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Deleted articles

Please can I see the deleted article List of missing people from Nepal. Davidgoodheart (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 13:53, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Domonique Ramirez and Gordon Campbell (journalist). Davidgoodheart (talk) 05:02, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Domonique Ramirez and Gordon Campbell (journalist). ✗plicit 14:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Bennett Taylor, Daisy Taylor, and Peter Taylor (composer). Davidgoodheart (talk) 19:58, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Daisy Taylor and Peter Taylor (composer). Bennett Taylor was just a redirect to Prey (2022 film)#Cast. ✗plicit 12:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Please can I see the deleted article Gold (2015 film). Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 11:57, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Please can I see the deleted articles Women's Extreme Wrestling and ACW American Joshi Championship. Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Women's Extreme Wrestling and ACW American Joshi Championship. ✗plicit 01:31, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Please can I see the deleted articles Cindy Rogers, Anarchy Championship Wrestling, and Gottlieb Fluhmann. Davidgoodheart (talk) 19:24, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Cindy Rogers, Anarchy Championship Wrestling, Gottlieb Fluhmann. ✗plicit 12:07, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Warworld (Transformers) and Sky Lynx. Davidgoodheart (talk) 06:58, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Warworld (Transformers) and Sky Lynx. ✗plicit 10:56, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Kimberly Anthony and Bludgeon (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:49, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Kimberly Anthony and Bludgeon (Transformers). ✗plicit 00:18, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Primus (Transformers), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toy line), and Transformers: Universe. Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:48, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Primus (Transformers), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toy line), and Transformers: Universe. ✗plicit 01:16, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted article Clicktag. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:08, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 01:27, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the re-derected Wreck-Gar article. Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:34, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: This one was actually a bad deletion, so I have restored the page history. ✗plicit 00:30, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the re-directed articles Omega Supreme and Shockwave (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:46, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Shockwave (Transformers). Omega Supreme has no deleted revisions, so they are all accessible in the history tab. ✗plicit 00:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Please can I see the deleted article Windcharger. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:58, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 02:06, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the re-directed article Sludge (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:34, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 00:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted and redirected articles the List of Transformers supporting characters, Ruckus, and Dinobots. Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:24, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: List of Transformers supporting characters and Ruckus (Transformers). The deleted page history of Dinobots was merged into Draft:Dinobots. ✗plicit 01:10, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted and re-directed articles Thunderwing, Vector Sigma, Pretenders (Transformers), and Matrix of Leadership. Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:24, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Thunderwing, Vector Sigma, Pretenders (Transformers), and Matrix of Leadership. ✗plicit 00:37, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Rocky Johnson (mixed martial artist) and List of recurring Mario franchise enemies. Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:20, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Rocky Johnson (mixed martial artist) and List of recurring Mario franchise enemies. ✗plicit 00:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Natalia Starr, Aerialbots, and Fangry. Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:20, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Natarlia Starr. There are no deleted revisions for Aerialbots and the history of Fangry was userfied at User:Mathewignash/Fangry. ✗plicit 23:35, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Please the re-directed articles Firecons and Shy Guy (Mario). Davidgoodheart (talk) 18:23, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Firecons. The entire page history of Shy Guy (Mario) was restored in 2021. ✗plicit 11:21, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Cindersaur, Flamefeather and Sparkstalker. Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:07, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Cindersaur. The other two were just created as redirects. ✗plicit 06:18, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please se the re-directed articles Alpha Trion, Combaticons, and Stunticons. Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:40, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Alpha Trion and Combaticons contain no deleted history. Stunticons's deleted history is only a redirect created as a result of a page move. ✗plicit 23:34, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Wheelie (Transformers), Sweeps (Transformers), Gestalt (Transformers), and Seacons. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:58, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Wheelie (Transformers) and Seacons. The other two only contain redirect histories. ✗plicit 07:24, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see deleted articles Transformers: Masterpiece, Doubledealer (Transformers), Transformers technology, and redirected articles Reflector (Transformers) and Octane (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 00:10, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Transformers: Masterpiece, Doubledealer (Transformers), Transformers technology, Reflector (Transformers), and Octane (Transformers). ✗plicit 01:08, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted article Powermasters. Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:53, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 06:44, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Please can I see deleted articles Hoist (Transformers), Transformers: Alternators, Wheeljack, Demolishor, and List of prime ministers of Canada by longevity. Davidgoodheart (talk) 15:50, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Hoist (Transformers) Transformers: Alternators, Wheeljack, Demolishor, List of prime ministers of Canada by longevity. ✗plicit 00:10, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the re-directed articles Skids (Transformers), Jawa (Star Wars) and Galvatron's Air Attack and deleted articles Hunter (Indian beer), Michael Ulrich Hensel, and List of deceased professional wrestlers. Davidgoodheart (talk) 19:34, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Hunter (Indian beer), Michael Ulrich Hensel, List of deceased professional wrestlers. The three redirects do not have any deleted histories. ✗plicit 00:39, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Please can I see deleted article Frank Atwood (disambiguation) and re-directed article Valerie Malone. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:54, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Frank Atwood (disambiguation). The redirect does not contain any deleted history. ✗plicit 00:20, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Can I please see the deleted articles Disappearance of Gary Hayward and OCEAN Design Research Association. Davidgoodheart (talk) 06:50, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Disappearance of Gary Hayward and OCEAN Design Research Association. ✗plicit 06:48, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

