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Deletion review (DRV) is for reviewing speedy deletions and outcomes of deletion discussions. This includes appeals to delete pages kept after a prior discussion.
If you are considering a request for a deletion review, please read the "Purpose" section below to make sure that is what you wish to do. Then, follow the instructions below.
Purpose
Deletion review may be used:
- if someone believes the closer of a deletion discussion interpreted the consensus incorrectly;
- if a speedy deletion was done outside of the criteria or is otherwise disputed;
- if significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page;
- if a page has been wrongly deleted with no way to tell what exactly was deleted; or
- if there were substantial procedural errors in the deletion discussion or speedy deletion.
Deletion review should not be used:
- because of a disagreement with the deletion discussion's outcome that does not involve the closer's judgment (a page may be renominated after a reasonable timeframe);
- (This point formerly required first consulting the deleting admin if possible. As per this discussion an editor is not required to consult the closer of a deletion discussion (or the deleting admin for a speedy deletion) before starting a deletion review. However doing so is good practice, and can often save time and effort for all concerned. Notifying the closer is required.)
- to point out other pages that have or have not been deleted (as each page is different and stands or falls on its own merits);
- to challenge an article's deletion via the proposed deletion process, or to have the history of a deleted page restored behind a new, improved version of the page, called a history-only undeletion (please go to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion for these);
- to repeat arguments already made in the deletion discussion;
- to argue technicalities (such as a deletion discussion being closed ten minutes early);
- to request that previously deleted content be used on other pages (please go to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion for these requests);
- to attack other editors, cast aspersions, or make accusations of bias (such requests may be speedily closed);
- for uncontroversial undeletions, such as undeleting a very old article where substantial new sources have subsequently arisen. Use Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion instead.
- to ask for permission to write a new version of a page which was deleted, unless it has been protected against creation. In general you don't need anyone's permission to recreate a deleted page, if your new version does not qualify for deletion then it will not be deleted.
Copyright violating, libelous, or otherwise prohibited content will not be restored.
Instructions
Before listing a review request, please:
- Consider attempting to discuss the matter with the closer as this could resolve the matter more quickly. There could have been a mistake, miscommunication, or misunderstanding, and a full review may not be needed. Such discussion also gives the closer the opportunity to clarify the reasoning behind a decision.
- Check that it is not on the list of perennial requests. Repeated requests every time some new, tiny snippet appears on the web have a tendency to be counter-productive. It is almost always best to play the waiting game unless you can decisively overcome the issues identified at deletion.
Steps to list a new deletion review
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Inform the editor who closed the deletion discussion by adding the following on their user talk page:
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Leave notice of the deletion review outside of and above the original deletion discussion:
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Commenting in a deletion review
Any editor may express their opinion about an article or file being considered for deletion review. In the deletion review discussion, please type one of the following opinions preceded by an asterisk (*) and surrounded by three apostrophes (''') on either side. If you have additional thoughts to share, you may type this after the opinion. Place four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your entry, which should be placed below the entries of any previous editors:
- Endorse the original closing decision; or
- Relist on the relevant deletion forum (usually Articles for deletion); or
- List, if the page was speedy deleted outside of the established criteria and you believe it needs a full discussion at the appropriate forum to decide if it should be deleted; or
- Overturn the original decision and optionally an (action) per the Guide to deletion. For a keep decision, the default action associated with overturning is delete and vice versa. If an editor desires some action other than the default, they should make this clear; or
- Allow recreation of the page if new information is presented and deemed sufficient to permit recreation.
- Some consider it a courtesy, to other DRV participants, to indicate your prior involvements with the deletion discussion or the topic.
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*'''Endorse''' The original closing decision looks like it was sound, no reason shown here to overturn it. ~~~~ |
*'''Relist''' A new discussion at AfD should bring a more thorough discussion, given the new information shown here. ~~~~ |
*'''Allow recreation''' The new information provided looks like it justifies recreation of the article from scratch if there is anyone willing to do the work. ~~~~ |
*'''List''' Article was speedied without discussion, criteria given did not match the problem, full discussion at AfD looks warranted. ~~~~ |
*'''Overturn and merge''' The article is a content fork, should have been merged into existing article on this topic rather than deleted. ~~~~ |
*'''Overturn and userfy''' Needs more development in userspace before being published again, but the subject meets our notability criteria. ~~~~ |
*'''Overturn''' Original deletion decision was not consistent with current policies. ~~~~ |
Remember that deletion review is not an opportunity to (re-)express your opinion on the content in question. It is an opportunity to correct errors in process (in the absence of significant new information), and thus the action specified should be the editor's feeling of the correct interpretation of the debate.
