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Deletion of Sheila Bird article

Hello. On 9 January 2014 at 15:53, User:Czar advised me of a proposed speedy deletion of Sheila Bird. You deleted the article two minutes later, so I would never have had an opportunity to address any copyvio issue. Yes, there is plenty on here that needs to be deleted, and I'm not questioning the reasonableness of your decision, but people need more two minutes to address issues! Would it be possible to restore the article and I will deal with any issues within 48 hours. Edwardx (talk) 18:40, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can recall, 100% of the article was copyvio or close paraphrasing. Might be better to just start from scratch.  czar ♔ 19:59, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Czar is correct, and his advice is sound. --Anthony Bradbury 22:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

I have just created a new version of the article, which I hope you will find to be satisfactory. Edwardx (talk) 11:36, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Request for restore

Hi There, I have recently edited Nikki Galrani page. It seems genuine and notable article and have added proper references to it. Please review this and restore. Thanks Ashishlohorung (talk) 22:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

I am sure that the lady is genuine; there are, however, large numbers of actresses in India and notability here is not asserted. References alone are an insufficient assertion. If I restore the article are you happy to add whatever information makes her notable above other actresses?--Anthony Bradbury 17:32, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

User page little format issue

Hello Anthony, with your last edit on your user page you have left this | }} on it. --Ben Ben (talk) 22:01, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you; sorted.--Anthony Bradbury 22:04, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Thanks for going through my ugly CSD marathon. I was looking forward to see which courageous mop man would pick those up haha. Rehman 12:01, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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Geledi clan

I was removing the speedy deletion tag from Geledi clan when you deleted it, so I saved my edit anyway and recreated it. The topic is definitely notable; the article was just poorly written.—Neil 16:01, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Ministers of...deletions

Hello, recently you mass deleted a set of "Minister of..." articles. Unfortunately this included a few that should not have been deleted, but due to a misunderstanding in discussions and error in procedure the following were included on that list: Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka), Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka), Minister of External Affairs (Sri Lanka), Minister of Finance and Planning, Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka) and Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping. Could you please restore all these articles to their finished state, before they were deleted to make way for their current redirect. Thanks--Blackknight12 (talk) 14:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Anthony. Just letting you know. Rehman 15:47, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Anthony, it seems there have been some recent developments. As most of those articles are restored now we can move on from here and remerge them properly if needed in future, with the history in tact.--Blackknight12 (talk) 16:16, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Thank you for dealing with 50.121.48.234 in a civil and polite manner. Best regards, Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 23:04, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Talkback: 50.121.48.234

Jude Jaxon hoax

Considering the non-existence of Jude Jaxon, it seems plausible that User:HarrisburgMedical does not represent Harrisburg medical centre (besides naming after organisations is against policy WP:ISU). IRWolfie- (talk) 16:44, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

If Anthony wasn't already involved I'd block the account. Dougweller (talk) 17:05, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Account is now username blocked (I was away from PC until now)--Anthony Bradbury 17:42, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Just to let you know

Since you are the wp:admin who deleted the article about Sucharita Mulpuru citing Misplaced Pages:CSD#A7, you may be interested in the discussion at: User_talk:Ottawahitech#Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_Sucharita_Mulpuru. Thanks, XOttawahitech (talk) 15:26, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your support and thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. What doesn't kill me... Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

deletion of Ed Lantz page

Greetings. My nephew David Lantz asked why I did not have a Misplaced Pages page since I have spoken at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on the future of cinema, have scores of articles published including a peer-reviewed journal, am invited to keynote at conferences, co-founded a thriving trade association, and have designed over a dozen digital domes worldwide including the Library of Alexandria planetarium in Egypt and Papalote Museo in Mexico City. I looked at some of my colleagues' Misplaced Pages bios and realized that my background was comparable. David therefore offered to create the page for me.

After many hours of editing, re-editing, and a constant string of page deletions over several days, plus numerous failed attempts to acquire the reason for deletions, David has given up in frustration. And I'm feeling kinda hurt, too.

