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Inquiry Regarding Deletion of Draft: Raghav Khanna

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. I recently contributed an article about Raghav Khanna, an Indian producer, but it was deleted shortly after being submitted. The draft was marked as promotional or advertising material, which came as a surprise to me. I intended to document Mr. Khanna's contributions to the Indian film and entertainment industry, drawing from reliable sources, including interviews, publications, and media coverage.

My goal was not to promote Mr. Khanna but to provide an accurate and well-rounded account of his work and impact on the industry. I believe his achievements are noteworthy and deserve a place on Misplaced Pages.

I would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions on how I can revise the article to better adhere to Misplaced Pages's guidelines and ensure it meets the standards of neutrality and verifiability. Your feedback would be incredibly helpful as I work to contribute more effectively to Misplaced Pages.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Arpitam03 (talk) 10:04, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Replied on user talk page: COI, no proper refs, promotional tone. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:57, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I had linked IMDB pages for his work as well as news articles. Arpitam03 (talk) 12:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Arpitam03 Please read the guidance on your talk page. The imdb was an external link, not a reference, and in any case an imdb page for a film he wrote and direct isn't exactly an independent third-party source. And what you call "news articles" are actually interviews with him, also not an independent source. And you still haven't declared your COI as required Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:22, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Unfair deletion of User:Invisiboy42293/Body Void

Hate to be like this but the deletion of my draft for User:Invisiboy42293/Body Void makes no sense. It was not "Unambiguous advertising or promotion" - I have no connection to the band and there was no promotional text on the page, or much prose at all beyond the lead sentence - nor was it "Misuse of Misplaced Pages as a web host" - it was a userspace draft, something I and countless Wikipedians have made many times to draft articles, and it wasn't even up for two hours before getting deleted. It was an article in development, and I can't think of anything about the formatting or sourcing that would've warranted this. I also was given no notice on my user talk page, something I'm given to understand is required for deletions like this. I genuinely don't understand this, as none of my other userspace drafts have been spontaneously deleted like this (even ones that probably had cause to be), and I would like either a better explanation or, if warranted, an undeletion. Invisiboy42293 (talk) 17:31, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough, I'll restore and remove the U5 tag Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, appreciate it! :) -Invisiboy42293 (talk) 19:24, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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Igor Merezhko (talk) 15:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC) Hello. The page containing information about the professional hockey player has been removed. Why? Igor is the captain of the national team. The best player in the Danish League and the Slovak Extraliga.

Replied on user talk page, unreferenced autobiography posted on user page as web host violation Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:48, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Shahmee Saheedh

Hi Jimfbleak. Since you deleted Shahmee Saheedh a few weeks back, I'm wondering if you could take a look at Draft:Shahmee Saheedh. The same user created both, and perhaps there's no harm no foul as long as they don't try to move the draft to the mainspace. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Marchjuly I've excised a fair bit of the self-praise too, let's see... Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:43, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Taighde Eireann page

Hi Jim, could the page added for Taighde Eireann be restored please? It was deleted for being unambigous but this is a government research funding agency in Ireland. The current information on the page is limited as two organisations (Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council) are in the process of amalgamating. More information will be added to the page in the coming weeks. Wikilosci (talk) 10:26, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikilosci why are you wasting my time here when you just went ahead and recreated the same non-compliant text as before as a draft? Which has, of course, been declined again. You cannot expect an unreferenced text dumps to be accepted, you also need to show notability as defined in the link. Also, ou have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. If you work directly or indirectly for an organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. If you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at Jimfbleak. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Jimfbleak|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:34, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jim. First time building a page. Apologies - i can see the issue with citations. Let me resolve this. Wikilosci (talk) 09:27, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Wikilosci: you've copypasted the template from the above message a bit too literally, it now says on User:Wikilosci that Jimfbleak works for ResearchIreland (which could be true, I supposed, but not what you needed to disclose). -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:46, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Wikilosci and DoubleGrazing:, I've fixed the declaration code, and in the interest of transparency I'll confirm that I don't work for that organisation (: Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:55, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Apologies! Thank you for fixing. Wikilosci (talk) 10:03, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Haha! :) I don't work for them, either (not that anyone asked, but just wanted to volunteer that). I'm sure it's a perfectly decent organisation to work for, though. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:30, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Abdullah Al Mamun (cricketer)

A tag has been placed on Abdullah Al Mamun (cricketer) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Misplaced Pages, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. C F A 💬 15:18, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Un-salting Jeonghan

Hi Jimfbleak, I wanted to reach out about an article that was repeatedly recreated five years ago, Jeonghan. I'm not at all questioning that decision as at that point the subject certainly would not have yet warranted an article. However, it has been a long time since then, and he now meets many of the notability guidelines at WP:SINGER so I was hoping we could un-salt the article space. There's a draft at Draft:Jeonghan which covers his career to date, including significant coverage in Korean, Japanese and global media. Orangesclub (talk) 03:23, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Orangesclub changed to autoconfirmed access Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:16, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Appreciated! Orangesclub (talk) 12:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

retrieve my deleted page

hey can you put sheen huth back to my user page Sheenhx (talk) 11:36, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Sheenhx I'm prepared to restore the text, but I think you need some guidance before you try again, otherwise you might get yourself blocked. Unfortunately, I haven't got time right now, about to go out, but I'll post as soon as I can, might not be until tomorrow Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Replied on user talk page, self-praise with mainly junk refs Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:18, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Deutschheim Verein

Hello, Mr. Bleak, I would appreciate reconsideration of our article for the Deutschheim Verein, which supports the Missouri Deutschheim State Historic Site. I don't see how the text can be claimed as merely an "advertisement"; frankly, there are many organizations mentioned on Misplaced Pages that are far less deserving, such as the Missouri Germans Consortium, which has a membership of one person. We are officially recognized by the State of Missouri. We publish a scholarly journal, Der Maibaum, and educate the public about the historic and cultural contributions of our state's German immigrants. Without them, for instance, Missouri would have seceded from the United States during the Civil War. Although now a mere public high school English and journalism teacher, I am a published author and have been a professional editor and journalist, so I believe the text I sent was relatively free from error. If you want the entry to be shorter, that could always be arranged. Thank you.--Jim Muench 67.6.214.77 (talk) 01:00, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Replied on user talk page Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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