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Possible to get a copy of an article that was removed?

If you "Search Misplaced Pages" for Rollins you will see an article about Joe Rollins that has been deleted.

I'm not sure why it was deleted but would like a copy for my own use -- I'm his son. I did not create the original article and do not know the author. My father was notable as an attorney in Houston and someone deemed him notable enough to create the original article shortly after his death in 2008. I don't know when the article was removed, but I believe you are credited with the removal. I hope I'm contacting you properly.

Thanks, Rolguy (talk) 22:50, 22 January 2020 (UTC)Guy Rollins

The content was deleted because it was a suspected copyright violation. For that reason, I cannot offer copies of it. MER-C 08:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Vistula Land

Hi, is it possible to reopen or relist the Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_January_16#Category:People_from_Vistula_Land discussion? Nominator added "/merging" in the nomination just today, without even mentioning it, and my support does not apply to merging. Marcocapelle (talk) 20:07, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

There is consensus for checking whether members are categorized under Category:People from Congress Poland, Category:19th-century Polish people or whereever if appropriate, then deleting. Maybe I should have been more clear. MER-C 20:15, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Farooqahmadbhat sock?

Hello MER-C, any idea if user 9NDX9 (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) has any connection with Farooqahmadbhat sockfarm? becasue this IP geolocated the same area as their previous IP (2401:4900:198d:7190:a4e7:719c:73eb:31d7) submitted Draft:Rani Hazarika for review and it was last created by a few FAB socks. GSS  13:12, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

I haven't given that any thought, and to be fair the question in somewhat academic - the spammer is blocked, their drafts quarantined. MER-C 14:22, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Favor

Hey M-C, thanks for all your good work moving spam/sockpuppet articles into the draftspace. Could I ask a favor: when you do so, could you please also comment out any categories in them, so the Drafts no longer pollute article categories? There is a script for that (User:DannyS712/Draft no cat.js) that makes it very easy. Thanks! UnitedStatesian (talk) 18:23, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Will do. MER-C 19:53, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Another incarnation?

Hi MER-C, I noticed you blocked Sala90 a while back for not answering questions about possible UPE. One of the articles they were closely involved with was Wren Kitchens, which among other things, they would update the number of showrooms regularly. In case you're willing to follow up, there have been requests to do so on the talk page recently as well: once by an IP and most recently by the new account Freshd445. Thanks, –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 03:39, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

There is nothing wrong with what Freshd445 is doing currently. MER-C 19:42, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Meaty

I guess at least they disclosed this time. Praxidicae (talk) 15:44, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

I'll block them if they move the draft into mainspace. MER-C 19:40, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates/Commelina communis

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Tagblume Commelina communis stack25 2019-08-05-RM-8050218-PSD.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust 20:08, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Climate Change Denial category

Hi, As I guess you noticed, GRuban closed the August 2019 RfC "RfC: Category: Climate change deniers" saying DELETION UPHELD. Today due to renaming there is a "Climate change denial" category with about 170 biographies, after your approval of a discussion in Category:Climate change skepticism and denial. I believe that the reasonable action now is to re-open the WP:BLPN RfC discussion and ping the participants, yet again. Before doing so, I am asking you to please reconsider your action. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 00:51, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Consensus was clear. I have no power to overrule it. MER-C 09:21, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I believe that consensus was clear in the RfC and that you did in effect overrule that, but maybe there will be a consensus that I'm wrong. My WP:BLPN posting is at Category:Climate change deniers: Again. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 16:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

You pointed it out, subsequent participants read what you wrote and disagreed with you. Do not shoot the messenger. I'm not interested in dealing with this matter any further. MER-C 17:06, 30 January 2020 (UTC)