I can provide David with verifiable evidence of any content as requested, but without knowing what is triggering the rejections, I am at a loss to help him. And he believes that he has been blacklisted and blocked from posting anything. One reason given for deletions is that the content is "promotional." He is pulling from my bio/CV which may be throwing too much into the mix... I am writing to say that I am a real person and am not trying to promote anything - just trying to support my Nephew in creating a successful page. I'd like to help David out - any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Best, Ed

Edlantz (talk) 02:48, 14 February 2014 (UTC) __what5 0on earth arre you doiing

Could you please tell me either the name of the page in question (the page under "Ed Lantz" is very short, and I suspect not the page you are talking about) or else the name of the account under which he edits. I need one or the other to find and review the article, which I am happy to do. --Anthony Bradbury 18:35, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Ok, I have found the page. I have got to say that it still appears promotional (promoting yourself) and although it was not a given reason for deletion, asserted notability is questionable. You may have noticed that the article was deleted in rapid succession by three admins, of which I was the last. I do not feel it appropriate to restore the article, but if you would like the opinion of the community you can appeal at deletion review.--Anthony Bradbury 18:44, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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Question

Hello Tony! Can I ask , did Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Omar Choudhry (a page you've deleted) got any votes (were their any RfA !votes) on that page? ///EuroCarGT 03:49, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

The page was not correctly transcluded, and hence received neither vote, nor comment, nor answers to any questions. The editor in question had only a few days experience here and only a handful of edits to his credit.--Anthony Bradbury 10:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Alrighty then! Thanks! ///EuroCarGT 16:51, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Formatting

I inserted a book source into Ben Chapman, and it's causing a lot of formatting issues. Could you show me what I need to do to avoid these problems, please? Dozzzzzzzzzing off (talk) 01:55, 24 February 2014 (UTC) __what5 0on earth arre you doiing

A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for help. Iraag (talk) 09:55, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

RE: HHHH

Hi. Considering the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive830#User:Iraag, I wondered if you'd consider restoring the dab page at HHHH (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). What do you think? -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 23:09, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

I have no strong feelings about it, but it was not a true dab page, in that the two articles quoted were, specifically, HHHH and 4H - i.e. not the same article name.--Anthony Bradbury 11:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I see what you mean about not being a true dab page. And as there's already one at 4H (disambiguation), maybe HHHH should redirect to HHhH. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 22:13, 26 February 2014 (UTC) ...and it doesn't appear (IMO) that the asserted A1 criterion was very appropriate. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 22:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

OK. As you have no strong feelings about this, I've restored the previous versions (for the record) and then amended it to be a redirect. I hope this is OK. 14:26, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

recreated spam

Hi Anthony. This spam page you deleted a couple days ago has been put back up: User:Maxim trader malaysia/sandbox. INeverCry 20:43, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

What on earth are you doing?

Please I would really really appreciate an explanation as to why you trashed my work on the Geca Kon page, bearing in mind I had spent considerable energy ensuring that the page on your English Misplaced Pages to make sure it was linked to both the German and the Serbia pages. Yet you, with all the wisdom you could muster have deleted the page. Why7 Please tell me why? I really want to know why YOU feel you are justified in this action.Leutha (talk) 01:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I am justified, in principle, because I am an admin here (for nearly seven years), and that is one thing that admins are entrusted with the ability to do. As to this specific page, I deleted it because it was a very short article containing no assertion of notability. Linkage to other wikis is not relevant. --Anthony Bradbury 11:02, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Tony, thanks for that. Wow, an admin for nearly 7 years! That's great. I am starting to understand your feelings. However, I sometimes wonder whether admins of such long standing might take a while to understand the impact of new devlopments such as Wikidata This means that increasingly community members see the simple of establishing links to other language Wikipedias, which contain substantial pages on the subject in question, is an assertion of notability. However, you claim that this should be treated as "not relevant". I would be interested to know whether this has been the subject of much debate amongst you and your colleagues, and whether any of this discussion is available for me to read? In the meantime, I would be grateful if you could return the deleted material so that querents can read what shall soon be a much improved article. Actually I feel a little bit embrassed by the fact that the page is currently no. 2 on a google search but only end up with this!Leutha (talk) 17:44, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I am aware that you have been here for many years, and have a significant editing experience.. to answer your specific question, I am not aware of any debate on the topic in question; as you probably know debate on established policies is normally only initiated if a significant policy change has been proposed. I am happy to post the article on your talk page; that will allow you either significantly to improve it, so as to comply with current Misplaced Pages policy, or alternatively to apply for restoration of the deleted text at deletion review.--Anthony Bradbury 18:00, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The article is now on your talk page. I may be misinterpreting, but one or two of your edits give me the impression of being sarcastic. I would be most grateful if, in any future communication with me, you could seriously try to avoid giving that impression.--Anthony Bradbury 18:33, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Category:Candidates for speedy deletion

Hey, Anthony, I'm puzzled by your deletions/restoration, the net effect of which is the talk page of the category is gone. Could you enlighten me? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:46, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Answered on your talk page. `--Anthony Bradbury 18:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Restored talk page.--Anthony Bradbury 18:10, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Oh oops

