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:{{lc|Queer Wikipedians}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Category:Queer Wikipedians}} cache]|UCFD|DRV) Deletion policies not followed, consensus not documented as required by Wikipedia:Deletion review#Closing reviews. Hyacinth (talk) 00:03, 22 January 2008 (UTC) See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 January 8 for previous. Hyacinth (talk) 00:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
::I think someone should just recreate the category - the original deletion was wrongly carried out, and the review was improperly closed. RFC likely to drag on and on with no clear outcome, system seems excessively beaurocratic so WP:IAR should be invoked. DuncanHill (talk) 01:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC) :::It'd just get dumped as a CSD. Avruchtalk 01:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Question: Why is this DRV page showing up in this category? The nomination specifically has the category name colon'ed out. Corvus cornixtalk 20:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC) : It's the extra links, changing that to the extra colon fixes it at the expense of breaking the talk link. --81.104.39.63 (talk) 21:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC) :: Fixed. –Pomte 18:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
:*If we affirm the delete (as I think we should; there are no good arguments for overturning it other than vague claims of bias that I see no real evidence for), then a small number of editors will go on struggling for their cause by entering a forum that's supposed to be for reasoned debate and flooding it with arguments rooted outside the terms of debate. (Frankly, seeing that behaviour in my fellow LGBT people leaves me feeling ashamed to be transgender.) :*If, on the other hand, we overturn the delete and restore the categories we are rewarding tantrum behaviour, which bodes ill for the future (ask any parent), plus we can rest assured that the categories will be nominated again as soon as Wikipedianly possible and we will have to go through the whole damned thing all over again ... and again ... and again ... until the category finally gets salted. :In essence, this has become one of those arguments that is no longer about the facts of the matter or the interests of Wikipedia, but about who triumphs and who gets humiliated. It's come to be about who is RIGHT; it's come to be an irresolvable power struggle, and Wikipedia is ill-equipped to handle such a thing. May I suggest, if there is a way to do it, that whatever the outcome of this review, the category becomes protected (from renomination or recreation, as the case may be) for a period of time -- say, three months? --7Kim (talk) 14:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment - Please read - This is a DR *on* a previous DR. It's out-of-process. Just re-create the category and let it get another CfD going, this is pointless because guess what. It's not going to make anything happen. So re-create and re-run. Wjhonson (talk) 04:53, 25 January 2008 (UTC) :Reply. The disadvantage of recreation is that the category is eligible for G4 deletion since it was deleted as the result of a CfD debate. Thus recreation is just as "out of process" as this DRV. The better course, IMHO, is to wait a while before doing anything, to let tempers cool and to see if consensus really has changed (or is more clear) rather than just making what seems to largely be an argumentum ad nauseum. Eluchil404 (talk) 05:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC) :Comment - The commentors contend and I agree that the CfD was closed wrongly against no consensus. The DR was closed again against consensus of bad process. This review however will accomplish nothing. We don't reopen reviews based on consensus of badly closed reviews, which would create a infinite-depth recursion. Rather we should recreate or RfC. RfC is probably fairly pointless because the underlying issue is so insignificant; and G4 should not be applied in cases where there is evidence of process corruption.Wjhonson (talk) 06:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
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:{{la|Carlos (singer)}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Carlos (singer)}} cache]|AfD) I don't know what was the content, but I think the subject is sufficiently notable. There was significant news coverage about his death: [http://news.google.fr/news?hl=fr&tab=wn&ned=fr&q=chanteur+carlos&btnG=Rechercher]. Korg (talk) 22:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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:{{la|Barnstormers-Revolution rivalry}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Barnstormers-Revolution rivalry}} cache]|AfD) It was closed as no consensus, but I believe there was confusion in the article, as the original article was a duplication of one. When that was fixed, people who didn't know much about the subject voted keep because it "exists", and doubt they saw comments of the deletes. One game doesn't indicate a rivalry, and there was no sources saying it's a rivalry, and that was clearly stated in the AFD, Overturn and Delete or a Relist would be proper here. Thanks Secret account 20:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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:{{la|Bus Rapid Transit in Cardiff}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Bus Rapid Transit in Cardiff}} cache]|AfD) Afd was closed as no consensus when in fact the only person opposed to deletion/renaming is the article creator, who has his own reasons for it to exist. Further background at User talk:Jerry#Bus Rapid Transit in Cardiff, Talk:List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom and Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Incorrect_No_consensus_closure_of_an_Afd ::Note: The AN/I referenced is actually in archive: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive356 as the last section on the page. JERRY talk contribs 00:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
