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== Deleting the article "Andrei Siderski" ==
== Better target... ==


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could you please explain why article "Andrei Siderski" was deleted? There were added 4 references for third party resources, including municipal library and online magazines.
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What is the best way to handle/report an admin that you feel is abusing their power? I searched through several pages and could not determine where is the proper place to report them. The admin I would like to report is ] (who became an admin back in 2003, back when RFA was a lot simpler). On more than one occasion, Pratyeka has restored pages that had been deleted via AFD without without any discussion or fixing the issues with the page, instead acting within his own opinion. ] (]) 21:01, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


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:If you feel you have a solid case, you can report it ]. Just out of curiosity - can you provide a few examples (with links) of this behaviour? ] 21:22, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
::] and ]. Both were nominated for deletion (] and ] and the consensus was to delete, but he restored the pages without a DRV or addressing the problems. He also has restored many articles that were deleted via PROD without fixing the problem such as ]. While technically, that is not an abuse of power, it is not a good use of it either. ] (]) 21:35, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


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:::To be fair, there was a DRV for Nemerle ], after which Pratyeka brought back the article. However, I can't find anything for Observe Hack Make, and the recreation of that page is troubling because it was done by undeleting old revisions, not starting an article from scratch... which involves using admin tools to overturn a unanimous community decision. So yeah, that's definitely something. We'll see what the discussion at ANI brings. ] 21:53, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
::::I was under the impression that he restored it before the DRV, but it looks like he restored it in the middle of it. Still, it is an abuse of admin power to act based on a discussion that is not finished. ] (]) 22:01, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


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Hi, could you please explain why article "Andrei Siderski" was deleted? There were added 4 references for third party resources, including municipal library and online magazines. Thank you.


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Can you please let me know why the edit was reverted in the Suicide Squad page? I included a source for the edit but the edit was taken down.

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The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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Wicked (2024 film)

Moved to Talk:Wicked (2024 film) – Happily888 (talk) 01:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Regarding your deletion of the category Category:Film productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic from Wicked (2024 film); this category is correctly applied as per its lead it categorizes all films which had their production suspended or delayed. Clearly, from #Pre-production section, this production has obviously been delayed. Happily888 (talk) 00:11, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Pre-production is not production. They were not even cast yet. That category is for films that either started or were ready to start filming. JDDJS (talk to me • see what I've done) 00:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Just saw that you reverted this again, please don't WP:EW. I understand that production refers specifically to filming, however the category includes films which were both either having filming suspended or delayed, the latter of which is the case for Wicked. I'm linking to the pre-production section, not because I’m referring to pre-production, it is however because information about original production dates prior to delay is in that section and the section therefore contains information about production. The film was originally supposed to enter production in late 2020 as it was originally set to be released in November 2021, however filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the appropriate category for this case, the other category Category:Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic refers to the films release dates being changed but not to a delay in production dates. Happily888 (talk) 00:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Feel free to start a discussion on the talk page about this. I'll respect any consensus established. But you're not going to convince me that it's an appropriate category. It was nowhere near production at that point. JDDJS (talk to me • see what I've done) 00:46, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
information Note: I have moved this discussion to Talk:Wicked (2024 film). Happily888 (talk) 01:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

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