FFD close question

Hi Explicit. Although I can somewhat understand your "no consensus" close with respect to Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 February 26#File:ThomasNelson-Williams.jpg, there was some related discussion regarding these files and some other similar files uploaded by this user at User talk:Wikiaddict8962#Disputed non-free use rationale for File:TClaudeNelson-Williams.jpeg. It seems as if these should at least be verified by VRT, but it's not clear whether the uploader is willing to do so. The uploader is concerned that VRT verification might violatie their privacy. FWIW, the files actually were tagged with {{npd}} at first, but the uploader removed the tags. So, another user started the discussion about them at FFD. Are these, in your opinion, OK as licensed or do they need VRT verification? If it's a case of the latter, I'm not sure how to convince the uploader that VRT verification will not violate their privacy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:22, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: To be honest, I think that this is a case which can't be resolved because the uploader is unwilling to reveal their identity even to the VRT team. Unless there's actual evidence to suggest the files are infringing on someone else's rights, the discussion just kind of hits a dead end. ✗plicit 06:48, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

I sort of feel the same way too. At the same time, though, I'm not sure we should be keeping files just because the uploader is unwilling to resolve things by verifying their copyright ownership. File:Tolbertfamily1913.jpg is another file uploaded by the same user as own work, but it almost certainly is no longer eligible for copyright protection per c:COM:Liberia. The two files discussed at FFD might actually be PD per c:COM:Sierra Leone or c:Template:PD-heirs, but the uploader never really responded to those queries. FWIW, there are other files with similar issues uploaded by this user; for example, File:RAHenries.jpg, File:RomeoAHorton.jpg, File:JohnLCooper.jpg, File:ArthurStuart.jpg, File:WilliePriddy.jpg, File:Americo-Liberians.jpg and File:Tubmanfamily1917.jpg. The claims of "own work" and CC licensing seem questionable at best, but some probably can be converted to non-free and some might even be PD for some reason if more information was known about their provenance. These too should probably be moved to Commons if they're OK to keep, right? Would it be in appropriate to tag these for a move to Commons? -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:01, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Deleted page - Sardar_Ridha_Singh

Hello, I had added this page and I see it's deleted. I understand that there was a lack of citations for the information. Somehow, I've not been getting alerts for subscribed page changes from Wikipedia. Maybe landing in my spam folder... I request you to reinstate the page and I will add some news citations to comply with Wikipedia requirements. Thanks! Here's the link for the deleted page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sardar_Ridha_Singh&action=edit&redlink=1

~ Pannu (talk) 15:15, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

@J S Pannu: Hi, I restored the page in accordance with WP:DEPROD, but moved it to Draft:Sardar Ridha Singh because it is completely unsourced. ✗plicit 11:52, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! I added a citation. Can you please publish it now?

J S Pannu 10:39, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Request : Undeletion of Apna Jobs

I am reaching out regarding the deletion of the article Apna Jobs, which was removed following an Articles for Deletion (AfD) discussion concluding that it did not meet WP:NCORP and contained promotional content.

I respectfully request a reconsideration of this decision, or if possible, a temporary user-space restoration so that I can improve the article to better align with notability guidelines.

If permitted, I would like to address the concerns raised in the AfD discussion by revising the article to meet Wikipedia's verifiability and neutrality standards. Please let me know if there is a possibility of restoring the content in my user sandbox for further improvements before reconsidering its status in the main namespace.