:* MickMacNee nominated the article for deletion, stating that the premise for the article is innacurate. This is a content issue, and does not speak to the notability of the subject of the article, or to whether notability is asserted, whether reliable sources exist or are cited, and whether the article contains encyclopedic content. The nomination was therefore deemed invalid and not counted as a delete !vote. :* Welshleprechaun makes a comment in objection to the definition that the nominator used for what constitutes a BRT system, to which the nom replies with a source for his (possibly POV) definition. All of this is ignored as content dispute dialogue not pertinent to the deletion debate. :* An anon says that after "a little bit of searching" he/she found little or no "relevant information", and suggests that the subject of the article does not exist, which is implausible based on the remainder of the discussion. :* Welshleprechaun again objects and asks what specific features the subject would have to have to be classified as it is in the article, and the nom replies with some subjective criteria. (again this is all content discussion not pertinent to the deletion debate). :* Bduke relisted the article at the conclusion of the original AFD period, and noted that there was little or no discussion about the deletion of the article. He suggested renaming the article to satisfy the concerns of the nom without deleting the article. :* Nom again states the article should be deleted, with the cited reason being that the article came into being under false pretenses. This was an argument that I found to be invalid, as this is nowhere discussed in the deletion policy. In addition he states that renaming the article to remove the reference to the concept he objected-to in his nom would probably result in an article that would not pass an AFD. He provided no rationale for this projected future deletion either. :* Bduke suggested two alternate names. Nom replied with what sounded like a hesitant agreement and mentioned two potential targets for said merge with some opinion of each. :* Tommy !voted "delete or redirect" (which is specifically described as a !vote to avoid in the deletion policy). He then describes why the subject of the article was not a commercial success, and then explained why the title is confusing. Again, no actual deletion discussion here. It was clear to me that there was no consensus for delete, and whether this was a merge or no consensus outcome is splitting hairs and immaterial, as both are keep-type closures.JERRY talk contribs 14:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::I'm afraid you cannot split the content and deletion debates so easily, they are interconnected. How can it be that creating an article for a specific POV push (to elevate Cardiff elsewhere, as has already been the result of this closure), or creating an article with a factually innaccurate title, are not valid reasons to delete an article? The article was already nominated for speedy deletion which would presumably happen if you were to create Reasons why Cardiff rules all, again opposed only by the creator. Sure, the article could be tagged allover with citation needed, fact check, etc etc. What happens then? It should be obvious from previous discussions given above, that none would be forthcoming. MickMacNee (talk) 14:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::I can't speak for anyone else, but an unopposed "This is original research" looks a lot like consensus to delete to me. 90.203.45.168 (talk) 17:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
::Did you happen to find any references to support Cardiff as BRT in your recent addition to the article reflist? MickMacNee (talk) 15:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC) :::I assume you mean [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bus_Rapid_Transit_in_Cardiff&diff=185882177&oldid=185868566 this edit], where I added the reflist itself. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC) I have reverted the edits [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cardiff_Bus&diff=prev&oldid=185742527][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transport_in_Cardiff&diff=prev&oldid=185742728][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_guided_busways_and_BRT_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom&diff=prev&oldid=185745150][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bus_Rapid_Transit_in_Cardiff&diff=prev&oldid=185746044] made by Welshleprechaun on the basis of this Afd closure. If User:Jerry has any suggestion on how to resolve the resultant discrepancy of having an article called Bus Rapid Transit in Cardiff when Cardiff is not included in List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom, or stop the edit war that will no doubt now resume, then I'm all ears. MickMacNee (talk) 17:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::I do not have that sort of interest in this article. As an impartial party, I closed the debate based on the debate itself. I can not resolve this ongoing content dispute. Any editor may in good faith move an article