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Fraser P. Seitel

A leading academic textbook author. -- GreenC

  • Closed as no consensus. Dream Focus 10:30, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

List of pornographic actors who appeared in mainstream films

There's a need for the sourcing skills of the ARS at List of pornographic actors who appeared in mainstream films. The list was recently blanked for lack of inline references, although most entries should be easy to reference with the sources at the linked articles. There's also the need to show the notability of the topic as a group (which I don't think should be hard to do, as porn actors acting in non-porn films are usually covered in mainstream media), and the handy work of volunteers to restore its content with RSs we can find. Diego (talk) 17:51, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Gerry Hutch

This has become a high-profile article as it was revealed today as the first Wikipedia article (on en.wp) to be censored under the European Right to be Forgotten law. Listed here. The law censors only search providers like Google, not Wikipedia, but the article's removal from Google is drawing attention to the article and now someone opened an AfD. There are many Keep votes's but they are weakly argued and stronger Delete votes are coming in, based on notability. -- GreenC 18:36, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

List of Japanese bondage models

As of List of pornographic actors who appeared in mainstream films (see below), the page was blanked by the same editor, then proposed for deletion as unreferenced and lacking inline references. Feel free to consider if it deserves to be rescued. --Cavarrone 11:36, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

  • Only two names on there, are both in films with the word "bondage" in their titles or film descriptions. Not sure why Wikipedia still tolerates such list in it, but you can't just go around erasing things because you don't like them. Dream Focus 18:09, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Inori Aizawa

A lot of reliable sources have been found, but I'm not sure how to put them into the article. Some help working with this would be appreciated. Microsoft has an official anime girl created to represent Internet Explorer. Dream Focus 14:54, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Australian women scientists

I stumbled across a project that has just added 82 new BLPs, several of which start with "X is an Australian woman scientist". The pages are listed at Category:Wikibomb2014 although it's likely there a few more that don't have the correct category. People will start tagging the pages for deletion soon because several of them don't have sourcing to satisfy WP:PROF. Perhaps contributors here would be willing to get involved on the articles which look a bit vulnerable, in advance? Johnuniq (talk) 07:24, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

World Martial Arts Games

This seems to be a notable organization, since its connected to the Olympics. Finding a few more sources to expand it should be doable. Dream Focus 06:58, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Dancing with the Stars (video game)

Could I nominate this article for rescue? Although it is not currently being AfDed, its zero third-party sources and masses of in-universe lists would not bode well for it if someone were to nominate. Which is a shame, since the article topic is quite interesting IMO, since I was personally not aware that there were any non-Dance Mat-type dancing video games out there, and so would be interested to read a more complete article about the game. For instance, what are its controls like? Is it about hitting buttons in time with music (like with Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero etc.), or are buttons mapped to particular moves (making its gameplay more like that of FIFA or wrestling games)? Furthermore, what were reviews and sales of the game like? At the moment, the article answers none of these questions, so it would be beneficial to expand it, in my view. It Is Me Here t / c 16:25, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Since it is not up for AfD, it doesn't need a rescue effort. And for most legitimate things that do need rescue, there is a common, simple solution. Google (or some other search engine of your choice). If the article doesn't have enough third party sources to suit you (or in case of an article up for AfD . . . them) search for it and add some content.
Sometimes, too many times, subjects that have a commercial or political value have been what I call "google bombed" where a proliferation of BS sales sites dominate the listings. Sometimes you have to go past the page one search results. You might have to spend a few minutes looking and reading. In this case, there are third party reviews of this by page 2. User: "It Is Me Here" you can do this yourself. Help the cause, learn the system, contribute, rather than depend on other people to do the dirty work for you.
There isn't a mystery to rescue. WP makes us prove the article worthwhile. If the article is worthwhile, somebody else wrote about the subject. A good editor would do that beforehand. I find myself getting involved when the original editors didn't do a good job. The sharks smell the blood in the water and a legitimately worthwhile article ends up at AfD with several brainless clones already saying to delete it. They're too lazy to google and most have an agenda to delete everything they can. By the way, since I'm on a rant; Why are deletionists so fecklessly aggressive? Is there someone out there awarding brownie points for the ones who can delete the most content? Trackinfo (talk) 17:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
  • The Wikiproject for video games has a custom search engine that looks through all sites considered reliable sources for video games. [1] That's where you'd begin your search. Dream Focus 19:21, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
  • Metacritic found some reviews from reliable sources already that can be worked into the article. [2] I see a long review in IGN as well. [3] Dream Focus 19:23, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

2013 Maria Sharapova tennis season

The currently substandard development of this article is prejudicing a lot of people to delete. If it looked more like 2013 Serena Williams tennis season or 2013 Roger Federer tennis season the snap judgements would be more inclined to keeps. I have added some sources to the article and the AfD has many others posted. Antrocent (♫♬) 12:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Question: Is there an allowed time between article creation and AfD initiation? This was less than 4 hours. -- GreenC 04:44, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

There ought to be a law. I've had some of my own articles attacked, slapped with a "speedy" within minutes. Maybe that's why I'm such an asshole in response. Trackinfo (talk) 05:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Mobile Speaker II

The article has been nominated for AfD [4]. In my opinion it is a notable product (incl. Editors' Choice award by PC Magazine) from a notable company, and it got sufficient media coverage. Per WP:Product it may have its own entry. The article was reviewed by an experienced editor who copyedited it as well, more information about the issue is found here [5]. As I'm not a native English speaker, I think I need assistance for the article to survive the AfD. Dmatteng (talk) 06:25, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

  • Ended with KEEP. The references already in the article at the time of the nomination showed ample reliable sources reviewing the product. Dream Focus 01:10, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

List of Ice Bucket Challenge participants

  • Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  • List of Ice Bucket Challenge participants (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion
  • Some help referencing all of these entries would be useful. A lot of famous people are doing this thing. The more coverage of people doing this in the news, the better. Dream Focus 04:09, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
  • It closed as Delete. I have copied the most recent version to a wikia I created a while back for this sort of thing. http://cultural-phenomenons.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Ice_Bucket_Challenge_participants Dream Focus 01:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
  • I also kept a copy of this one. I loved the article, but it was unfortunately doomed. Can you make money off wikia? Because I've often thought that some types of articles that no longer pass muster are still likely to be sought after.--Milowent • hasspoken 03:35, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
    No money can be made by us. Jimbo Wales owns it, and gets all the money. All the things deleted from Wikipedia ended up there years ago when Wikia was first created. If you log in you don't see most of the ads. They added more ads at one point and then made it so regular editors wouldn't have to see them, since it might drive them away, but those not logged in do. Different wikias have different levels of ads. I created http://gantz.wikia.com/wiki/Gantz_Wiki and not logged in I can see the background itself replaced by nothing but ads. I just checked the page I linked to above, and wow, I didn't expect that many ads. You forget they are all there if you just stay logged in. Dream Focus 06:47, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Anastasia Chernova

  • I already added two sources to this one, but its among a number of national pageant-winner nominated by the same nominator. Some may well not be notable, but there's not much evidence of WP:BEFORE being followed.--Milowent • hasspoken 13:31, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
A discussion about all these pageant winners is at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#Beauty_pageant_contestants and whether national winners are automatically notable and need a guideline entry to say that, or if they should be deleted because finding coverage online in a foreign language is too much work to prove they pass the GNG. Dream Focus 03:25, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
While there is now a discussion (that should have happened first), there are a bunch of individual articles up for deletion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ayako Hara, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrea Radonjić, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Salome Khomeriki, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Celeste Marshall, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Farah Eslaquit, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camila Vezzoso, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Winfrida Dominic, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheillah Molelekwa, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tsakana Nkandih, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zhana Yaneva, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laura Godoy, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcelina Vahekeni, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrienne Murphy, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jevon King that I have located so far. Trackinfo (talk) 19:05, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Multiple guitar players

I'm not very musical and so have never fully understood what was meant by terms such as lead or rhythm guitar. Are there any guitar heroes who can help document and explain the matter? Andrew (talk) 07:39, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

  • Wow, this needs some help. The title doesn't even make sense until you've read through some of the text. It appears to be an article which has muddled together many concepts over many years. BTW, in very basic terms, a rhythm guitar in rock/pop music is the one strumming full chords, and the lead guitar is the one playing "licks", i.e., often runs of individual notes or melodies, as well as any guitar "solos". This traditional set-up vs. the variations which have developed is what the article intends to cover. Maybe I rewrite this using books like "rock guitar for dummies"[6] We are talking fundamental stuff which sometimes we really cover badly on Wikipedia.--Milowent • hasspoken 13:20, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

UE 900

The article got nominated for AfD [7]. In my opinion it is a notable product from a notable company. The article was also submitted to an experienced editor who approved it by moving into main space. The references include pc magazine, cnet, wired as well as others. As I'm not a native English speaker I'm not always able to present my arguments in the best way. That is why I'm asking for an assistance. Dmatteng (talk) 18:37, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Rebecca Bardoux