The presentation of new information about the content should be prefaced by Relist, rather than Overturn and (action). This information can then be more fully evaluated in its proper deletion discussion forum. Allow recreation is an alternative in such cases.
Temporary undeletion
Admins participating in deletion reviews are routinely requested to restore deleted pages under review and replace the content with the {{TempUndelete}}
template, leaving the history for review by everyone. However, copyright violations and violations of the policy on biographies of living persons should not be restored.
Closing reviews
A nominated page should remain on deletion review for at least seven days. After seven days, an administrator will determine whether a consensus exists. If that consensus is to undelete, the admin should follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Administrator instructions. If the consensus was to relist, the page should be relisted at the appropriate forum. If the consensus was that the deletion was endorsed, the discussion should be closed with the consensus documented. If the administrator finds that there is no consensus in the deletion review, then in most cases this has the same effect as endorsing the decision being appealed. However, in some cases, it may be more appropriate to treat a finding of "no consensus" as equivalent to a "relist"; admins may use their discretion to determine which outcome is more appropriate.
If a speedy deletion is appealed, the closer should treat a lack of consensus as a direction to overturn the deletion, since it indicates that the deletion was not uncontroversial (which is a requirement of almost all criteria for speedy deletion). Any editor may then nominate the page at the appropriate deletion discussion forum. But such nomination is in no way required, if no editor sees reason to nominate.
Ideally all closes should be made by an administrator to ensure that what is effectively the final appeal is applied consistently and fairly but in cases where the outcome is patently obvious or where a discussion has not been closed in good time it is permissible for a non-admin (ideally a DRV regular) to close discussions. Non-consensus closes should be avoided by non-admins unless they are absolutely unavoidable and the closer is sufficiently experienced at DRV to make that call. (Hint: if you are not sure that you have enough DRV experience then you don't.)
Speedy closes
- Where the closer of a deletion discussion realizes their close was wrong, and nobody has endorsed, the closer may speedily close as overturn. They should fully reverse their close, restoring any deleted pages if appropriate.
- Where the nominator of a DRV wishes to withdraw their nomination, and nobody else has recommended any outcome other than endorse, the nominator may speedily close as "endorse" (or ask someone else to do so on their behalf).
- Certain discussions may be closed without result if there is no prospect of success (e.g. disruptive nominations, if the nominator is repeatedly nominating the same page, or the page is listed at WP:DEEPER). These will usually be marked as "administrative close".
6 June 2023
5 June 2023
Bilal Mahmood
I was not part of the initial discussion which decided that this article should be deleted and redirected to 2022 California's 17th State Assembly district special election, but I contend that, in light of the continuing (reputable) media coverage of Mr. Mahmood from this March, April, May, and June alongside the existing references to him around Wikipedia, the stand-alone article should be un-deleted. I do not have any affiliation to Mr. Mahmood or any investment in the SF politics surrounding him, but I think there is a clear enough interest in him to mandate restoration of the eponymous article.
FlamingMoth (talk) 22:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC) FlamingMoth
- Closing admin comment aware of this request and fine with whatever consensus determines if factors have changed which render my close moot. It does not appear that @FlamingMoth is questioning the close at the time, and as such and because my on wiki time is still somewhat limited for another few days, I'm not re-assessing my close. Please ping me if that becomes necessary. Thanks!