to a more appropriate name. I say just be WP:BOLD and do it. Exploit the bold-revert-discuss cycle to it's fullest. This has worked for millions of other pages, and might just work here, too. Otherwise perhaps try WP:RFC, WP:RFPP or just about anywhere else except DELREV. DELREV can only examine the closing of XfD debates and the speedy-deletions of content. DELREV is not a formal process for solving content disputes, it is not AFD round two, and it is not a think-tank for editor collaboration. The DELREV addresses only one thing: Did User:Jerry act in good faith and close the debate according to the rough consensus or not? Everything else is just in the way. JERRY talk contribs 20:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC) :::If you had no interest in the article then don't take actions that cause problems for people that do. I will repeat for you (no-one else has an issue with this), the very existence of the article is central to the dispute, hence why editors with good faith and interest in the subject take the appropriate measure of listing and debating in an Afd, again this is after a speedy delete was removed. Wikipedia has too many admins who simply want to swan about making unilateral decisions and leave others to deal with the conseqeuences. At the very least you could have explained yourself in the actual debate, before giving the impression you endorsed the article content, as has happened. MickMacNee (talk) 20:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::::So let me get this straight... you think that an adminitrator who has no editing interest in the article should NOT close the AfD, and that an administrator who DOES have en editing interest in it SHOULD, right? And then that interested editor/administrator should ignore the fact that none of the deletion debate actually addressed any of the critieria for deletion as listed and described in the deletion policy, but should instead use his personal knowledge of the article from reading the article history and consider that and come to his own conclusion (which you hope and expect will agree weith you) and close the debate asccordingly? And moreover, as closing admin, you say that I should have first participated in the actual debate? Maybe you should propose this change to the deletion policy, as it sounds like you've thought this through quite a bit. JERRY talk contribs 21:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC) :::::Anyone wishing to apply administrator action unilateraly should at least familiarise themselves with the issue at hand, namely why the article is up for deletion. Are you disowning any responsibility for the actions of Welshleprechaun after closing this Afd?, a result that anyone invovled could have predicted had they done the most basic of research behind the issues, or could have been informed of had they left a courtesy note in the debate before acting. No other admin thought the listing was such a flagrant departure from the deletion policy to comment as such, or close it themselves, only you. In short, if you aren't interested in the subject at hand enough to guide the debate in the proper direction, why get involved at all? Is there some barnstar available for timely closure of innappropriate Afds? MickMacNee (talk) 22:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::::::An administrator who participates in the debate in any way may specifically not close that debate. No other admins saw fit to close it because it was already closed. How can I have anything to do with any actions that some other editor takes? I have no idea what action you are talking about and frankly I sincerely do not care. You clearly have a fundamental lack of understanding how this process works, which explains how you have come to the conclusions and expectations that you have. Please go read the administrator guide to deletion and the actual deletion policy. What you are asking for is just plain against the rules. As for a barnstar.... check out :Image:AFDstar.png, or :Image:Sysop-Barnstar.png; I think one of these is what you are looking for. I would prefer the latter, if you are leaving me one. JERRY talk contribs 22:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC) :::::::Welshleprechaun took your decision to close the Afd as a default keep, to continue with the process he started when he created the article, namely spreading the cause of Cardiff throughout WP relentlessly, irrespective of factual accuracy. This is what you might have been aware of had you asked or bothered to look. At the end of the day, if you think you're doing more for WP than me by efficiently following procedure (which I understood I was doing in listing it, to produce consensus to keep/delete/merge it) rather than thinking about content, you can have as many barnstars as you like. The statement No other admins saw fit to close it because it was already closed just makes no sense to me whatsoever. MickMacNee (talk) 22:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::::::::You physically exhaust me with your amazing inability to understand what I am convinced is the simplest of concepts. JERRY talk contribs 23:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC) :::::::::Perhaps you should leave the admin functions alone then if you are unable to justify your actions to the satisfaction of those affected by them. Your arrogance in this matter is astounding, against someone who is just trying to correct an innacuracy in the encyclopoedia. You don't have exclusive rights to being pissed off at having to waste so much time dealing with admins like you rather than editing. MickMacNee (talk) 23:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC) :::I couldn't help myself but to google a bit on this just now... If this was AFD round two, I'd ask if you read this BRT document where they describe improvements they made to their bus rapid transport system in Cardiff: [http://www.brtuk.org/downloads/TS%20commitee%20england.doc]. Would you accept BRT as a source? JERRY talk contribs 20:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC) ::::Did you provide the right link? I only see Cardiff mentioned once, and referring to a 2001 study, backed up by this focused search [http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Awww.brtuk.org+cardiff&btnG=Search&meta=]. The subject matter of the disputed article revolves around changes introduced as of 2006, and as was mentioned in the Afd there were plans for implementation that were abandoned, perhaps this 2001 study was part of that. Like I said, if you had any interest in this subject and had thoroughly researched the edit history you would see searches have already been made, and content from BRT.org is actually referenced by me in previous discussions. MickMacNee (talk) 20:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
::Note: merge requires keep for GFDL attribution continuation. Merge !votes on this DELREV would therefore be effectively in support of the closure, as any editor may merge and redirect as they see fit; no DELREV is required for this action. JERRY talk contribs 03:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
::Note: merge requires keep for GFDL attribution continuation. Merge !votes on this DELREV would therefore be effectively in support of the closure, as any editor may merge and redirect as they see fit; no DELREV is required for this action. JERRY talk contribs 03:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC) |
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:{{la|Alzano Virescit F.C.}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Alzano Virescit F.C.}} cache]|AfD) No reason to keep this page protected. It could be useful as a redirect page to the football club's actual denomination, F.C. AlzanoCene 1909. CapPixel (talk) 13:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC) |
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:{{la|JANJAN}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:JANJAN}} cache]|AfD) no consensus for deletion nor need for speedy deletion. Taku (talk) 13:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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:{{la|Mega Society}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Mega Society}} cache]|AfD1|[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ADeletion_review%2FLog%2F2006_July_22&diff=66178065&oldid=66176424 DRV1]|AfD2) no consensus for deletion Canon (talk) 05:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
::*Wow, easy mistake. Withdrawing comment as well. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 14:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
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:{{la|Maurizio Giuliano}} (restore|[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{{fullurl:Maurizio Giuliano}} cache]|AfD) NOTE: The closing of this AFD was previosly endorsed at a previous DELREV UNDELETE_information not taken into account, consensus not full CCorward (talk) 18:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC) I am trying to reopen the debate on the deletion of this article. Although the issue has been debated twice, I think there was no conseus, and the decision to delete and endorse the deletion was based on at least three points which I think I can prove are factually correct.
PS: Apologies for the late reaction. I don't have time to use Wikipedia every day unfortunately. And apologies in advance for late replies to this debate. --CCorwardCCorward (talk) 18:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC) Additional point: I see that the DELREV contained very little about the subject, and lots of arguments about the users involved, with almost 'fights' breaking out among them about definitions and process, and not about the subject. I therefore think that the DELREV did not follow due process and has to be repeated, in direct consideration of the three points above. --CCorwardCCorward (talk) 18:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
1. I do think I bring new elements - please do read: First, I dismiss the claim that the Guinness entry may be untrue, which was one of the reasons for the deletion. Second, I claim that there are third-party reviews about his books, and therefore they are not just self-published sources, which again was one of the reasons for the deletion. I can prove both claims. Thirdly, I question whether due process was applied, since there were objections about his status as a UN official when this status was not mentioned in the article at all ! 2. In reply to Wjhonson, fully agree. Please let me know where I can upload the Guinness page or post links etc. to prove the claims. 3. I also like Jerry's proposal, which I think is fair and balanced. Jerry, could you just let me know how I create an article in user space ? you mean my userspace ? and more important, could you send me the deleted article preferably in ASCII format so i dont have to start from scratch in creating a new article ?. The big advantage of thsi approach is that, if Jerry then approves it, hopefully it won't be disputed again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CCorward (talk • contribs) 16:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
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