Talk:Rebecca_Bardoux#RfC:_Should_the_article_mention_her_comedy_career.3F RfC: Should the article mention her comedy work?. This is not an AfD but I understand ARS concerns saving content. Seeking additional sources about her mainstream comedy work. -- GreenC 18:49, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

  • Thanks for thinking of us, though it looks like many eyes are looking already on this content point. Certainly her notability is not being debated.--Milowent • hasspoken 03:56, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Snowball (Animal Farm)

I've just speedily closed this as the nom seems to have a snowball's chance but it might not stick and, in any case, the article is a good one to improve as the allegory of the revolution betrayed is as powerful now as it was back then. One might even draw some parallels with our own situation here but I could not possibly comment... Andrew (talk) 18:20, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

You deserve wittiness points for that wordplay --Yaksar (let's chat) 18:32, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Looking a little deeper, there was a mass deletion effort made against the entire cast of characters in 2010. All were Speedy Keep. However apparently Old Major got circumvented. So there is the existing talk page with the record of the speedy keep, but the article got deleted or covered in a redirect back to the main article anyhow. And there is a revert war going on in the history. So there is a legit argument here to be dealt with. If I figure out what grounds the redirect was made, I'll report back. Maybe someone else who knows their way around these (I always refer to these as hidden because so few people know about them; if or when they take place) discussions can trace back to a discussion that certainly needs some attention. Trackinfo (talk) 19:46, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

WOW! There is an underlying history of Mass blank and redirect that has somewhat surreptitiously wiped out a lot of content. And apparently there is support for this one users efforts, though they apparently stopped in August. Check this out. Trackinfo (talk) 19:56, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
Further reporting User:TTN has been blocked for doing the same stuff. 6 years later, he's apparently still at it with abandon. Old Major has been fixed by User:Hullaballoo Wolfowitz who has been chasing the damage down. Trackinfo (talk) 02:37, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Walter O'Brien

A lot of edit warring, some refusing this guy is a real person, despite evidence that there is. Concerns over claims he made, and what is real and what is not. Also arguments over what reliable sources say, and what certain people believe is the truth. I find The University of Sussex says one thing on their official website about the guy competing in an event, but then some problems with part of what they said appears. Many reliable sources mention how in real life when he was 13 federal agents went in and arrested him for hacking NASA. There should be some older news stories out there if this was legitimate. Not up for deletion yet, although it was speedy deleted previously. Can someone help see if this is a hoax or real, and how much of it is real? Dream Focus 17:36, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

List of controversial celebrity baby names

This is a good one for the novice rescuer because the sources are abundant and fairly easy to find - you just search for distinctive names like "Moon Unit" and "Bronx Mowgli". And it's guaranteed to put a smile on your face... :) Andrew (talk) 21:13, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

  • You shouldn't change the name during AFDs. Anyway, I added inclusion criteria [9] based on words used in the reliable sources to refer to the baby names. Looks like a lot of additional sources were found after you posted this initial request. Dream Focus 03:03, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
  • Page moves at AFD used to cause technical trouble but Uncle G sorted that out a long time ago and so it's ok now. Tweaking the title, as in the case, can be helpful if people are getting hung up about a particular word in the title. You don't have to delete a page to amend the title. For more details, see here. Andrew (talk) 12:59, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

    We spent a lot of time and effort explaining to people that they couldn't do it, back in the years where it broke the notice, and a fair amount of effort getting rid of the technical problem that prevented it. I don't want to go back to the times when I had to explain over and over to people who just wanted to edit like they normally could, addressing points raised in discussion with action, that an AFD nomination imposes restrictions whose technicalities they have to understand. We managed to get the restrictions down to, in effect, don't do anything that would remove/hide the AFD notice or that would make cleaning up copyright licence problems at the close of discussion harder, and that was a good thing.

    — Uncle G, 17 November 2010
  • Article has been deleted (thank goodness!) pbp 15:06, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
    Your immature comment isn't appropriate here. We're about saving valid articles, not celebrating when enough haters show up to delete something they don't like. Dream Focus 19:24, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
  • The List of celebrity baby names is born again. -- GreenC 18:11, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
  • On Wikia, the page is adorned with adverts like Nissan cars and must-see videos such as "How to talk to your children about sex". I'm not sure that's an improvement but suppose it's a natural consequence of the Streisand effect. Andrew (talk) 18:27, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
  • There is a cheap jibe somewhere about kids and what some people will put on the net. Best to repeat what the closing admin said, "The result was delete. In addition to the roughly 2–1 split in favor of deletion here, the concerns expressed with respect to BLP, indiscriminateness, and subjectivity do not appear to have been persuasively addressed by the advocates of keeping (even in the light of the move to a different article name)." If those that wanted to keep the list do not understand that, it is sad indictment, as is the fact that somebody cares so little for their fellow humanity to copy to another site. --Richhoncho (talk) 05:56, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
  • "cares so little for their fellow humanity" .. there are a lot of terrible things in this world to be outraged about. This is not one of them. -- GreenC 06:07, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lucille Kallen

I have postponed the G13 of this article, and I feel it might be notable. Do what you want with it. (t) Josve05a (c) 23:51, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Although it would probably help the argument if I could find examples of significant coverage outside of just her obituaries, looking through the obituaries alone (in publications ranging from the NY Times to Playbill to the LA Times) indicates she is certainly a notable figure. It's not necessarily helpful for proving notability (although I don't think that's going to be any issue here) but the New York Public Library has a collection on her that could be helpful.--Yaksar (let's chat) 02:28, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Kendrick Artez Perkins

Kendrick Artez Perkins (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion The article has the potential to be kept, or at least to merit a merge to Boston Red Sox minor league players. It's content should not be lost through deletion. Here's my rationale for a merge on the AfD page: "He was a 6th round pick, so they must have thought somewhat highly of him when they drafted him. I mean, they inked him to a $628,000 signing bonus (according to one link: he was the "first Sox draftee to sign for a bonus above the Major League Baseball slot recommendation this year."[10] He got a little coverage at ESPN here [11] and at other places: [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]. A couple ESPN articles, including a full one dedicated to him, seems notable." Alex (talk) 03:48, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Hey Alex, can I ask what you're requesting here? Is there something specific that you think could be found or changed in the article to make notability clearer? Or are you just asking for participants to come have a look at the discussion?--Yaksar (let's chat) 03:54, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
People come here to have others help look for references to prove an article is notable. My Highbeam account shows a lot of hits to look through. [18] Dream Focus 15:13, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps integrate some of the sources I found. Alex (talk) 19:44, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock

Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Deletion is obviously out of the question here but the topic seems to have more potential than being a redirect as I had no trouble finding a stack of academic papers. This is a fun topic and we could use some of that here. Andrew D. (talk) 13:48, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Book rebinding

Book rebinding (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Our work of rescue is a digital version of the restoration and repair work which the great libraries of the world do. Andrew D. (talk) 15:26, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

UCLA Labor Center

UCLA Labor Center (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion There is a decent article here, buried under some promotion issues (actively being worked on). Antrocent (♫♬) 21:54, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Salt spoon (unit)

Salt spoon (unit) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion This is a bundle of culinary units: Coffee spoon (unit), Coffee measure, Wine glassful, Water glassful, Dash (unit), Breakfast cup and Teacupful. Most of them should probably be merged to cooking weights and measures but some, such as the dash, may be more substantial. There's a bunch of other deletion discussions about obscure units of measure created by the same editor and you'll find associated drama at ANI, RSN, &c. Andrew D. (talk) 11:29, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Plastic in art

Plastic in art (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion The topic is not to be confused with the plastic arts. A Wikipedia article is quite plastic too and may be bent into a distorted shape, as in this case. It just seems to need a firm grip to mould back into shape. Andrew D. (talk) 20:33, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

  • The discussion has closed as Keep. Andrew D. (talk) 11:29, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Xenocentrism

Xenocentrism (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Xenophilia seems similar to inclusionism but that's just a passing fancy of mine. Perhaps one of you know more? Andrew D. (talk) 12:00, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

List of jet airliners

List of jet airliners (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion The content here will be familiar to any air traveller. The table currently has a bunch of placeholder entries as it was only started yesterday but filling these in looks quite straightforward. Many hands make light work. Andrew D. (talk) 17:46, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

  • The discussion has closed as Keep. Trackinfo (talk) 10:19, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Aum (unit)

Aum (unit) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion This is a large bundle of antiquated units of measure. I have investigated many cases and find they all have some merit and considerable period charm. As there are numerous pages in question, there's plenty to go around. Andrew D. (talk) 14:08, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

I know nothing of antiquated units of measure, but it would not be difficult to aggregate all these into a single list article and find enough sources to protect that article from deletion (if not a source for every unit those can be individually tagged with a citation needed). I'll userify the bunch and wait and see what happens with the AfD closure rationale. {{Ping}} me when it closes. -- GreenC 15:51, 8 January 2015 (UTC)


For reference.. when there are a large number of articles up for AfD, to easily save the wiki source locally (requires unix shell).