Looking forward to your guidance on the best way to proceed.

Apseudocode (talk) 05:47, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

@Apseudocode: I have no interest in engaging with an AI-generated message. I'd like to hear from the human, please. ✗plicit 11:37, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

File:Intertropolis & Routeville.png

Hi Explicit. Could you take a look at File:Intertropolis & Routeville.png because looks identical to File:Intertropolis & Routeville logo.png. The Commons file most likely is PD per c:COM:CB#Road signs since most US interstate markers/shields seem to be {{PD-USGov}} of some type. I'm really not sure why the uploader reuploaded the Commons file locally, but I'm also not sure what they're doing at User:LineBoyd/Sandbox/Intertropolis & Routeville (which seems to be a problem per U5). Anyway, the local file has been tagged for speedy deletion per WP:F4, but I'm not sure whether it's worth keeping per F8 even if a license is added to it. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:50, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Hi, I've deleted that user subpage in accordance with U5, and the Commons file in accordance with F10. The local file will likely end up in the abyss a week from now. ✗plicit 11:37, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Undeletion request

Please restore the following outlines per G13 refund:

• Draft:Outline of Chicago

• Draft: Outline of San Diego

• Draft: Outline of Victoria, Australia

• Draft: Outline of the Crusades

• Draft: Outline of the LGBT community

• Draft: Outline of the World Wide Web

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   00:43, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

@The Transhumanist:  Done. ✗plicit 03:11, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   01:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

P.S.: I like your signature. --TT

Contribution to an AFD

Hey there, Id want you to contribute to the afd, if you don't mind and got some time. [2]. Thanks, have a great day. CaptShayan (talk) 04:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Deletion of the page Sha with dot below

Thanks for deleting the page Sha with dot below! I think you will have a good edit! Glenn12347 (talk) 14:01, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Deletion review for Comstock's Magazine

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Comstock's Magazine. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Insanityclown1 (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

I might have honked the request up, not sure, but basically the gist is that the proposer was banned, originally for having an undeclared COI, before arbcomm eventually assumed it. Insanityclown1 (talk) 19:48, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Please give me back my logo

Give me back my logo pls Spectra321578 (talk) 12:46, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Category:Template-Class Ireland articles of Mid-importance

Hi there. I'm not sure that a category like this can accurately be described as "maintenance category", so I don't think C4 can apply. Is C1 a better fit? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:55, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@MSGJ: Hi, the category was emptied as a result of the 2023 rewrite of Template:WikiProject Ireland and is no longer supported, no? ✗plicit

Reinstatement of MapJack

Hi Explicit, I saw that you deleted the page "MapJack" on 23 March 2025 after an expired PROD (concern: Fails WP:NSOFT). At that point the website had been offline for several years, so I understand the reason. However, I just created a new version of it, so it is online again. Could you please reinstate that page again? Thanks! Björn Morén, co-founder of MapJack.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250321082237/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapJack 95.193.34.220 (talk) 10:43, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored upon request. ✗plicit 14:07, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Undelete Request: Gwangju Gwangsan FC

You deleted this page because it was redirecting to a non-existent article.

The article, Pyeongchang FC was moved to draft. I put in the effort to update the article, and it is available again.

I'm not sure of the procedure and don't want to recreate the page if it should be restored instead.

OttoSilver (talk) 04:42, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@OttoSilver:  Done, redirect restored. ✗plicit 14:07, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Article

New user The Intersider started a page with an arbitrary title, L Franchise (film series). The makers has not said anywhere that the planned trilogy's title is "L". It is actually unnamed. Besides, title is also in incorrect format - the disambiguation "franchise" is followed by another disambiguation "film series". Secondly, L Franchise is used as a noun, taken from nowhere. Additionally, media franchise and series are technically different, this one only contain films, franchise will have films, TV series, books, merchandise etc. 2409:4073:2E81:F8BA:7C19:883A:1911:82AF (talk) 14:00, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

I am not familiar with the subject and I'm not sure what action you are requesting. If you have an issue with the title L Franchise (film series), you can nominate it for discussion at WP:RFD. ✗plicit 14:07, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Okay. The user was making arbitrary changes, including page moves without explanation, some still persists.--2409:4073:38F:1EE:B9EF:A2F3:2BC6:1702 (talk) 19:19, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