- Star Mississippi 01:48, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Moot As a non-protected redirect, any editor is welcome to un-redirect and add sufficient coverage demonstrating ongoing notability at any time without DRV intervention. Jclemens (talk) 01:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Moot per Jclemens. Stifle (talk) 07:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not convinced the new articles get him to WP:GNG, but he's clearly received some media coverage separate from being a political candidate. I'm not sure I'd restore the old article, but there's no reason a new article can't be created and AfD'd if necessary. SportingFlyer T·C 09:37, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
User:Immanuelle/Two-spirit
- User:Immanuelle/Two-spirit (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) ([[User_talk:Immanuelle#Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_User:Immanuelle/Two-spirit|XfD]]|restore)
Speedy deletion with no specified criteria. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 19:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Nominator wrote out the reasons on the nom. Image for those with an Indigenous identity (Two Spirit) was flagged as inappropriate by member in good standing of the Indigenous wikiproject. New image has been created by users from the communities in question to replace it, and is now hosted at the Indigenous Wikiproject. There was no more reason for the inaccurate, considered offensive by some, image (that was invented by someone on tumblr), so I deleted it per nom. - CorbieVreccan ☊ ☼ 19:44, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- There's a relatively long discussion on my talk page about this. Their disruptive editing allegations are quite unfounded and based on a total of two reverted edits I consider to be good faith but incorrect and an edit war which ended with consensus on my side. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 20:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- What consensus on your side? What are you talking about? This is not the board for it, but Immanuelle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has a history of disruption and WP:RADAR and WP:ICANTHEARYOU behaviour, as well, and was warned by @Liz: for some of it.[1] but never responded that I can see. - CorbieVreccan ☊ ☼ 20:11, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- On Medicine wheel (symbol). The editing went overwhelmingly to my vision for the article. Actually only one edit needed to be reverted as the other one I thought was reverted is still up. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 20:24, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- What consensus on your side? What are you talking about? This is not the board for it, but Immanuelle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has a history of disruption and WP:RADAR and WP:ICANTHEARYOU behaviour, as well, and was warned by @Liz: for some of it.[1] but never responded that I can see. - CorbieVreccan ☊ ☼ 20:11, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- There's a relatively long discussion on my talk page about this. Their disruptive editing allegations are quite unfounded and based on a total of two reverted edits I consider to be good faith but incorrect and an edit war which ended with consensus on my side. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 20:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
(←) The image was an inaccurate portrayal which was supposed to represent the Two-Spirit community. The image they chose to use was made by a random person on Tumblr and is not in use by the 2S community at large. I am not sure why @Immanuelle doesn't understand that it is inappropriate to create something representative of a community simply because they want to when it is not an actual factual associated representation. This is offensive and dishonest. I kindly created an alternative which @CorbieVreccan posted for public use at the Indigenous Wikiproject. The image simply does not belong here. Indigenous girl (talk) 20:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not defending the image at all. I was the one who suggested proposing the image for deletion on wikimedia commons. Rather I see this conduct as being contrary to the purpose of wikipedia. I even said I wanted it deleted to remove the image. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 20:45, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Okay...I'm not sure why you're requesting a review then. The image you used has been proposed for deletion on wikimedia commons by @CorbieVreccan, I was unsure as to how to do so myself. Indigenous girl (talk) 21:02, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- If you want it deleted you should withdraw this. - CorbieVreccan ☊ ☼ 21:11, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- I have absolutely no idea what's going on with the wall of text above, but it seems clear that 1) whatever this image was, it likely needed to be removed, 2) it seems as if there's clear agreement it should be removed, and 3) no clear speedy criteria exists to remove it, which has needlessly escalated this whole situation. (Maybe G10?) Even with the speedy error, I don't really think there's anything more to do here apart from maybe fry up some trout - I don't see a reason to un-delete even with the incorrect speedy. SportingFlyer T·C 21:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Overturn out of process deletion.—Alalch E. 23:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Use a collaborative approach and dialogue to resolve editing disputes. Out of process deletion in a dispute is an application of force and as such may fail to lead to a constructive resolution, and in this case it has already failed to do so, producing a minor scandal that people will now go through. Wikipedia is a wiki. All Wikipedia spaces that are publicly editable need to be treated according to that fact. No one owns userboxes. Not the user in whose userspace it's located, not the users who put it on their userpages, and not the users who assert a connection to the topic of the userbox. Deletion of userboxes is handled at MfD.—Alalch E. 23:36, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Overturn as out of process. MfD is the correct venue for this. I'm also starting to think that the deleting admin was WP:INVOLVED due to