  • 1. Copy and paste the list of articles from the AfD nomination to a file called "list" like this:
   Bag (unit) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | views)

   Belshazzar (unit) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | views)

   Bucket (unit) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | views)

   Butt(unit) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | views)

   etc..
  • 2. Run this command: awk -F"|" '{gsub(" \\(edit","",$1); gsub(/^[ \t]+/,"",$1); gsub(/[ \t]+$/,"",$1); gsub(" ","_",$1); gsub("\\(","\\(",$1); gsub("\\)","\\)",$1); s = "wget -q -O- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export/"$1" | awk '\''{RS=(\"<text xml|</text\")} NR==3'\'' | awk '\''NR==2 {gsub(/</,\"<\");gsub(/>/,\">\");gsub(/"/,\"\\\"\");gsub(/&/,\"\\\\&\"); print}'\'' RS=\">\" > "$1 ; print s}' list | sh

The wiki source will be saved one file per article. The filename will be the article name. -- GreenC 16:41, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Bad call

Bad call (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion We get bad calls at AFD too - that's why we have WP:DRV. I've started browsing and am finding interesting sources like "The influence of crowd noise and experience upon refereeing decisions in football". Any sports fans out there? Andrew D. (talk) 14:04, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Tony Wright (sleep deprivation)

Tony Wright (sleep deprivation) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion This one has quite a few sources in Google and Google Books I have not had the time to really add them but it needs some help before being put to permanent sleep. -- GreenC 22:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

  • Closed as No consensus. Andrew D. (talk) 20:08, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Je suis Charlie

Je suis Charlie (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion This means "I am Charlie" and so seems to be echoing the famous I am Spartacus slogan as an expression of solidarity. As this is a matter of free speech, it seems quite ironic that it should now be at AFD. Here's an example of a good source which focusses upon the topic: 'Je Suis Charlie' Message Goes Viral After Paris Attack. It seems likely that there will be more such analysis and coverage in the coming days. Andrew D. (talk) 08:09, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

  • Closed as Speedy Keep Andrew D. (talk) 20:09, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

List of interracial romance films

List of interracial romance films (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Two AFDs in one day!? Groundhog Day or Dumb and Dumberer? Andrew D. (talk) 22:37, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Retractable pen

Retractable pen (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Editors will naturally be interested in writing tools. It's interesting to discover that there are retractable fountain pens as well as ballpoints. Andrew D. (talk) 18:05, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

No-go area

No-go area (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion This seems to be an interesting topic with good potential but finding some general sources might be challenging. Other perspectives are welcome. Andrew D. (talk) 20:07, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Buzzword

Buzzword (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion A startup opportunity in collaborative empowerment. Andrew D. (talk) 14:05, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Helen Klanderud

Helen Klanderud (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Former Mayor of Aspen, Colorado; social worker, politician and lawyer Scanlan (talk) 02:31, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

List of online chess playing programs

List of online chess playing programs (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion

Hello, would your group please participate in saving this article, it is up for AFD. thank you. IQ125 (talk) 12:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Maghella

I find the topic notable enough. It is about Italian Erotic Vampire comics era. Added some Italian books refs also. Can others here help. Jethwarp (talk) 04:26, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Biancaneve

I find the topic notable enough. It is about Italian Erotic Vampire comics era. But Italian language is like alien to me. Can others here help. Jethwarp (talk) 04:29, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

List of historical buildings and landmarks in Portland, Oregon

List of historical buildings and landmarks in Portland, Oregon (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion I don't know this city well. Are there any locals here? Andrew D. (talk) 00:15, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

  • And now the issue has spread to Seattle too. Is any city safe or it just the Pacific NW? Andrew D. (talk) 18:33, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Andrew, they're being deleted or redirected because they're redundant and don't follow naming conventions. This isn't a GNG issue. pbp 18:35, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
  • My own view is that it's mainly an issue of ownership behaviour but, in any case, there's plenty of room for improvement of the pages in question and so editors with knowledge of these places would be helpful. Andrew D. (talk) 19:49, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Coffee bean storage

Coffee bean storage (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion I never drink coffee; tea is my drink. There's plenty to say about the topic though and so regular coffee drinkers are likely to get something out of it. I have identified a stack of sources; what we need now is someone to steam through them and filter out their essence. Andrew D. (talk) 08:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

List of common cold drugs

List of common cold drugs (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Most of us have some experience of this, I suppose. Note also that one specific remedy is threatened with deletion too: Soft Kitty! Andrew D. (talk) 09:38, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Shahkur Ullah Durrani

Shahkur Ullah Durrani (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion I've gone through the English sources online (one needs to google under S.U. Durrani to track him down properly). Many articles will be in Urdu, however, so this really needs someone who speaks Urdu to find other sources. This appears to be his name in Urdu: (Urdu: شاکر اللہ درانی) (I WP:GOOGLETESTed it and articles came up).

Celebrity culture

Celebrity culture (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion

  • There seem to be lots of sources for this and so it seems an easy topic to improve. Andrew D. (talk) 23:11, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Evaluative diversity

Evaluative diversity (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion There was a big article with 158 sources, but they planned to delete for WP:NOR, so I blasted it down to a stub. I suppose a lot could be rebuilt, but I am not really sure what counts as OR, I am being accused of bad behavior, and the Afd nominator keeps deleting the sources I add--its devolving into an edit war. These sources have entire sections about evaluative diversity:

  • Santos-Lang, Christopher (2014). "Our responsibility to manage evaluative diversity" (PDF). ACM SIGCAS Computers & Society. 44 (2): 16–19. doi:10.1145/2656870.2656874. ISSN 0095-2737.
  • Santos-Lang, Christopher (2014). "Moral Ecology Approaches to Machine Ethics". In van Rysewyk, Simon; Pontier, Matthijs (eds.). Machine Medical Ethics (PDF). Switzerland: Springer. pp. 111–127. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08108-3_8.
  • Doris, John M.; Plakias, Alexandra (2008). "How to argue about disagreement: Evaluative diversity and moral realism". In Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (ed.). Moral psychology, Vol 2: The cognitive science of morality: Intuition and diversity (PDF). Cambridge, MA, US: MIT Press. pp. 303–331.
  • Wallick, Scott Allan. "Evaluative Orientation". Discrimination: Harvard Law School. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  • Gerald Gaus, "Evaluative Diversity and the Problem of Indeterminacy", in The Order of Public Reason: A Theory of Freedom and Morality in a Diverse and Bounded World, Cambridge University Press (2010)

It is also possible to rework for the title "Moral diversity" (which currently redirects to this article). Langchri (talk) 06:49, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Given all those deletes it may be too late even for the rescue squadron to save. There is too much momentum. Other than making token votes. In cases like this a strategy is to save the content off site (now before it's totally deleted), work on it there with impeccable sources, add new sources and content that was not used before, then recreate the article completely new in a month or three. This works, so long as you put the time and effort into improving the article and making something genuinely new. But trying to do it in the middle of an AfD with edit warring etc.. with all those Delete votes already made, is probably counter productive. Time is your friend in cases like this. -- GreenC 14:59, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Sounds like you've given a lot of thought to the practical nature of Wikipedia. Any ideas how it might reform to be better able to handle conflict in the future? Langchri (talk) 17:30, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Well what I wrote above is acceptable according to the guidelines, an article can be recreated after its been deleted so long as it has significantly new content+sources and a good faith effort. I think people get caught up in the social drama of AfD but keep the goal in mind. A problem is if you rewrite the article in the middle of an AfD, with all those Delete votes already cast, it will probably get deleted anyway. So better to wait for the current AfD to close out then start over with a better article, if you believe that is possible. -- GreenC 18:44, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
  • I understand the workaround to the drama (and thanks for the suggestion), but do you have ideas for a solution? I might have a chance to share your insights at Wikimania [19] Langchri (talk) 06:12, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
  • The result was Delete. Andrew D. (talk) 10:48, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Unexplained disappearances

Unexplained disappearances (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion It would be a shame if this page were to mysteriously disapp...

Toyetic

Toyetic (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion An unfamiliar word for a common phenomenon. It turns out that our fictional counterparts, International Rescue, are very toyetic... Andrew D. (talk) 10:18, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

The result was "SNOW withdrawn by nominator" -- GreenC 14:11, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Alliance of Women Directors

Alliance of Women Directors (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Ottawahitech (talk) 23:07, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Iranian articles

The following were all created by the same editor. Unfortunately some uncivil people have personally attacked him in other forums and are now seeking to destroy his work on Wikipedia. Sad case. In any case all of these articles have some sources but they could use some help with additional sourcing. -- GreenC 13:59, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

List of military disasters

The result of the discussion was keep.