About Tommy Jonathan Sinaga

Tommy Jonathan Sinaga born April 4, 1999 is an Indonesian writer. He made his debut in the publishing world in 2016 with "Paranormal Life: Those Who Understand Life" as his first novel. Tommy Jonathan Sinaga was born on April 4, 1999, in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra. Tommy completed his elementary to high school education in Pematang Siantar and Simalungun Regency. In 2021, he continued his studies at STIKOM Tunas Bangsa Pematang Siantar, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering. While at home from college, he often designed website layouts offline using the Xampp and WordPress applications with his close friend Khairul Azhari. Tommy has been actively writing since 2016. He regularly writes on his blog, majalah-kemarin.blogspot.com. Tommy enjoys writing romantic stories. In 2020, In addition, he also released the song "Tekno" and has published 16 songs on his YouTube channel. Since then, he has been covered by various national news media such as RCTI, iNews, Pikiran-Rakyat, and other news outlets. Tommy also began to be interested in scientific research since early 2024, amidst his busy college life, because he felt he couldn't work a routine job like most people, and he is rarely active on social media. In that year, he decided to conduct research and write various scientific works such as, Computer Science, Philosophy, and Law.

Scientific work

• (Id) Proses Penerapan Layanan Pemesanan dan Pengiriman Obat Apotek Berbasis Aplikasi Digital (The Process of Implementing a Digital Application-Based Pharmacy Medicine Ordering and Delivery Service)
• (Id) Penelitian Artificial Intelligence untuk Satelit Komunikasi menggunakan Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan (JST) (Artificial Intelligence Research for Communication Satellites using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs))

External links

• Tommy Jonathan Sinaga in Semantic Scholar
• Tommy Jonathan Sinaga in ORCID
• Tommy Jonathan Sinaga in Researchgate
• Tommy Jonathan Sinaga in Google Scholar

References

Hello, how do I get this biography on en Wikipedia? I would appreciate guidance on whether the content of the article and the sources I have gathered are suitable. Thanks. ᘙ5 (talk) ᘙ5 (talk) 18:37, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AminQdek GMG^talk 19:23, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Undelete request for Tom Patterson (cartographer)

Hello, I am interested in seeing the history of Tom Patterson (cartographer) with the intent of cleaning up the page with information referenced from news and journal articles. Would you mind undeleting the page into the draft namespace? Thanks! QuincyMorgan (talk) 21:14, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@QuincyMorgan:  Done, the page is now available at Draft:Tom Patterson (cartographer). ✗plicit 23:42, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

FC Iberia 2010

Hello, I'm writing to you regarding FC Iberia 2010 that has been soft deleted based on a single vote. I'm wondering whether you could restore the page, which would enable me to add two more sections, the list of players and notable players. Currently, it is the only 4th division club with no Wikipedia page. Thanks. Gorgin18 (talk) 06:19, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

@Gorgin18: Done – as a contested soft deletion, the article has been restored upon request. ✗plicit 11:17, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Undeletion for "Wiesław Lewicki (Normal Country)"

Hello! I was asked to write to you from my undelete request here. From the time since the article was deleted for not meeting notability guidelines, Wiesław Lewicki acquired the required 100,000 signatures to become an official candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election, awaiting certification. So he will undoubtably be written about in the news during campaign season, and while the article might still not meet notability guidelines in the state it was in, it will certainly be possibly to greatly improve it with the incoming news, and the basic biographical information that was there is generally useful as a foundation. Thanks! Polish kurd (talk) 20:25, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

@Polish kurd: Hi, I have restored the page and moved it into draftspace at Draft:Wiesław Lewicki (Normal Country). ✗plicit 11:24, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Polish kurd (talk) 11:36, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Why Did You Deleted hezbollah Flag From List of Lebanese Flags?

Please, Get Hezbollah Flag Back To The List of Lebanese Flags. Mrclubgreentokyo (talk) 14:00, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

@Mrclubgreentokyo: File:Flag of Hezbollah.svg has not been deleted, but its use is restricted. ✗plicit 14:13, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Who restricted it? Mrclubgreentokyo (talk) 14:16, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

But How Can't I Should Add Hezbollah's Flag Even It Is restricted? Mrclubgreentokyo (talk) 14:36, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Augie K Fabela

Hi, I'm responding to your deletion of my page request. Appreciate you taking the time.