past conflicts/disputes with [the] editor
(e.g. here and here) and their apparent strong feelings about this. CandyScythe (talk) 23:52, 5 June 2023 (UTC) - Overturn Wikipedia is NOTCENSORED which means we don't delete non-illegal offensive images without a discussion except under G10, to which this appears entirely nonapplicable. Jclemens (talk) 01:48, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Speedy overturn. Clear failure to follow deletion process, possible WP:INVOLVED violation, absolutely inappropriate deletion. Members of wikiprojects wishing to have pages deleted need to go through the proper channels, just like any other user, and the proper channel in this case is MFD. To be clear, I am writing here only about the deletion of the userbox User:Immanuelle/Two-spirit, and not any image thereon. Stifle (talk) 07:44, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Overturn deletion was clearly inconsistent with the deletion policy, as it does not fall under any of the criteria for speedy deletion. The fact a userbox uses an image someone thinks is inaccurate or offensive is not a reason to delete it unless it is enough to make the userbox an attack page or vandalism, which isn't the case here (for the record the image is File:Neapolitan two spirit flag with feathers.png). Hut 8.5 07:54, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
One Day Alive
I am writing for the deletion of One Day Alive to be reviewed. The page was edited and multi cites were taken out leaving only like 3-4. I will edit page to add more cites. I am proposing to reenlist page as they currently have a record contract with a subsidiary company or Warner Brother Music. They also have a record coming out being produced by the guitarist of Saving Abel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webbelot (talk • contribs) 14:50, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- @Webbelot using the template here Wikipedia:Deletion_review will probably be helpful for administrators Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 20:05, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Template fixed. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse I think I sympathise with the nom as they posted on the AfD's talk page before any other votes came in and responded to the notification on their own talk page asking where they could contribute to the discussion, but this doesn't appear to have been a notable band. The way to save this would be to produce definitive GNG-qualifying sources, and I'd possibly recommend AfC. As a FYI, the page also probably still lives as a copy on Webbelot's user page. SportingFlyer T·C 20:41, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Temp undelete for review please? Jclemens (talk) 01:49, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Done Star Mississippi 13:26, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
4 June 2023
Ben Phillips (YouTuber)
I created this article due to a category I created (Category:Welsh YouTubers) in 2021 being proposed for deletion. I had not heard of the YouTuber prior to this and I joined Wikipedia in 2020, so I could not have seen the 2017 deleted article of him. UtherSRG deleted the article because of WP:G4, but it states that it "excludes pages that are not substantially identical to the deleted version, and pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies". As I mentioned it is highly unlikely that I have seen the 2017 deleted article so any similarities would be coincidental and the deletion no longers applies as the subject has become more notable. I messaged UtherSRG on his talk page and he asked me to come here. If people think that the person is not notable then they can open a deletion request, I don't believe that speedy deletion was the right course of action. Sorry if I made mistakes, this is my first time at deletion review. Sahaib (talk) 19:56, 4 June 2023 (UTC) -->
This is moot, the article has been undeleted by UtherSRG, but I'm a bit concerned the advice was to come here if G4 didn't apply considering the period of time involved. SportingFlyer T·C 21:19, 4 June 2023 (UTC)not moot, it was being undeleted for DRV. SportingFlyer T·C 21:20, 4 June 2023 (UTC)- Temporarily undeleted for this DRV. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:22, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- That's clearly not a WP:G4 as they are not substantially identical. Whether it would survive an AfD is a different question, but that's a bad speedy. SportingFlyer T·C 21:24, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Speedy undelete and list at AfD as a reasonable contest of a G4. It was a bad G4. The deleting admin’s response
- should be repudiated, here. A prior G4 does NOT mean that a new recreation needs pre-clearance at DRV. DRV is not the gateway for creating new articles where previously deleted. SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Not a G4. No opinion on listing it at AfD, someone can do that if they want to. Alpha3031 (t • c) 00:42, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Speedy undelete AfD it if anyone feel like it. SmokeyJoe's reasoning is correct. Jclemens (talk) 08:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- here is a comparison between the speedy-deleted version and the version deleted at AFD.