List of military disasters (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion

`Forward the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

— Tennyson

The result of the discussion was keep. DiverScout (talk) 12:21, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Latha Walpola

Latha Walpola (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion A Sri Lankan singer from the 1950s/1960s, whose recordings have been included in over 600 films. The article essentially is proposed to be deleted because it is really poorly written however the subject is notable. Given the era she was famous during it is hard to find reliable online sources but they are out there. Dan arndt (talk) 09:07, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Result was: Keep -- GreenC 13:24, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Portia Li

I've done just about all I can do and seem to be limited by my limitations in reading Chinese to further research this notable person. The article is about a Chinese-American journalist/activist who covers but has a tendency to become personally involved in discrimination cases and new stories. I found an excellent but old Wall Street Journal article that uses some incredibly superlative descriptions but for some reason the reliability of the claims in the article have been downplayed significantly (with my possible misinterpretations of what someone has said about Portia Li). I'm not understanding the strong push for the deletion of the topic since it meets the requirements for notability far better than quite a few other stub articles on journalists. I've read the requirements necessary before I come here for help, but I think this is a worthwhile topic, notable and would be a great addition to the encyclopedia. Best regards and thank you for your help.

  Bfpage |leave a message  18:58, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Gale Thomson

Gale Thomson (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Former First Lady of New Hampshire (1973-1979), businessperson, and influential state political figure, esp. within the N.H. Republican Party. I firmly believe that this bio meets all criteria for inclusion. It's an unfortunate belief by some that national, state, or provincial First Ladies (and First Gentlemen) should not be included on Wikipedia (but that's another debate).

Admittedly, the Gale Thomson's biography could use a little strengthening. Unfortunately, some of the original citations no longer appear to be available due to age and link rot (This article was first written in 2010). This is making it a little harder to strengthen the bio and hopefully save the article.

Thanks in advance for any help. Have a great day! Scanlan (talk) 00:40, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

RFC: Awards and notability

RFC here: [20]

Concerns if the notability guidelines should be used to determine if a film award can be included in an article. For example if Ben Affleck won an award that doesn't have a Wikipedia article, that award would not be mentioned in his biography. More details and arguments in the RFC. Editors have said they hope to apply this to all awards eventually not just film awards so comics, books, etc.. would not be able to mention they won certain awards based on notability. This also has potential consequences for AfD since awards are often used to build a case for notability. -- GreenC 13:27, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Avant-garde architecture

Avant-garde architecture (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion This is quite a broad topic for which there are plenty of sources and angles. Andrew D. (talk) 11:51, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Structural evil

Structural evil (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion A good ethical topic with relevance to Wikipedia itself. Andrew D. (talk) 11:51, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement is
Tax return
Please be bold and help improve it!

Romanian Secular-Humanist Association

Romanian Secular-Humanist Association (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion

This is a stub about one of the main Humanist organizations in Romania. The organization is not super famous internationally, but then neither is the country. Still there are plenty of external sources and it's clearly a "minimum viable stub". I would actually it's more than "minimum", for it's better than the average NGO stub. If it is not good enough, we might as well remove all stub templates and stub category pages from Wikipedia and ban the creation of stubs altogether. If only this page is removed, it is clearly some kind of persecution happening for reasons that I fail to understand. There is a more detailed discussion in the article's AfD page. Ariel Pontes (talk) 09:58, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Big red button

Big red button (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion What happens when you push it...? Andrew D. (talk) 18:15, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Town drunk

Town drunk (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia. Andrew D. (talk) 18:15, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Westfield Plaza Bonita

Westfield Plaza Bonita (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Paid COI editor issues, however I belive the mall is notable and the article can be saved. GregJackP Boomer! 01:52, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

John Schlossberg

John Schlossberg (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion

5 AfDs + 2 Deletion Reviews. It's been a year since the last AfD there may be additional sources. -- GreenC 13:54, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

No Consensus with a prophecy by the closer: "the chance to obtain a "delete" consensus in any future nomination appears remote in the extreme". -- GreenC 18:47, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Westfield Mission Valley

Westfield Mission Valley (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion Paid COI editor issues, however I belive the mall is notable and the article can be saved.GregJackP Boomer! 02:11, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

No consensus. GregJackP Boomer! 03:03, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Jeffrey Allen Sinclair

Brigadier general, meets WP:SOLDIER, has some WP:BLP1E issues. GregJackP Boomer! 03:08, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

SMU School of Accountancy

Article by new editor, via AfC. Needs cleanup, but clearly notable, with "[discussion] in some detail" in "Indonesia's leading English-language daily". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:16, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

List of books about the Troubles

Hello, the recently created article List of books about the Troubles has been nominated for deletion. The list is certainly notable and has the ability to expand. Would you please participate to save the article. Thank you. IQ125 (talk) 11:49, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

  • Closed Snow Keep. -- GreenC 04:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

List of medical symptoms

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Needs cleanup not deletion. Siuenti (talk) 18:10, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

  • Closed no consensus -- GreenC 18:30, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Joel Comm

There are several related AfD nominations:

  1. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joel Comm
  2. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twitter Power (2nd nomination)
  3. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Next Internet Millionaire (2nd nomination)

I'd be grateful if some editors would help me clean up these articles of any promotional material. I've done most of the cleanup on Twitter Power and The Next Internet Millionaire but haven't gotten to Joel Comm yet. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 17:38, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

  • Closed Keep -- GreenC 18:30, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

RackaRacka

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I have found a number of sources and added them to the article, more prose is required to make it look worthy though. Antrocent (♫♬) 01:16, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Ksenia Milyavskaya

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Possible sources (in Italian) here: User_talk:OlesyaKanonik#October_2015_2. Article needs a good de-puffing. --NeilN talk to me 15:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC) 

 : Hello, User:NeilN. Please bring a vivid example. I guid not well. I do not know until the end how it should look. Help me please. Thank You!

OlesyaKanonik (talk) 17:53, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Ken Whitman

Ken Whitman is a good and controversial figure in the tabletop gaming community, so I have to imagine there are sources out there for him. I started with one good one, and hoped I would find more eventually; maybe I just need a little help. BOZ (talk) 23:55, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Latvia–Uruguay relations

Mark Bellinghaus

— Ricahrd Octave III (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. What has this got to do with anything? Ricahrd Octave III (talk) 15:07, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Trump Ice

Smartphone zombies

Danger, Will Robinson

Chet Williamson

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  • The article has one WP:RS, and I am sure we can find more. BOZ (talk) 23:58, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Kresten Bjerg

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  • I need sources to confirm his notability! --Magnus bjerg (talk) 07:41, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Nazi architecture

  • A few editors keep deleting the article and placing a copy vios complaint. This article was first started on 23 March 2004‎ with thousands of edits done by hundreds of editors. The article includes many valid citations from notable sources including books written by recognized experts on the topic. This article is not copy vios and I would appreciate some help saving it. It is a substantial article with valid and meaningful information. Thank you IQ125 (talk) 17:40, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
  • The topic of Nazi architecture is clearly important, and we need an article on the topic. The problem is that, 10 years ago, three editors added large amounts of text, most of which remains in the article, which was directly copied from several books or unattributed. Much of this text has footnotes, but there is (a) no indication that it is a direct quotation; (b) no indication of where the copying starts and stops; (c) far too extensive use of copying to count as "brief quotation". Unfortunately, this means that the article is heavily contaminated with copyrighted material, with no reasonable way to remove the violations. I have talked with IQ125 both on his Talk page and on the article Talk page, but not only has he persisted in removing the Copyvio template (added by an administrator), but he has restored text which I had confirmed to be a copyright violation. --Macrakis (talk) 02:55, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Grok

Icelake

Hello, a person keeps reverting the article to a redirect. This is a separate cpu and deserves it's own separate article like so many other cpu's on Wikipedia. Would you please get involved. I do not was to edit war or go 3RR. Thank you IQ125 (talk) 18:38, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Lew Childre

Many reliable sources often used on Wikipedia being ignored by every editor participating in the AfD. Maybe it needs even more? Not sure what it would take if this amount is not enough already. -- GreenC 00:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

The Valley Report

This article is sourced but the coding may be off. There are several examples of notoriety of the website, but the person who nominated it for deletion used his personal belief that it is a "lesser known" satire site as grounds for deletion, despite being significantly more popular than the majority of other satire sites on wikipedia.

Dave Weasel

This article is properly coded and sourced, including three third party independent news sources, a verified Facebook page and a verified Spotify artist page.