I put DB talk on the top of a talk page as it was still there yet it said you deleted it-so sorry I brought the page back as I noticed it had no page linked to it so I was doing that at the same time! Wgolf (talk) 21:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Just a time-lag effect, I expect. I deleted the article, then the talk page; talk page now deleted again. why it was brought back is not clear to me. --Anthony Bradbury 21:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi, Tony. With all due respect, I think I will decline your offer of adoption. If I'm going to be adopted, I'd like it to be by someone who does more editing within the article namespace, as I think that will always be my primary focus on this site. It also bothered me a bit that you declined to respond to my formatting question; another user eventually fixed my error, but I'm still not totally sure what caused it in the first place (spacing issues, I'm sure, but I know nothing more specific than that). I won't take it personally, as I'm sure you're busy IRL, and I am too. Would you be able to point me in the direction of another potential adopter? Either way, thanks, and I'm sure I'll see you from time to time on the site. Dozzzzzzzzzing off (talk) 17:43, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't take it personally, and you are partially correct; Although I have in my time created a significant number of articles, mainly relating to pre-dreadnought battleships, Roman emperors and medical conditions, I have of late edited almost entirely in the admin sphere. I am sorry not to have answered your query; possibly the fact that I recently spent some three weeks in hospital after a heart attack and three operations, followed by a period of convalescence, may have had something to do with it. To find an adopter you can do no better than going to the adoption link. Happy wikying.--Anthony Bradbury 17:52, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Wow, I had no clue about that. I lost my grandfather to heart disease when I was ten (his eighth heart attack), so I certainly understand how serious those issues can be. I hope you make a full return to the pink of health, and sorry if I seemed insensitive. Dozzzzzzzzzing off (talk) 19:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Not at all; I had not widely publicized it. You may recall that I said I had a long holiday booked? It happened just a few days before we were due to travel. Nicely recovered now. but a number of e-mails failed to get answered. --Anthony Bradbury 20:37, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Ouch. Hope you get to make up the travel time later! Dozzzzzzzzzing off (talk) 00:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Reversed deletion

Hello Tony, Just to let you know I reversed your speedy deletion of Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Lewis Earle Sandt, Pioneer Aviator, the nominator hadn't provided a source of the copyright, and most of the text used as sources was public domain (1912/13). I have advised the author to add {{PD-old-text}} for any public domain sources that he may have copied from, (as per the AFC decline statement). I have also asked Moonriddengirl to have a look for me to make sure that I haven't majorly goofed (which is entirely possible). --kelapstick 01:59, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Re: Brandiperkins

Re your message: I would be inclined to say no until they can explain why they created the Brandiperkins (talk · contribs) account after the Katiealbright (talk · contribs) was warned for spamming the same links. I blocked the Katie account, too. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:53, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Fair enough. Failed to spot the sockpuppetry.--Anthony Bradbury 11:30, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

I didn't tag the sockpuppetry. I see spamming socks all the time and trying to figure out whose is whose is too much work, so I don't tag them. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 15:41, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Jonathan Ball MBE.

The speedy deletion.

I was asked the reference all material in this article which i have done but you have deleted it due to a portion of the entry being about the non-fiction book Eden - The Long walk to Justice. As Jonathan Ball's life is important and all references to the three cases fought were referenced i do not see the mention of the book being a fault. in traditional encyclopedia there were always mentions of the publications and their content.

Far worse as this book is part of his life we are effectively barred from an entry in Wikepdia of a citizen as worthy of inclusion as any other. i would also like to know why the first review only asked for references and how much this deletion is a matter of personal bias and how much actually rests on Misplaced Pages policy?

It does not seem to me you can limit the merit of an entry because a non fiction book based on a story of public interest and fully referenced is mentioned.

I would like another opinion on this matter.

DanielNanavati (talk) 12:33, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

In my view the projected article is clearly promotional; but if you wish you have the option of applying for a review at the deletion review page. --Anthony Bradbury 12:45, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

A10 criteria

Hi Anthony, I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to recreate List of recognised political parties in India into a redirect. It seems to me that the user who CSDed was only trying to get it merged with the other article, even the merge template was added (see here). Probably due to being unaware about the usual way to proceed through merging, the user thought the source page should be deleted through A10.