Overturn G4 with option to list at AFD. Clearly does not meet the criterion of "substantially the same". Stifle (talk) 08:51, 5 June 2023 (UTC) - Overturn (1) the article wasn't substantially the same, and (2) notability of this subject (who is young, and known for the very recent phenomenon of YouTube pranks) was extremely likely to have changed between 2017 and 2023: the previous deletion had no relevance. We all make mistakes, Trout and move on... Elemimele (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
William Street Bird
This AfD was closed by RandyKitty as no consensus, and numerically, this is true. The argument for keep stemmed from Cunard, who linked a variety of sources. Nythar then provided a source assessment that, in my opinion, proved that all of the sources that Cunard linked failed WP:SIGCOV. Then followed an extensive exchange between Nythar and Huggums537 that got uncivil, and a load of !votes for keep and delete. In my opinion, Nythar's sources assessment tables, and some questionable applications of policy means that the article should have been closed as delete. Willing to throw it out to another AfD. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 00:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- I think we could've left a little more time for RandyKitty to respond to the talk page questions. They're normally a very good closer so this might not have needed to go to DRV. But for the record, I (involved) of course agree that this should not have been closed as NC, not least because the keep !votes all seem to hinge on meeting GNG when none of the sources meet the stricter requirements of NCORP. Another part of the problem is also that until yesterday, the AfD wasn't in the business and companies delsorts, so many of the editors actually familiar with NCORP would not have seen it. That I believe would be reason enough to relist, although given the total deficiency in the keep rationales a delete outcome would have been acceptable. JoelleJay (talk) 00:57, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- @JoelleJay: It was my fault not putting it in the business or companies delsorts, and I also did not know about the questions on Randykitty's talk page, which I apologies for. Do you think we should re-open the AfD and let it run for another week? JML1148 (talk | contribs) 02:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Well if you had talked to RandyKitty they might have been willing to relist, but now that it's at DRV it's up to the usual DRV crew to judge. And unfortunately since the issue with the close has been framed as "didn't agree with SIGCOV source assessment" -- e.g. what people here would say is "relitigating the AfD" -- instead of the much more compelling problems of editors !voting based on non-NCORP rationales and NCORP editors not being notified, there's little chance it'll even be reopened let alone reclosed as delete. JoelleJay (talk) 19:19, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- @JoelleJay: It was my fault not putting it in the business or companies delsorts, and I also did not know about the questions on Randykitty's talk page, which I apologies for. Do you think we should re-open the AfD and let it run for another week? JML1148 (talk | contribs) 02:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse as an editor who supported retention in the AfD. This is a summary of the sources from the "keep" perspective:
"Keep" participants agreed with this view, while "delete" participants disagreed with this view. There was a clear lack consensus among the AfD participants about whether the sources met Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Audience and Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Significant coverage, so Randykitty correctly assessed the consensus of the AfD as "no consensus". The AfD had extensive discussion from experienced editors so I do not see the need for a relist.- Veenhuyzen, Max (2014-08-31). "The Scene: The Bird". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- Bennett, Andrew (2010-07-23). "The Bird". News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- "The Bird". Broadsheet. 2017-10-06. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- McCarthy, Kristie (2018-09-26). "The Bird: A hipster hang-out with hip hop karaoke and a killer courtyard". Concrete Playground. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
Venue reviews are not routine sources. Veenhuyzen 2014 is a 285-word review. Bennett 2010 is a 347-word review. Broadsheet 2017 is a 149-word review. McCarthy 2018 is a 249-word review. These reviews are all about William Street Bird and all meet Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Significant coverage. These reviews are both functionally and intellectually independent from William Street Bird, so they meet Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Independent sources. The Sunday Times had a circulation of over 250,000 in 2013 and is distributed throughout the state of Western Australia. It meets Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Audience, which requires "at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source".
Nythar wrote above, "the subject does not stand out. Like I said, you can find an article on almost anything if you search deeply enough, but those sources need to prove that the subject stands out and is particularly notable (i.e., more notable than other similar venues)." There is no requirement in Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) that a venue must "stand out" or be "more notable than other similar venues". There is a requirement in Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Primary criteria only that the venue "has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject". The venue reviews allow the venue to meet the requirement.
Cunard (talk) 01:05, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- You are quoting one of my many comments at the AfD, and you've chosen one where I didn't mention any guideline. Subjects don't need to "stand out" to be notable; I said that to illustrate a point. The subject isn't notable because the sources are completely trivial (i.e., not "significant coverage"), very local, or routine in coverage. The four sources you've linked to above, which I've already addressed countless times, do not contain "significant coverage"; not a single one, when assessed separately from the others, consists of any content that can be used in a Wikipedia article; they're wholly promotional and focus on food prices, minor performances, hyper-local events, and other trivialities. Nobody has yet addressed this point.