Augie K Fabela is a prominent American public figure, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nasdaq-listed VEON (previously Vimpelcom) and a serial entrepreneur and founder of multiple startupts in the technology sector. He is also a dedicated philanthropist and founder of the Fabela Family Foundation, as well as the author of two books, including a #1 Amazon bestseller. He is referred to briefly in the VEON entry, but it would be beneficial for Wikipedia readers to have his complete biography on the record. We are committed to only contributing factual information and Wiki-approved citations, and will do so with consensus from other Wikipedia editors. VEON.MNS (talk) 08:00, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Deletion of City University of Mogadishu

I noticed that you G8 deleted City University of Mogadishu while closing the AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guul University. The two names are distinct universities. The City University page was hijacked and moved. The recent histmerge should have left City University as an article, not a redirect. Also City University was previously kept Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City University of Mogadishu, although it might not survive current consensus. In short, City University should not have been in the scope of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guul University. • Gene93k (talk) 14:36, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

@Gene93k: I have restored the page history. For whatever reason, I keep running into a fatal exception error in trying to restore the most recent revision that redirected the article to Guul University. ✗plicit 14:48, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the fast response. Guul Univeristy was a tangled mess. • Gene93k (talk) 19:29, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Omar Daher Gadid

Ugh, the "delete" close it was only four days after the requested relist -- I was expecting I'd have a week, and was planning on looking into it tomorrow. At the very least, it should be redirected with the history preserved for when coverage eventually surfaces. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:38, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Per WP:RELIST, A relisted discussion may be closed once consensus is determined, without necessarily waiting for another seven days. There was a pretty clear consensus to delete here. There was no suggestion to redirect the page in the discussion, so that's not an WP:ATD I could have taken, especially when the subject is listed in at least nine different competitions from 1986–2003. ✗plicit 00:48, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Ugh, that's disappointing, given that I had an in-depth argument I was set to make tomorrow. Could it be restored to draftspace or something? I was in the process of contacting the Djibouti Post (the country's newspaper) to see if they knew anything about him, and I'm almost certain that coverage exists, so losing that page history would make things more difficult to return if its found. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:53, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Yes, the page is now available at Draft:Omar Daher Gadid. ✗plicit 01:37, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté

Hi! Would you mind restoring Hershii LiqCour-Jeté to the draft space, please? I would like to continue working on this entry. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:12, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@Another Believer:  Done, please see Draft:Hershii LiqCour-Jeté. ✗plicit 01:37, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:41, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Please Have a Look

This is regarding the recently deleted article: Vastav AI. The creator of the previous page was also found to be a WP:Socks that were making edits to this page. In lieu of that, the page has been recreated by [3] who has barely contributed to anything apart from his article. The other user involved was recently banned: [4] and [5]. I feel that these are a bunch of meat puppets and paid editors, as the current wiki article does clearly do read like an advert as well. I have nominated the page VastavX AI for speedy deletion. Thanks Flyingphoenixchips (talk) 04:02, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@Flyingphoenixchips: Yup, this was a word-for-word copy of Vastav Artificial Intelligence, so I have deleted the recreation as G4. ✗plicit 04:32, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

👍 Flyingphoenixchips (talk) 23:25, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Boxabl

I see this was closed as delete yet did not see anyone refuting the WP:HEY. Not asking you to overturn, but if you could restore the last version I did to draft I would appreciate it. Thanks. CNMall41 (talk) 16:02, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

@CNMall41: The draft is now available at Draft:Boxabl. ✗plicit 00:52, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Johnny Contardo page

Hello. The page for Johnny Contardo was restored in February 2025, but is gone again. When I search for it, it says the page does not exist. He is still an active musician, with many fans worldwide. I'm still learning the correct way to suggest edits, and had hoped to add a few lines to bring the page up to date. Can you please advise why the page does not exist, and what can be done to restore it? H2karen (talk) 18:06, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@H2karen: Hi, you will need to discuss the matter with the closing admin for reconsideration. I am unable to revert their closure without consensus to do so. ✗plicit 03:30, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Roosevelt dictatorship

I'm not sure what the rush was to delete Talk:Roosevelt dictatorship. Someone asked a question in good faith there on the fate of the deleted page. Even if you want to delete the talk page, you should at the bare minimum copy & paste the conversation to that user's talk page so they can see my response. I don't recall the name of the account but you should be able to see it in the history, but I don't see evidence of you doing such a thing in your recent contribs - apologies if I just missed it. SnowFire (talk) 01:57, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

I see you've been editing since. This is really not a hard request to process - if you've already done so (I can't easily check given the volume of your edits + me not remembering the account's name precisely), please verify so. Should be just view history of deleted page -> move content to the user's talk page with my reply.