Comfort Keepers

This article would benefit from copy editing per assertions of being an advertisement in its nature. There are also several unused sources available in the Further reading section, which can be used to verify information and expand the article. North America1000 04:38, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

  • Update: Upon consideration, I have changed my stance regarding this article to a merge to Sodexo, so withdrawing this post to improve the article at this time. North America1000 20:00, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

List of black tennis players

A new page which could use some expansion. Andrew D. (talk) 13:04, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

VMTurbo

This article would benefit from copy editing to address promotional tone. North America1000 03:27, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Brainbench

The article has been pruned down to the point that it now consists of only two sentences, putting it into WP:A7 territory in the process. The article would benefit from expansion based upon what sources report about it. North America1000 03:05, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

IK Multimedia

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  • The article has been tagged for Notability since 2008. The external links section appears to offer decent sourcing, but the content is overly promotional, with many external links embedded into the copy. Could benefit from review of sources to confirm notability (if any) and by untangling of promotional content and ext links. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:04, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Sturgeon River wolf attacks Cigar Lake Mine wolf attack Ben Cochrane wolf attack List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada

Hello, these related articles have all been +tagged for deletion. They are the same topic "ie animal attacks" as many many other articles at Wikipedia. Would you please intervene to save these articles from the deletionist members! Thank you IQ125 (talk) 11:25, 7 September 2016 (UTC) They just added another one to the list: List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada. IQ125 (talk) 21:51, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Clickability

After I rewrote the article, concerns were raised that the article still is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet WP:CORPDEPTH. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 17:25, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

  • Result: Article successfully rescued.

Invest.com

After I rewrote the article, concerns were raised that the article still is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet WP:CORPDEPTH. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 17:25, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

PeopleStrong

I deprodded this per a cursory source review. The article needs work per the tags atop it. North America1000 10:15, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

  • Note: The article has been nominated for deletion at AfD. North America1000 02:06, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Mixpanel

I deprodded and added some sources to this article. It would benefit from more sources to demonstrate notability. North America1000 09:14, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

  • Note: The article has been nominated for deletion at AfD. North America1000 02:07, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Hayden Kays

I deprodded this article about an artist and added some sources to the article, but the subject may be a bit borderline regarding notability. Perhaps other users can find additional sources. North America1000 08:58, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

  • Note: The article has been nominated for deletion at AfD. North America1000 02:07, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Peekshare

This article has been flagged for deletion because of allegedly insufficient notoriety and week notability. I am searching for better articles to cite to and appreciate any help you can offer. Mbridge3000 (talk) 20:40, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Junior Software Engineer

This was prodded as being original research, and for other reasons. Comes across as a topic that could be expanded upon. I added a source, declined the prod, and tagged it with the OR template. For starters, needs work to verify content. North America1000 09:32, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Imperva

I removed the PROD notice from the page, as the company appears to be notable (WP:LISTED). I also posted some sources to the Talk page. The article needs copyediting for tone and content. If anyone may be interested, that would be great. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:33, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Chiara Passa

I'm an admin monitoring the discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chiara Passa, a blatant self-promotional autobiography. The discussion still has some days to go, but as it stands now with canvassing and SPA sockpuppet commentary, the article is ripe for deletion. The only thing that gives me pause is an unvoted comment by User:Frock vouching for this artist's notability and providing a reasonable rationale. I thought maybe someone participating in ARS could give it a look and see if anything can be salvaged. ~Amatulić (talk) 21:12, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

LearningRx

After I rewrote the article, concerns were raised that the article still is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet WP:CORPDEPTH. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 06:23, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Polemic

This article is nominated for deletion for the second time at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Polemic_(2nd_nomination)#Polemic. However, I feel that the "polemic" is a noteworthy and interesting topic in Category:Rhetoric, and can be expanded with tactics of polemics and historical examples. There is the beginning of a "History" section. Debresser (talk) 15:58, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Biocom

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 08:19, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

compLexity Gaming

This article is about a gaming team that is very notable, but the article is mainly just WP:CRUFT and has no real sourcing at all. The article is just in bad shape overall.  {MordeKyle}  ☢ 01:18, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

James Cantine

Article was nominated for deletion based on Notability but the problem seems to be organization and extraneous information. Breamk (talk) 06:32, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Márta Lacza

The original AfD related to a totally inadequate stub about this Hungarian artist. I have worked on the article to bring it up to standard, and the editor who originated the AfD now wishes to withdraw it, but is unable to do so because two other editors have expressed doubts (during the development of the article) as to the artist's notability. There are a number of online sources of information; I have cited seventeen (of variable detail and significance) but have listed in the AfD discussion and on the article's talk page the six sources that I think best demonstrate notability. The challenge in writing this article is working with sources written in Hungarian. I am convinced that the subject satisfies the general notability guideline, but would appreciate help in improving the article to reflect this, before time runs out on the AfD. Best regards — Hebrides (talk) 18:37, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

It's OK, folks. The result was Keep. — Hebrides (talk) 15:07, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Ashley Qualls

Made millions from internet activity starting at age 14 and so may be a good inspiration to us all. Andrew D. (talk) 12:15, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Gorn, Tellarite, Xindi (Star Trek)

Three Star Trek races. I'm a bit fuzzy on two of them but everyone remembers the Gorn, right? Andrew D. (talk) 19:44, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Sweetheart deal

We all know what this means, right? And, as it's a common type of corruption, there ought to be some good coverage of it somewhere, I suppose. But what else might we call it and have we got that covered already. Topics like this are an interesting puzzle, I find... Andrew D. (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

RadiumOne

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 06:44, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Roller Hockey International

This was a developed article about this league that played six seasons. Apparently it was not well developed as the master article only had one source properly included (though an additional four sources were included as external links). The component parts, 28 team articles, seasonal reviews and timeline all systematically being AfDed individually by one nom to tear this apart. My guess is if the master article was poorly sourced, the editors who created this initial content were not very experienced. However there are sources that support this league that had thousands of fans during its existence in the 90's. So this content is already being deleted in small pieces because of poor wikipedia technique rather than the validity of the content. Trackinfo (talk) 17:54, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Tomorrow (time)

A user (Shiftchange) stated at the AfD discussion, "Its one of the most difficult subjects that I have ever had to search for." Perhaps readers here can help with source searching. North America1000 03:47, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Andrew Bassat and Paul Bassat

This AfD is regarding the co-founders of Seek.com.au (see this), a multi-billion dollar company in Australia. There are a lot of sources with mentions, and getting everything together will take some work, but they are both clearly notable. The single AfD discussion covers both articles. Jim Miller See me | Touch me 22:39, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Grovo

Prodded for being promotional in nature. Perhaps editors here are interested in improving the article. North America1000 01:03, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Stefan Ćertić

Improved with more then 20 references including science journals, non profit scientific organizations and other reliable sources, I am convinced article pass the GNG. help. Thanks --Edwmgs (talk) 03:02, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

No Way to save, it's already decided from the beginning. Just wasting time to fix issues on the article that's better then half of others. Deletionism will kill WP one day. Closing my account --Edwmgs (talk) 13:15, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

  • Have you asked the deleting admin whether or not they could un-delete it and move it into your user space? --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 10:38, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Skamecrazy123. No, i tried to put a submission via article creation, but it was rejected unsurprisingly by the very same admin who deleted it. I have a copy at my draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Stefan_Certic There is a group of 5-6 admins that acts as one, patrolling around and deleting everything agreeing on each other no matter what nonsense one of them state. those are: JJMC89 DGG SwisterTwister and few others. I have been waiting for SPI to complete for mine account, as it showed that I was under false accusation. Can't fight against them anymore, the Aft goes like this:

- A: Not Notable. - B: But i found research papers in Major technology scientific journal. - A: Yes, but it's cited only 5 times. - B: Hey, but i found the subject is research director at the University. - A: Nope, that's mid level position. it needs to be president of the university to be notable. In basics this is how their arguments work: - A: I found that the person is president. - B: Nope, the president is just a ceremonial figure, it needs to be prime minister to be notable :) - I am 100% if SPI is performed on admin accounts, we would solve problem of deletionism once for all.Edwmgs (talk) 16:31, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