The venue reviews allow the venue to meet the requirement
: only if they significantly cover the subject. Nythar (💬-🍀) 16:39, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Overturn to delete: My concerns revolved around WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:SIRS. SIRS states that
"Individual sources must be evaluated separately and independently of each other"
and that they must"meet the four criteria below to determine if a source qualifies towards establishing notability."
One of those criteria indicates that at least one source must"Contain significant coverage addressing the subject of the article directly and in depth."
CORPDEPTH describes which sources qualify as "significant and in-depth coverage." It states"Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject is not sufficient to establish notability."
The problem with the sources Cunard provided in that AfD is that, when each source is evaluated separately from the others, none of them pass any SIGCOV criteria. Take a look at them yourself (listed below). Not a single source passes any notability guideline, and this can clearly be seen by the simple fact that several of the sources (especially the top four) contain no content that can be used in a Wikipedia article (meaning they're composed of minor trivialities such as food and drink prices, the internal design of the venue, etc. Such sources cannot be "significant coverage"; they'd be considered "trivial coverage", which is the opposite of SIGCOV. How can a source that's so promotional and trivial that it can hardly even be used in an article, be "significant coverage"? Well, it can't be. They simply don't focus on the venue's ownership history, its operational history, contain a neutral account of its cultural significance, prove that it's notable beyond Perth, or contain anything else that would indicate they "significantly cover" the venue. And the rest of the sources are either routine in coverage or are very local:
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- It appears that this non-notable venue is being lifted up to the level of notability simply because sources exist; however, none of these sources, when examined alone, can be considered to be "significant coverage", not per any SNG guideline or per the GNG. Nythar (💬-🍀) 01:28, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse The closer is not supposed to make a judgement on whether the sourcing meets the notability requirementThe closer is expected to determine whether there is consensus about whether the sourcing meets our community's notability requirement. In this case, participants were equally passionate in their position whether the sources met NCORP/GNG (and pointed to policy in their comments). A no consensus close is quite appropriate in this case. --Enos733 (talk) 04:19, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- The disagreement wasn't so much on whether the sources met NCORP as on whether GNG supersedes NCORP. In that case the issue boils down to who has interpreted the policy correctly. Avilich (talk) 05:04, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Enos733, I appreciate your point, which is quite right, but would you consider the points I make below please? My issue with this close is not the result so much as the way it has happened. There were procedural problems with this close. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:26, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- The disagreement wasn't so much on whether the sources met NCORP as on whether GNG supersedes NCORP. In that case the issue boils down to who has interpreted the policy correctly. Avilich (talk) 05:04, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse Is there enough coverage to make a sensible article of the topic? Clearly so, because we have one. A Keep outcome would also have been reasonable, because it's not even clear that an entertainment venue is covered by WP:NCORP. Jclemens (talk) 06:38, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- I'll also note that the article has been expanded significantly since the AfD closure. Jclemens (talk) 06:42, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Is there enough coverage by independent, non-local media? The venue is a corporation, it has to meet NCORP; it can't do that with reviews from the same city it is located. JoelleJay (talk) 19:09, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- No, it's actually not established that it has to meet NCORP. Your procrustean expansivism is uncompelling and would serve to eviscerate the encyclopedia, rather than simply do what is within NCORP's remit: keep spammy startups off the 'pedia. Jclemens (talk) 07:58, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
SNGs can also provide examples of sources and types of coverage considered significant for the purposes of determining notability, such as the treatment of book reviews for our literature guidelines and the strict significant coverage requirements spelled out in the SNG for organizations and companies.