For the general case, WP:BITE is a core guideline. If an infrequent editor asks a legitimate question in the wrong spot, the polite thing to do is just move it elsewhere - deleting it with no record it ever was made is pointlessly rude and drives away new contributors. I hope you do not casually delete all such talk pages without bothering to move the content for when said content isn't spam - something to consider for the future. SnowFire (talk) 02:20, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@SnowFire: I have moved the discussion to Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Roosevelt dictatorship. ✗plicit 03:30, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you.

That said, I notice you have not replied on the general case. This particular case was weird because I had that page on my watchlist still, so there was a regular editor to "notice". But most cases like this won't have that - it'll be just a newbie shooting in the darkness in the wrong spot. In those cases, it needs to be the admin doing the right thing, even when no one else sees it. Do you agree or disagree that this kind of courtesy takes 15 seconds and is a good idea before deleting such pages, if this were to happen again but with no one else noticing? SnowFire (talk) 04:29, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@SnowFire: Yup, I should have moved it to begin with or copied the discussion to the user's talk page before or after originally deleting it. ✗plicit 04:39, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Possible Countryhumans redirect?

Morning. Since you deleted the Countryhumans article last, I just wanted to check in with you. Now, I'm not saying I want to bring back the page, but I do want to make it redirect to Personification. Yay, or Nay?

Toodles. Thegoofhere (talk) 16:45, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Logo of the Wagner Group.svg "violates free-use policy"?

So, why does it violate free-use policy? I got it restored via an undeletion request and there was no issue then. NorthTension (talk) 11:39, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

@NorthTension: Please see WP:NFC#cite_note-4: The NFCI#2 allowance for logos only applies to the use of the logo on the infobox or lede for the stand-alone article about the entity, and should reflect its most current logo. The use of historical logos for an entity is not allowed, unless the historical logo itself is described in the context of critical commentary about that historical logo. ✗plicit 14:51, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

So since it's still in use, albeit unofficially, can I put it in the infobox then if I'm reading your post correctly? NorthTension (talk) 14:53, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

@NorthTension: Not quite sure what you mean by "unofficially", but the contextual significance criterion of policy only allows the use of one non-free item. The article's infobox should use a singular official, main logo. ✗plicit 14:57, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

The emblem/patch is still very frequently used despite the one at the top of the infobox being the official legal symbol of Wagner ever since they became part of the Armed Forces. I can provide sources if needed showing the still constant usage of the skull emblem as it's basically their most famous trademark.

Personally I feel like that logo should be exempt from copyright because of it like all other Russian military emblems, but I don't exactly know where to argue that.

Also, if removing the flag version is a requirement to keep the skull emblem on the page then I'd be fine with that, it's literally a seal on a bedsheet. NorthTension (talk) 15:05, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

@Explicit sorry to bug again but is it cool if I could get a follow-up for this? NorthTension (talk) 17:28, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@NorthTension: I have nothing more to add, as I have already explained the restrictions enforced by policy. ✗plicit 03:30, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

So....can we remove the flag that has the logo you deleted on it in exchange for putting that logo back on the page? It's still very explicitly in use even though it's not the official logo anymore. NorthTension (talk) 15:40, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@NorthTension: As I stated above, "policy only allows the use of one non-free item". If the other logo is preferred to the current one, then changing it is an editorial decision. ✗plicit 00:35, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Betsy Arakawa Hackman.png

Hi, I saw that you deleted this file under WP:F7. However, a discussion was recently had with no consensus to remove the fair use image. In fact, 3/4 of the comments agreed that a fair use image should be included in the page. Additionally, there is currently a second discussion ongoing about the use of a fair use file in the page. I think that speedily-deleting the file was premature and also circumvents the consensus-gaining process. I would like to request that the file be restored and re-added until a consensus is reached. Thanks, ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 00:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@ArtemisiaGentileschiFan: Hi, this image is credited to the Associated Press and was deleted in accordance with WP:CSD#F7 as being a photo from a press agency, which must be deleted on the spot. It had nothing to do with the arguments in the discussion you linked. ✗plicit 00:35, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Alright thanks, my mistake. I misunderstood and thought it was deleted under F7.C. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 00:49, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Sarah Yarkin