  • Ok... that's a discussion for another time (and one I'm not going to have). My wish is to help you sort this article, so lets focus on that. Would you mind if we continue this on my talk page for the moment. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 17:40, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Skamecrazy123, really appreciate your help and please apologies for my frustration. I left an article on my draft page just in case someone else starts on same topic so it does not have to do everything from scratch. Unfortunately my days on WP are over as stated on my talk page. If you need me for anything feel free to mention me on your or mine talk page and i will gladly respond and help if it's something i know(IT, Security, SS7, Russian / Croatian / Serbian language), but i am not going to contribute directly. Once again thanks for your willing to help. Edwmgs (talk) 18:32, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Many users have similar views on promotionalism, so it is not unusual if they sometimes take a similar view of an article. But each article is different, and for the ones you mention, I have often differed from them, and they from me.
Edwmgs, let me give you some advice based on many years here,and many challenges to the articles I myself have written: it is best to start with those who will certainly meet the requirements, establish a reputation for trustworthiness, and go on from there.For academics, there are problems using citation indexes for scientists who do not primarily publish in English journals, but although their deficiencies are known, there is nothing available to use instead. Therefore you may want to take a look at the other criteria in WP:PROF, because meeting any one of them is sufficient. You might for example want to write articles on the chief officer of universities in the countries of your interests, going all the way back. Every one of them is unquestionably notable, if you have a good reference for their holding the position. In business, there is nothing as clear-cut as WP:PROF. Being president of a famous firm usually does it, bur Certic just CTO and the firm is not that famous. . He's president of a new political party that is not yet notable; if he gets a seat in parliament, he will be automatically qualified. You might want to work on political figure who already hold these positions--going all the way back. Being noted for making a technical advance needs excellent true third party evidence to that effect, or an internationally known award of major stature.
WP is a strange place, but some of it is like the real world: persistence, calmness, flexibility, and the judgement not to fight lost causes will usually succeed here.I will help you if you give me the materials to do so. DGG ( talk ) 02:55, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks DGG, in business it is notable. Routo got sold for 49M https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/03/authentication-provider-telesign-closes-round-at-49-million/ (more then 1000 employers), which Telstra bought latter https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-buys-shares-in-two-factor-authentication-firm-389048. The Routo was the first company subject has been working as CTO. Unfortunately no-one bothered to do research before voting. Anyhow thanks DGG. The company subject built a whole architecture for is now securing Google, Twitter, LinkedIN and many others. That's notable for me. But, someone was in hurry to delete something that should not be deleted. I was the first one who put the "Improve Notability Tag", as the second company has been acquired by Viber media, but there are no other data except those from Company Registry. So, Subject is not CTO of firm that is not famous, he is EX CTO of two companies, one being sold to TeleSign (sources available) and another one to Viber Media (just company register search). Edwmgs (talk) 03:21, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
And just to describe my reason why I am leaving WP. When issue with my article started, i was looking at the other articles under debate in order to confirm if i am wrong (specific case) or those things happens as an default. The first thing i found was an article about a football player, where creator was stating the subject is notable because he played in UEFA cup, but the admin was replying something "WP Notability says it needs to play in a league. UEFA is not the league, it's a CUP. You are not convinced me, it's not notable". Well, after i read that, thanks but no thanks. :)

My Plan was: - Certic article - M3UA Stack - SS7 Open Source projects - SS7 Paid Vendors - SS7 Exploits That's the exact order of articles needed in order to start including content to WP that is currently not present and creates lack of sources for engineers. (I am affiliated with Dialogic as an employee, but not paid for authoring just to be noted.) Edwmgs (talk) 03:34, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

DGG I would be happy to get everything back to normal following your instructions. The only thing that made me lose my patience was this: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/48/a5/1b/48a51b297a3c672ef7dc4318cb72a12b.jpg :)) Looking forward for your instructions if you think we can build the project. Real life comparation stands, but for example, when we (developers) work on open source project (like WP to some point is), we compete who will add more, not who will delete more :). Looking forward to your instructions. Edwmgs (talk) 04:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
DGG Moreover, my next contribution if we solve the current one, will be getting the permission for the illustration above, changing it to WP ranks, to be used in what WP is not :) Edwmgs (talk) 04:06, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
The way to think about this is not what articles you would like to build, but what your references will support. Identify your strongest references before you write, and build the article on them. To make sure it looks like an encyclopedia article, include only the central notable material. I notice that in the AfD, Certic has said he does not want an article if it will be controversial here. That's a wise view of things. Of course he cannot prevent one, but in my personal opinion it would be only fair to make an article on him only if it will be a very strong one. I'll review what you write, but I do better with biographies than computer technology. What Ido not have time to do without being unfair to other needs here is to help you write the article in detail. DGG ( talk ) 02:50, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Andscacs

Need some help saving this article. Thanks! IQ125 (talk) 21:34, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

E3 Media

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 03:16, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Every Street Is Paved With Gold: The Road to Real Success

This article can be rescued if there is a will.

Beatrice B. "BeBe" Magee

The name of this scientist may make finding independent sources tricky. The article may need some help, but this person has made important contributions to science.TeeVeeed (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Play Magnus

Hi, a deletion +tag has been posted based on lack of notability. Please help out! Thank you IQ125 (talk) 10:10, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Anthony Coffey

Hello, a deletion +tag has been posted based on lack of notability. The article has three reliable independent sources to prove notability. Please help out! Thank you Tanton2008 (talk) 19:08, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

White Lodging

Concerns were raised that this still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 15:11, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Amanda Burk

Concerns were raised that this artist doesn't meet notability requirements for WP:NARTIST. Would anyone be able to help me find secondary sources? Klkp123 (talk) 23:03, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Milly Ristvedt

This page has be nominated for deletion based on lack of notability requirements for WP:NARTIST. Ristvedt is an extraordinary Canadian painter, and her page was started as part of an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon. I would really appreciate some support finding secondary sources, and/or tips on how to strengthen the page. Thanks! Julesphorson (talk) 00:29, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

List of things considered foul smelling

  • "Read the whole library, my son, but the cheese will still smell after four days." – Banacek. Andrew D. (talk) 20:40, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey

  • Hi, article needs some help, unbelievably they are trying delete it! IQ125 (talk) 16:33, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Nick's Original Big Train Bar

Nominated for deletion, but then withdrawn after the provision of sources. An interesting article about a historical dive bar in New Orleans, Louisiana that would benefit from improvements. North America1000 02:44, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Jesse Cox

Some work is needed on this article, it has been nominated for deletion, however the person IS notable enough to create a page on. OblivionOfficial (talk) 02:17, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Marcio Stambowsky

This article was nominated in February 2017 for speedy deletion on notability grounds, but the nomination was overruled by an administrator who determined that the claims made in the article would confer notability if confirmed. Last week, the article was again nominated for deletion through AfD by the same group of contributors. The matter has been discussed and debated at length, and in response to their concerns, exhaustive efforts have since been made to source the article more extensively. It remains on the AfD list without consensus. The person in the article is a notable martial artist, a regional champion, and a world championship Maccabiah bronze medalist. The article is worth keeping. See AfD discussion for more details.ToddLara729 (talk) 16:32, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Monstercat

This article has been nominated for deletion several times and has been deleted before. This record label is more than significantly notable enough to be on Wikipedia, and desperately needs to be rescued. OblivionOfficial (talk) 16:23, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Maria Fernanda Londoño

This article has been nominated for deletion despite proven notability through reliable third party sources204.63.44.145 (talk) 19:36, 13 June 2017 (UTC).

Vegas Sports Information Network (VSiN)

May shortly be moved, but there seems every chance it was created by an undeclared COI and/or the RM was raised by another, both are SPAs and now both MIA. Notability is not established in the article IMO but it seems likely to be possible. I thought I'd give ARS a go rather than AfD. Andrewa (talk) 03:45, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Fuji Food

Concerns were raised that this still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 08:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Weis market attack

I'd like to see this article expanded on, particularly regarding the shooter's background and web presence. I tried to get something started but the lack of familiarity here is stonewalling me - Joinedtomakeonearticle (talk) 22:28, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

InvisibleKitchen

Concerns were raised that this still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 05:27, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Meli Melo Artists Alliance

Concerns were raised that this still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 05:27, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Murder of Junko Furuta

This article seems like its seriously struggling with some really weird POV pushing and lack of sourcing. People in the talk pages are having a lot of issues regarding lack of sourcing for descriptions of the suffering the victim endured, and then people responding to that accusing those people of supporting the murderers. From what I can tell, the people with a focus on this page are not getting anywhere and it seems like it could use some outside help. I know its a weird article to be worried about, but honestly, the page is almost disrespectful in its treatment of the topic due to its lack of substance, and the characteristics of the case strike me as notable enough to deserve effort in fixing the article. SomewhatSpurious (talk) 21:36, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Biocom

Concerns were raised that this still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 04:01, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Trump effect

The decisive factor in saving this article is likely to be the location of scholarly sources for it, since that would address not only concerns about lack of reliable sources, but also about bias and ephemerality. It is currently sourced mostly from newspapers and from political magazines and websites. The article looks like an obvious keep to me, with enduring relevance to the sociology of fascism and of violence (whether or not the initiating report's results are substantiated by further research), but finding scholarly publications to illustrate that point may be necessary to save it from the deletionists. —Syrenka V (talk) 08:45, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Jasraj

This article is about an Indian classical musician. It could do with some work. It is currently nominated for deletion, but there is certain notability. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:35, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

  • Added sourcing and navigation templates at top of entry. —Syrenka V (talk) 06:41, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Donald Trump resistance

  • Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  • An article named "Trump resistance" was recently deleted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trump resistance. Closing editor wrote: "There is no doubt that from an original attack/SYNTH page this has been greatly improved (thanks to User:NewsAndEventsGuy and E.M.Gregory), but "essentially POV" wasn't the only argument brought up to delete. I cannot redirect this since there are too many options provided, even if a number of editors agree on one of them ("Protests against Donald Trump"), because E.M.Gregory makes a good argument for "Anti-Trump movement". If there is content in the current article that editors feel should be recovered to merge into another article, we can do that later--if there's agreement on it. User:Drmies."
  • I don't think that this "resistance" or "Anti-Trump movement" movement is going away. It is a huge, sprawling political fact that needs a main article, imho. If anyone agrees - not with the idea that Trump should be opposed, but with the idea that opposition to him should have a master article, as it were, I beseech you will pitch in and help re-write (and perhaps rename this article) this article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:40, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
  • I agree entirely that a movement (ongoing, unified) is a different topic from protests (specific, separate, dated events), and deserves a separate page, even when both are aimed at the same target. WP:ATTACK and WP:SYNTH could only, at the very most, justify dynamiting the page and starting over, not permanently deleting or redirecting it. Anti-Trump movement is as good a name for the page as any I can think of, and it should not be a redirect. The main obstacle will likely be finding sources that describe an ongoing, unified movement, so as to avoid WP:SYNTH, but this task should be feasible.
But what are the mechanics of re-creating a page that has already been deleted or redirected? In particular, how does one get access to any good material that may have been in the page before deletion? And where should the new page nucleate? (My own strong preference would be to WP:BOLD the redirect for Anti-Trump movement straightforwardly into a separate page, add in the good material from NewsAndEventsGuy and Gregory, and go from there.)
—Syrenka V (talk) 06:28, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the pings in this conversation, but I have list interest in these articles, so I have no opinion. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 16:35, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Emperor Group articles

Seven Emperor Group-related articles were nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Media Group Holdings Limited and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emperor Entertainment Group. Concerns at the AfDs are that the subjects are not notable and the Wikipedia articles are advertisements. Would editors be able to look for more sources and help clean up the articles to remove any promotion? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 05:09, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Polymer solution

Article on a broad chemistry topic; a textbook specifically on the topic has recently been added. —Syrenka V (talk) 07:48, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

The Works of Alan Watts

Article on a prominent popular philosopher—for once, notability is not an issue. Current trend of discussion is against deletion. But the article needs considerable work; large sections, though not the entire article, have been blanked (during the deletion discussion!) for WP:COPYVIO, and the resulting blank space is being used as an argument for draftification. —Syrenka V (talk) 02:56, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 21:37, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Medical Marijuana, Inc.

A publicly-traded medical marijuana company with an unusually diverse portfolio. Currently written like an advertisement, but enough reliable sources to establish notability appear to exist. —Syrenka V (talk) 19:28, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 21:37, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Forbes Fictional 15

Revival of an article deleted long ago for WP:COPYVIO problems not present in the current version, and for alleged unencylopedicity. Topic is a list published by Forbes, analogous to the Forbes 400, but for fictional characters rather than real individuals. Adequate sources appear to exist, over a long enough period of time to show persistent interest in the topic. —Syrenka V (talk) 22:42, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 10:06, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Budgie (desktop environment)

Apparently popular Linux desktop. Nominated with the comment "It does not have notability and reliable sources." Reliable sources do appear to exist, although some are very recent (last 24 hours, therefore published after the nomination!). —Syrenka V (talk) 22:54, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 20:52, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Adyen

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 05:11, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 20:55, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Veem

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 05:11, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 20:55, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Housejoy

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 05:11, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 20:55, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Religious assimilation

Nominated after an unsuccessful WP:PROD by the nominator, contested by Kvng. Currently unsourced, but ample sources exist; for example, Rwanda: a case study in religious assimilation is the very first hit from Google Books. Arguments being made for redirection to Cultural assimilation, but this seems inappropriate in the light of sources focusing specifically on religious assimilation. Despite abundant sources, copywrong and paywall problems interfere significantly with access to sources. —Syrenka V (talk) 20:54, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 01:08, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Bitcoin Magazine

A news periodical about Bitcoin—originally paper, now online only. Searching for sources is very difficult, for the reason given in the essay WP:NMEDIA: "when searching for sources on media outlets, the results are often pages produced by the outlet, making it difficult to find significant coverage in multiple sources." Bitcoin Magazine is cited extensively in the literature, including the scholarly literature. According to WP:NMEDIA, this would justify a presumption of notability; however, as an essay, WP:NMEDIA is not authoritative, so local consensus as to the validity of its relevant arguments would have to be made within the AfD discussion. Enough reliable, independent sources would also have to be found to allow an article to be written.

My search for sources has also revealed a problem not mentioned in the nomination, nor in the AfD discussion thus far: the page at the time of nomination for deletion) appears to be a word-for-word WP:COPYVIO and plagiarism [not necessarily—see AfD] of this tertiary source, which is self-published on Lulu Press. (The Lulu Press link is http://www.lulu.com/shop/devin-williams/cryptocurrency-compendium-a-reference-for-digital-currencies/paperback/product-23232486.html; I cannot link to it, as it is spam-blacklisted on Wikipedia.) Therefore, the article will have to be rewritten from scratch if it is to be kept, and this tertiary source cannot be used, as self-published sources are considered unreliable (although some of the sources it cites might be used if any are found to be independent, reliable, and nontrivial).

I would like to keep this article, as I accept the argument from WP:NMEDIA for presumptive notability based on extensive citation in reliable sources (and, unlike the essay itself, I would extend that to online as well as print magazines, the guideline WP:WEB to the contrary notwithstanding). But saving this article will likely need additional sourcing; any help along those lines would be appreciated.

—Syrenka V (talk) 20:42, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 19:01, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

ItBit

A financial services firm recognized in a finance textbook as "the first fully regulated bitcoin exchange". The article is currently very brief and poorly referenced, but further references have been cited in the AfD discussion. —Syrenka V (talk) 09:10, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

  • Unsuccessful The article is gone as of today. Rhadow (talk) 16:08, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Bitnation

A cyberspace nation, similar to the Principality of Sealand, but taking the micronation idea a step further by dispensing with physical territory altogether, in favor of a Bitcoin-style blockchain. Currently written like an advertisement, but ample sources appear to exist, and to establish that this is not a hoax (although it is of course controversial in the same way that Sealand is). Numerous sources cited, but only with links. Sourcing needs considerable cleanup: better formatting, and elimination of excessive use of biased or non-independent sources. —Syrenka V (talk) 09:25, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 13:04, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Community Displacement in Philadelphia

This article about a notable topic (at least I think so) was nominated for AfD. It had no inline citations, and a hot steaming mess of external links, many of which are dead. I started a process of triage of the links with html comments: black, red, and so forth. The structure of the article -- by neighborhood -- requires consideration of FORKs. When I looked, the neighborhood articles are similarly referenced (which is to say ... not well). Help here will improve a whole family of articles. Rhadow (talk) 02:31, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Paddock

Worst mass shooter in American history .. not notable for Wikipedia? -- GreenC 13:44, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Kept (snowball close as no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 22:04, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Alicia Yoon

I have put a bunch of sources in the article, now the content just needs to follow. Antrocent (♫♬) 17:56, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 08:00, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

mySupermarket

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 03:38, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 22:16, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Fit in or fuck off

Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Fit in or fuck off

Note: this article has been tagged for proposed deletion rather than nominated for deletion discussion. —Syrenka V (talk) 04:50, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Kept (proposed deletion contested by 7&6=thirteen). —Syrenka V (talk) 10:46, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Fit in or fuck off FYI. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:45, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Quadrafile

A record album from 1976, demonstrating all four quadraphonic sound recording methods of the time. Notability is in question because of lack of sources. The AfD is to close soon, but relisting is possible if more sources can be found. —Syrenka V (talk) 05:16, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Relisted. A keep is possible, but more sources would help. —Syrenka V (talk) 18:06, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
Kept! —Syrenka V (talk) 21:37, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Xenon (program)

A sophisticated web crawler program used by the governments of five nations for online surveillance to detect tax evasion and other crimes. Raises significant privacy concerns. Nominated after an unsuccessful WP:PROD by the nominator, contested by me (Syrenka V). Only two sources currently cited (both added by me before I contested the proposed deletion; one had been present beforehand, but only as an unformatted broken link). More sources will help. Also, the article is a very short stub at present; adding text supported by citations would also help. —Syrenka V (talk) 19:33, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 18:02, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

The good doctor (phrase)

Perhaps this article can be rescued, if anyone is interested. North America1000 09:16, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Deleted. However, I've created Wiktionary articles that preserve the information that was in the Wikipedia article at the time of nomination, and one of them (wikt:the good doctor) has already been linked from the disambiguation page The Good Doctor by a "Delete" voter who suggested this alternative during the AfD. I intend to add a link to the other (wikt:good doctor) because it has the Shakespeare quote from the deleted Wikipedia article.
—Syrenka V (talk) 01:57, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Oliver Isaacs

Deleted7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:07, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Bring Back the Bees

A publicity campaign for honey bee conservation, using hashtags as well as seed giveaways. Nominated as:

Not a sufficiently notable hashtag activism campaign; the term is only used by advertising campaigns and not mentioned in discussion of physical demonstrations.