But rather than me doing it, shouldn't it be undeleted and then redirected? the page has a LOT of history besides being a former FL and having important articles linking to it. Thanks, Ugog Nizdast (talk) 17:32, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Anthony

Please will you respond to my comment at User talk:BrownHairedGirl#Is_this_worth_filing_at_WP:DRV.3F? Thanks! --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:54, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

you made mistake

Go Won-hee is real person and here herehere by --Sunuraju (talk) 14:26, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of Aditnálta

Aditnálta should be directed to - https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/Aditnálta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitwalkerr (talk • contribs) 22:52, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Unblock request for Redmoon660

You quite rightly declined an unblock request for Redmoon660, who is blocked for sockpuppetry. There is now another unblock request at User talk:Redmoon660, in which the editor acknowledges that his/her use of multiple accounts was unacceptable, and undertakes not to do the same again. My own feeling is that, as far as the sockpuppetry issue is concerned, there is no reason not to take the editor's statement as made in good faith, and since the block no longer serves any preventive purpose, if sockpuppetry were the only issue, I would be happy to unblock. However, I am less than 100% comfortable about unblocking an editor with a clear conflict of interest, who is here only to promote a point of view, and who has vigorously done so through nearly 2000 edits in a few months. Maybe you would like to look at the unblock request and my comments about it, and indicate whether you have any opinion on the matter. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:07, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

I have left my opinion on the editor's talk page.--Anthony Bradbury 17:11, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!!!!

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	Have a great day, and a Dogtastic Wikibirthday!!!! Happy Attack Dog (you rang?) 17:18, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Carolina Silverhawks

Does Carolina Silverhawks look the same now as it did when you deleted it as A7? Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes it does. --Anthony Bradbury 19:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of the GR8BIT article

Hello Anthony, I was informed that you recently completely removed article waiting for review, located here "Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/GR8BIT" for the purpose "(G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.msx.org/GR8Bit)".

I very appreciate that you take time looking for information being requested to be published on Misplaced Pages, however I ask you to elaborate on your judgement. Please consider the following:

• It is fine that several encyclopedias have same description of the subject. Misplaced Pages is general encyclopedia, the page you found is specialized one;
• Didn't you have a thought that not Misplaced Pages page, but that content you found infringes copyrights? Did you check which content was created first? Following your logic, anyone can create webpage on some subject copying content of Misplaced Pages, put (c) onto that newly created page, and apply to Misplaced Pages for removal of original content;
• I hope you have looked at the submitted page's history, and saw that this page was declined more than year ago, and created even much earlier. I was told that Misplaced Pages (represented by you) immediately deleted the article without even rejecting it on the unverified basis (please describe which copyrights were violated).

I am the right person to talk about copyright matters on the subject (GR8BIT), and I confirm that I granted permission for the content to be published on Misplaced Pages encyclopedia pages.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EugenyBrychkov (talk • contribs) 22:25, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Submission had already been declined, as you say,more than twelve months previously, as being non-notable. The article of which this appeared to be a copyright violation was modified by you, it appears, in January of this year. I have no way of telling how extensive the modification was, nor whether it was radical or trivial. As the article had in any case been rejected the copyright issue appears to be academic. Incidentally, when you post a comment onto a talk page, it is helpful if you sign your post; either by adding ~~~~ or by clicking on the pencil icon at the top of the text box.--Anthony Bradbury 19:17, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Anthony, I do not see your point. It was declined a year ago (BTW, is "notability" measurable - or it is up to personal judgement of reviewer?), then elaborated and sent for another review. Academic or not, the result is that article was killed without considering it again. Would you please return back and reconsider it? Thank you. EugenyBrychkov (talk) 22:23, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

I think a better path is to create a smaller stub with robust sourcing that establishes notability for this computer through 3rd party reliable sources. You should also talk to someone about the copyright on your wiki- it may be incompatible with that of Misplaced Pages so if wiki content is ever copied there it may be in violation of content licensing. @Newyorkbrad: may have some thoughts, I'm not a lawyer.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 01:23, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks. I know that there are many edits (proper ones too), required to get into admin, but one cannot deny that even a person with high number of edits can be stated as one without any reasonable knowledge. I know, I have not done many edits, but I am trying to get into a proper course of editing. Oh, and I am not one who gets piled on. I know, there will be many opposes, or might be all of then as opposes. I am not afraid mate. Still, Thanks a lot for the heads up. :) User:Harrybrowne1986 — Preceding undated comment added 17:29, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

My friend, I am not trying to put you down; I just do not think you are ready yet, and I am certain that this is going to be the general feeling shown. It is a fact of life that a meaningful number of edits will be needed; as I say, about 3000 is the minimum which most people will accept. And at least four, prefereably six, months of editing through your registered account. but I quite seriously wish you well for the future.--Anthony Bradbury 19:37, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	We haven't properly met yet, but I have seen the tireless work you've done around the site warning users and reviewing unblock requests. While those tasks can be tedious and sometimes irritating, I really appreciate that you have taken the time to commit to them. Please keep up the fantastic work. EmilyREditor (talk) 17:53, 19 April 2014 (UTC)