Hello. Perhaps due to ignorance, I didn't take the corrective action. I requested the removal of the Sarah Yarkin page because its content redirects to another page completely unrelated to the page's content. Sarah Yarkin is an actress, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022 film) this is a film she starred in. It doesn't make much sense to redirect to one of her films. It's pointless. I hope I've explained myself well; my English is still very limited. Best regards :) 83.38.176.11 (talk) 05:40, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Your speedy deletion request has been declined repeatedly because you are not citing a valid speedy deletion criterion. It is not eligible for deletion using said process, so you must nominate it for discussion at WP:RFD. ✗plicit 12:00, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Striking MMA

The article was draftified per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Striking MMA, but the talk page was not also moved with it. Do you mind undeleting the talk page and moving it to Draft talk:Striking MMA? — Tenshi! (Talk page) 11:39, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi:  Done, messy history merge and all. ✗plicit 12:00, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

"Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion."

What is a "soft" deletion? Iljhgtn (talk) 13:53, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

From Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Korenya Shingetsuan Iljhgtn (talk) 13:53, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@Iljhgtn: "Soft deletion" refers to deletion that occurs when little to no participants take part of a deletion discussion. Such deletions are considered uncontroversial because they are uncontested. Pages which have previously been proposed for deletion, or otherwise failed to get a "delete" result in previous deletion discussions, are not eligible for soft deletion and must be subject to robust consensus to result in deletion of the page. ✗plicit 14:13, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Understood. Thank you for explaining that. Iljhgtn (talk) 14:24, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Well that same one has now had a few more days pass and another !vote came in for a Merge support. I think it could be closed as a "Merge" at this stage in the game. Iljhgtn (talk) 00:29, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Specifically into Rice_cracker#Types. I concur with that merge target. Iljhgtn (talk) 00:30, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Alligator gar fillets on the grill.jpg

@Explicit Why you didn't delete File:Alligator gar fillets on the grill.jpg, the file is in commons now. Does it some licensing stuff? DinhHuy2010 (talk · contribs · logs · rights · email · sandbox · links to user page · global contribs) 10:03, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@DinhHuy2010: The uploader had originally tagged the file with {{Keep local}}, making it ineligible for deletion under WP:CSD#F8. I see that she has since removed said tag, so I have deleted it the local version. ✗plicit 11:03, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

thanks for deleting the local version DinhHuy2010 (talk · contribs · logs · rights · email · sandbox · links to user page · global contribs) 11:06, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Armen Berjikly

This article was deleted due to PROD expiring today. However shortly after you deleted it was recreated by the original article creator (who suddenly decided to be active all of a sudden). Although the content is slightly changed compared to what's shown in the archives, there is still a lack of independent in-depth sources to meet notability. Is this article eligible for CSD or we will need to go to AFD on this?

Edit: Nevermind. Someone else already AFD it here. Imcdc Contact 06:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Let's restart the Cricket Tasmania Premier League article with real sources

Hi! I am actually personally disappointed (I wanted to find information about clubs) about the deletion over a lack of sources of the Tasmania Cricket League article. Is it possible that it could be started again (and moved to a draft space if needed) with real sources this time and not original research? If it can be restarted, I could be the one to provide the sources and not Original research. Thank you Servite et contribuere (talk) 20:14, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@Servite et contribuere:  Done, now available at Draft:Cricket Tasmania Premier League. ✗plicit 12:48, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Explicit I'm going to notify the cricket and Tasmanian communities about this Draft to request for help from Tasmanian and Cricket experts on this issue. I might create a section for clubs Servite et contribuere (talk) 13:21, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Deletion review for Priyanka Choudhary

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Priyanka Choudhary. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Iamaninnocentsoul (talk) 05:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 April 19 § Category:Category-Class 20th Century Studios articles of NA-importance

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 April 19 § Category:Category-Class 20th Century Studios articles of NA-importance on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. BlasterOfHouses (HouseBlaster's alt • talk • he/they) 22:40, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

User:Jomarduran9690

Hello, Mr.@Explicit.... Please delete userpage User:Jomarduran9690 because WP:G2... Thanks.... 2001:448A:1020:5990:3109:CDEB:A1E0:6D5C (talk) 08:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Deleted my English user page.

Thank you for deleting my English user page. I thanked you! This user is a user (talk) 19:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month 2024 Barnstar

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Thank you for joining us in celebrating the 10th year of Wikipedia Asian Month!
We truly appreciate your contributions, and we look forward to seeing more articles about Asia written in different languages.

