pass WP:NPOL.[7][8]. - SUN EYE 1 12:46, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@Suneye1: Hi, I've deleted the page. I had to look at it for a while as I wasn't sure G4 applied anymore, but then realized the content was a combination of the previously deleted Kuppusamy Annamalai and Annamalai k. ✗plicit 13:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, there also exist a promotional draft version, Draft:Annamalai K. The most possible reason for the repeated recreations are the Information technology units of the politicial parties trying to improve their partymen's online appearance.- SUN EYE 1 14:21, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

GOT episode picture deletions

I'm not seeing that F4 applied; to the best of my memory, all of the episode screenshots had NFU rationales. Was there a centralized discussion somewhere I missed? Jclemens (talk) 01:57, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

@Jclemens: Seems like you're referring to RTS2001's uploads. Those files were uploaded without any accompanying text on the description pages; no license, no FUR, just empty. They were tagged by ImageTaggingBot for the lack of licensing information and deleted as such. ✗plicit 03:17, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Well, that sucks. I made very certain that the GOT Season 1 episodes had FURs when going for GA/GT. BUT, I see that the screencaps I had uploaded were deleted from the articles in 2019 despite that, and that these were just recently readded, obviously deficiently. Sorry to have bothered you. Jclemens (talk) 04:11, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

OPTi Inc

In 2018 you deleted OPTi Inc. as "possibly promotional" yet in 2016 that company had dissolved so it could not possibly be seen a promotional. The IBM PC compatible WP article links to that deleted article. Do you think you did the right thing? Thanks. Jamplevia (talk) 14:28, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

@Jamplevia: The page was deleted in 2018, but was created in 2005. As the deletion summary suggests, it was nominated by another user for deletion using WP:PROD with two concerns: "Cites no sources, possibly promotional." It went uncontested for seven days and was deleted. ✗plicit 03:17, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
The deletion log says that the article cites no sources but the article has an external link in the article body text to a source so the author merely used the wrong syntax to cite a source. Do you think you should have fixed that instead of deleting the article? Jamplevia (talk) 12:44, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
@Jamplevia: That "source" was a press release. As the WP:ONUS does not fall on me, no. ✗plicit 12:49, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Sorry I don't have any time for this. I'm busy repairing damage that was done to a vital article when one of the intrawiki links from it was turned into a redlink. Jamplevia (talk) 13:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Steve Koester

Hello and thanks for reading this.

I'm reaching out in reference to the deletion of the page for Steve Koester, Musician.

I would hope to keep this wiki up as it's a good resource for fans/followers, I've been told.

Steve Koester has released 14 albums to date with various bands -- Two Dark Birds, Maplewood, Punchdrunk, Koester -- all who have toured internationally, released albums with international labels and received accolades in many presses.

Steve's albums have featured members of internationally acclaimed bands The Hold Steady, The Wrens, Sparklehorse, Guster, Nada Surf, amongst many others.

Here's a small sampling of press: https://therumpus.net/2011/09/the-rumpus-interview-with-steve-koester-of-two-dark-birds/Guglani (talk) 13:14, 3 February 2022 (UTC) https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/maplewood https://www.popmatters.com/maplewood-030408-2496083539.html https://magnetmagazine.com/2011/11/17/two-dark-birds-make-magnet-a-mix-tape/ https://magnetmagazine.com/2011/06/12/from-the-desk-of-bird-of-youths-beth-wawerna-the-wrens-charles-bissell-on-steve-koester-and-the-magnets/ https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2017/09/26/colony-in-woodstock-hosts-two-dark-birds-album-release-party/ https://culturecollide.com/video-premiere-two-dark-birds-channel-ancient-magics-will-call-home-night/ https://culturecollide.com/video-premiere-two-dark-birds-channel-ancient-magics-will-call-home-night/

I hope that you will re-instate this page. Thank you!

98.15.220.25 (talk) 00:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Steve Koester

International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD)deletion

Hi Explicit! Can you please make content of this article available to me so that I can have a look to review it and rewrite from non promotional point. IN my opinion subject is of prime importance as it is about an Institute/ organisation ,to which world level organisation as from USA and UK are providing funds for working towards SDG’s of United Nations . Subject organisation today has 144 members from 38 countries & 8 Goveronments as member countries refer link https://www.partner-religion-development.org/. .How can an article about such organisation be promotional , I would like to understand.08:38, 2 February 2022 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guglani (talk • contribs) Guglani (talk) 08:42, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

@Guglani: The content was quite blatantly written in a social media marketing manner. Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. ✗plicit 03:17, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
@Explicit: I respect your remarks and opinion.I only request to make content available to me so that I can improve content to write a revised content in encyclopaedic manner as per wiki policies. Certainly topic is worthy of being part of Wikipedia.That will also make me understand which text is treated as promotional text. 13:11, 3 February 2022 (UTC)13:14, 3 February 2022 (UTC)~Also please help me about , in my insertion of signatures my name is not being shown only time of edit is being shown.Guglani (talk) 13:21, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
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