Some of the sources currently in the page that describe physical demonstrations do not mention the hashtag or the name of the campaign, but additional suitable sources exist (for example, from Lifehacker, CNN, Forbes, HuffPost, Popular Science, and even Snopes). Although not mentioned by the nominator, one possible issue will be establishing the likelihood of WP:SUSTAINED coverage. The campaign began in 2014, but most of the sources appear to be from the current year (2017). —Syrenka V (talk) 10:17, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Kept. Kudos to Trackinfo for supplying a number of additional sources! —Syrenka V (talk) 20:54, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Merry Maids

Was redirected (diff), which I reverted, because source searches demonstrate notability, and concerns about promotional tone can be addressed by copy editing the article. Posting here requesting improvements. North America1000 05:12, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for drawing this issue to the attention of ARS, Northamerica1000! I consider hard redirection of an article that had nontrivial text before redirection to be an attenuated form of deletion, comparable to page blanking. I've improved Merry Maids by doing some cleanup of the references, and by adding two new sections ("Safety record" and "Labor relations") with additional references. There is a good mix of favorable and unfavorable information: excellent on safety, not so good on labor relations. I don't think anyone who reads the section on labor relations could see this article as promotional by any stretch of the imagination. Please let ARS know if there are further attempts to delete Merry Maids, or if it appears to need further improvement to be safe from deletion.
—Syrenka V (talk) 22:35, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
@Syrenka V: Thanks for expanding and improving the article. North America1000 21:54, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Mondottica

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 06:21, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Deleted. —Syrenka V (talk) 01:27, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Bruce Gilley

Controversial academic, whose paper on the 'good side of colonialism' created a dust-up and was pulled from a journal. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:48, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Snowball keep! —Syrenka V (talk) 03:52, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

American Home Shield

Was redirected per concerns with promotionalism, which I reverted. I have performed some copy editing to address tone and organization matters and added secondary sources, but the article would benefit from more improvements. Perhaps other uses who read this board may be interested in improving the article. North America1000 18:43, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

As noted on the article's talk page, I've created new sections on "Mergers and acquisitions" (I found a report in Forbes that ServiceMaster will be spinning off American Home Shield in the third quarter of 2018)—and a section on "Consumer reception". I don't think anyone could possibly see the article as promotional now—to say the least. I was taken aback by just how negative the consumer-journalism sources tended to be.
—Syrenka V (talk) 23:43, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Eugena Washington

First Playboy Playmate of the Year (after they went non-centerfold). Last one to be announced by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:16, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Keep FWIW, I do think my use of the other playmate articles in the discussion had an impact: no one had an answer. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:44, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Naomi (actress)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naomi (actress)

Another passing porn star. Notability is the issue. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:01, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Deleted No surprise ending there. 21:26, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation 2nd nomination

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation (2nd nomination)

If at first you don't succeed.... A serial nomination. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:55, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Krista White

Winner of America's Next Top Model (ANTM) Cycle 14. Nominated after an unsuccessful WP:PROD (based on non-notability) by the nominator, contested by me (Syrenka V) on the ground that winning ANTM satisfies the "well-known and significant award or honor" clause of section WP:ANYBIO within guideline WP:BIO. Just relisted at AfD for the second time. I had not listed the article here for rescue earlier, but now an argument for deletion has been advanced that includes enough WP:BEFORE that it could potentially be held to rebut the presumption of notability created by WP:ANYBIO, so a search for sources is now warranted. The argument includes some interesting use of sources to argue against applicability of WP:ANYBIO, so source searching related to that issue may also be warranted. —Syrenka V (talk) 03:53, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 20:52, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Nandini Nair

Not in immediate jeopardy, but likely needs additional sourcing to stay out of trouble; currently tagged with {{BLP sources}}. Recent proposed deletion was contested by Aspects on the purely technical ground that the article had already been proposed for deletion before. —Syrenka V (talk) 01:38, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

One of the sources for the article (1) is apparently from the Malayalam-language website of the Malayalam-language film Azhimukham news website Azhimukham [not the 1972 film of the same name!]. An editor fluent in Malayalam might be able to do more for this article than I can. —Syrenka V (talk) 09:22, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Another issue: I just cleaned up the sources already in the article, converting bare URLs to full list-defined references. While doing so, I discovered that the references appear to name a different person (Nandini Nair)! I have accordingly tagged the article as a possible hoax. There is more at the article's talk page and at the new query about this article at the BLP Noticeboard that I just created. —Syrenka V (talk) 11:01, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

I no longer have any real doubts about the person's identity. I've removed the {{hoax}} tag and moved the page to Nandini Nair, leaving Nandini Sree as a redirect (see article talk page). —Syrenka V (talk) 06:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Mike Adriano

Apparently this gentleman is a minor pornographic actor and a major pornographic director. Relisted within the last 24 hours, with the relisting administrator citing a 2-2 split in !votes. Some of the sentiment for deletion may have been due to confusion between acting versus directing as the basis for notability. Also, sourcing thus far is strictly from within the adult film industry. Reliable, independent outside sources would help. —Syrenka V (talk) 02:41, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

N.B.: This is the second AfD for Mike Adriano; the first AfD, from 2013, was withdrawn by the nominator. It remains relevant to the arguments made in this second AfD. —Syrenka V (talk) 03:07, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 21:42, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Reedsy

Concerns were raised that the article is a violation of WP:PROMO and still doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Would editors review the article to fix any Wikipedia:Neutral point of view violations and also look for more sources? Cunard (talk) 01:43, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Deleted. —Syrenka V (talk) 21:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Adewale Demehin

Outside sources have been provided to back up the notability of this subject in at least one event notable event, even though the subject has taken part in other major roles in stage plays between 2001 and 2009, but are not yet verifiable because they were not publicized on the internet. It falls on all falls with the three white mice case presented in WP:SCNR The page has received significant coverage in at least one verifiable source. And deserves to remain on wikipedia with backing from [[[WP:BLP1E]]. However insignificant the topic may be to the nominator, WP:SCNR shows it still deserves to have a stand alone page on Wikipedia Davioseki (talk) 10:12, 20 January 2018 (UTC)}}

List of mayors of Traverse City, Michigan

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mayors of Traverse City, Michigan Broad policy question. List that inclues 150 years of mayors being eliminated as "non notable." WP:Not paper. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:44, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

  • Kept Adjunct article to main article! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:58, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Jack Schlossberg

This is the 6th AfD plus two DRVs. -- GreenC 14:54, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Language Creation Society

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Language Creation Society (2nd nomination) Notability. Alleged WP:COI. Acerbic discussion. Counting merger discussions, a previous deletion, etc., looks closer to a 4th nomination. Sourcing was poorly done. I've fixed references and links. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:35, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Deleted 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:19, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Bob Howard (academic)

An Australian political scientist, nominated as non-notable. Nomination statement also alleges "Part of a series of spam articles". Just relisted for the third round—this is it. Apparently it is difficult to find journal articles the subject authored (perhaps because his name is common?). Keep advocacy is mostly based on special notability guideline WP:ACADEMIC; rebuttals by deletion advocates question whether his academic roles qualify for WP:ACADEMIC. If the common-name problem can be overcome, source searching might help with the WP:ACADEMIC case, as well as with a possible WP:GNG case. —Syrenka V (talk) 23:24, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Kept (no consensus). —Syrenka V (talk) 01:15, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Long face syndrome

A medical/dental syndrome. Article is very short and sparsely referenced, although it has been improved since nomination. —Syrenka V (talk) 22:35, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

No compliance with WP:BEFORE.
Added substantial text and many references.
Closed as Snow keep 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:00, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Joseph G. Clemons

A war hero of the USA for his role in the Battle of Pork Chop Hill in the Korean War; winner of the Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the battle the Battle of Triangle Hill; portrayed by Gregory Peck in the 1959 movie Pork Chop Hill. Nominated nevertheless as failing WP:SOLDIER (N.B.: an essay section, not a guideline). One keep !voter so far says he passes clause 4 of WP:SOLDIER, "Played an important role in a significant military event such as a major battle or campaign"; nominator disputes this on the ground that his command was too low-level. Preliminary source searching suggests that he likely meets WP:GNG whether or not he meets WP:SOLDIER, but the Wikipedia article itself is poorly sourced at present; incorporating more sources would help. —Syrenka V (talk) 09:59, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Kept. —Syrenka V (talk) 11:15, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Elissa Sursara

Can she survive another AfD? -- GreenC 16:16, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Deleted. —Syrenka V (talk) 00:27, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
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