We also hope you continue to participate each year!

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Concerns about the Commons Sub-Zero image

Hi, hoping you're well. I saw today you replaced the infobox image for Sub-Zero with a screencapture from the character trailer. While I understand the video itself was released as free-use under a YouTube license, I do have some concerns about using it in this manner as the character in question is viable, as the character itself is trademarked and copyrighted separately; even the image on commons presents this warning in its file information. There's also some consensus that images that use official representations of copyrighted characters in them may be questionable despite the original image being free, as in the case of city photos that illustrate a character in advertising.

On a more practical level, while artwork for the MK series is...well...inconsistent to say the least, an argument can be made that the image is not the best representation of the character for the reader to understand who they are at a glance and the character's design; it shows too little of them. Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

@Kung Fu Man: I'm not sure how any of these points would justify a non-free image. ✗plicit 00:44, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Because simply put we're using an image from a trailer without confirmation the character's imagery was released for the purposes we're using it for, not to mention the layers of copyright protection regarding the character (both Netherealm and Warner Bros. hold a copyright in this case). At the very least better clarification from the horse's mouth may be a good idea to obtain, no?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 01:51, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

@Kung Fu Man: The video was uploaded by the official Mortal Kombat YouTube channel, it's pretty difficult to argue that they did not intend to freely release this particular video. Not all depictions of this character are free, but this one is. A similar situation arose at c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:NickRewind videos, which resulted in keeping all the media files. These are becoming more frequent over time, so music videos, video game trailers, film trailers, and more are being licensed under Creative Commons. Trademarks are a separate issue, which does not restrict us from using the content as the Creative Commons License specifies. ✗plicit 04:00, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

RfD closure of a redirect with history

Hi! I recently got the mop and am attempting to use it at RfD. I've got a couple questions about redirects with history, and am bugging you because you're one of the more active closers there, feel free to redirect me elsewhere. (For reference, I am specifically looking at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2025_April_16#Ruby-gnome2).

First, do we need to keep something with substantive history when that history isn't prserved anywhere in mainspace? (in this case, a merge and then all content deleted at the target page after the merge). Second, if we do, what's the recommended way to do that? Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Administrator instructions suggests that you should archive it into a talk namespace and then link on the old target's talk page, but I don't think I've ever seen this done. A histmerge seems contraindicated by WP:PVER, but was suggested elsewhere. Do we just need to keep the redirect, or at least relist while pointing out the history? Rusalkii (talk) 03:22, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

@Rusalkii: Hi, the content was removed as a result of this edit just eight days after it was merged, and seemingly not added back since. A redirect with a page history must be retained for attribution purposes only if the content exists there, which it doesn't anymore. In this particular case, I think you are free to go for either close the discussion or relist it if feel that the history is worth mentioning and may have been overlooked. ✗plicit 04:00, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Assuming for the hypothetical that it wasn't delete, though, what would you do here here? Rusalkii (talk) 04:04, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

@Rusalkii: If the assumption is that the merged material is still at the target, I would instead !vote and ping the prior participants, as they may not be aware of the circumstances. I think Jay does that more often than other admins who work at RFD. ✗plicit 04:47, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

My list of deletion page of vandalism

So you don't agree about deleting many pages redirected to Bali United F.C. by AldiBh?? Have you looked at his contributions? He made that many pages that already separating Putra Samarinda and Bali United history? Wira rhea (talk) 02:26, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

@Wira rhea: I declined the deletion of these redirects because they did not meet any of the speedy deletion criterion. The relevant place to discuss these redirects is WP:RFD. However, this is currently an active sockpuppet investigation regarding the account at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dwinug, so you may want to wait it out to not put in any unnecessary effort. If the user is blocked as a result, the pages they created will be deleted in accordance with WP:CSD#G5. ✗plicit 05:37, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

@Explicit: Okay then, I'll wait for the conclusion of the sockpuppet investigation. Thanks. Wira rhea (talk) 07:22, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi, as I know, the account was indeed sockpuppet. I already placed a tag for delete (db-r2) and I gave the reason, can you please check? TIA Wira rhea (talk) 21:23, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

@Wira rhea: It seems that most of their creations have since been deleted. Are there any remaining pages you have concerns about? ✗plicit 00:44, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

No, I think that'll be all. Thank you brother. Wira rhea (talk) 11:44, 24 April 2025 (UTC)