NCORP defines what is independent SIGCOV for organizations; if a source does not meet NCORP requirements it can't count toward NCORP or GNG. If this wasn't the case then the guidelines at NCORP would serve absolutely no purpose. JoelleJay (talk) 21:37, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- No, it's actually not established that it has to meet NCORP. Your procrustean expansivism is uncompelling and would serve to eviscerate the encyclopedia, rather than simply do what is within NCORP's remit: keep spammy startups off the 'pedia. Jclemens (talk) 07:58, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Is there enough coverage by independent, non-local media? The venue is a corporation, it has to meet NCORP; it can't do that with reviews from the same city it is located. JoelleJay (talk) 19:09, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- I'll also note that the article has been expanded significantly since the AfD closure. Jclemens (talk) 06:42, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Overturn to delete - I was involved and voted delete. However the question at DRV is not to relitigate the debate but to look at whether the close was correct. In this case there were serious enough concerns that I had already gone to the closer's talk page. I would have waited a little longer before opeing a DRV but the issues are these:
- The case was a clear delete, both in number of !votes and the policy arguments made, but it was left open beyond the normal 1 week discussion, and it was in the extended period that 3 more keep votes were added. These added no new information or policy reasons, but were treated as simple votes, balancing the voting to allow a no consensus close. There is definitely an impression here (I am sure unintended), that the case was allowed to run on until the voting was stacked to no consensus.
- Deletion is not a vote in any case. The policy arguments made were clear, and the bulk of the conversation was a meta argument from one commentator arguing why the policy should not be policy. This argument tehrefore conceded the point. The close statement was so brief that it did not justice to what was a very involved and careful look at the policy arguments.
- As the case had been allowed to over-run, and with an unclear consensus, this should have at least been relisted.
A relist would be acceptable, but endorsing close is basically saying deletion policy does not matter. That is not a message we want to portray. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:22, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse you may not like/disagree with the keep votes, but they are substantive and backed by policy. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 09:42, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- But again, the question is not whether we agree or disagree with the votes, but whether there is an impression that the AfD was improperly allowed to over-run until there was an exact balance of votes, and only closed at that point without any attempt to relist nor evaluate the arguments. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 09:55, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- @Headbomb, how many of the keep !votes even acknowledged NCORP, let alone argued sourcing met it? JoelleJay (talk) 19:07, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Comment from closer: Sirfurboy, are you suggesting that I somehow waited until I got some desired !votes? In fact, I was looking at some AfDs that had not been handled after running 7 days. This one ran a decent time, with ample participation by multiple editors and there was no clear tendency towards a keep or delete that would make a relist worth while. Cunard's summation of the debate is spot on. --Randykitty (talk) 12:44, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- As I said above, I am sure it was unintended. Yet the close, not after one week nor after two, and just after the number of votes suddenly balanced, and with a very short closing summary, gives an impression that this was irregular. I would have preferred if, rather than this deletion review, it had just been re-opened, as per my comment on your talk page, as I am sure it could have been resolved amicably. Unfortunately you did not see that before this review was opened, sorry. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 12:58, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Apology accepted. It wouldn't have changed anything anyway as I see no reason to change my close. That the AfD ran for more than 7 days does in no way mean that it must be relisted. As for an exact balance of !votes, that's new to me because I didn't count the !votes. Even without those 3 late !votes, my close would have been "no consensus". I take offence by you characterizing my close as not evaluating the arguments. The discussion had produced huge walls of text (which I suspect may be related to the fact that no admin came around to close the discussion after the usual 7 days) and I waded through it all. My close does, I think, show that I evaluated the arguments of both sides. --Randykitty (talk) 14:47, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- While it isn't the responsibility of an AfD discussion closer to determine if the subject is notable, the closer should at least review the merits of !votes. WP:NHC:
"The closer is there to judge the consensus of the community, after discarding irrelevant arguments: those that flatly contradict established policy [...] and those that show no understanding of the matter of issue."
<-- I am not saying that some !voters had no understanding of the matter; I am simply pointing out that there needs to be a somewhat thorough review of the !votes. Now, in regards to this particular AfD, some people (among whom I am one) assessed the sources and arrived at the conclusion that the subject wasn't notable. Others examined the sources and concluded that the subject was notable. One of the aspects of notability we discussed was SIGCOV in the context of GNG and CORPDEPTH. The closer is supposed to determine the consensus of the discussion by evaluating the merits of the policy claims. You wrote in your closing statement, "No apparent consensus whether sources satisfy SIGCOV, with good arguments both for and against
", which is disappointing. So much effort was put into the discussion and the final closing statement doesn't even address how "good" any argument was. Nythar (💬-🍀) 16:29, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- While it isn't the responsibility of an AfD discussion closer to determine if the subject is notable, the closer should at least review the merits of !votes. WP:NHC:
- Apology accepted. It wouldn't have changed anything anyway as I see no reason to change my close. That the AfD ran for more than 7 days does in no way mean that it must be relisted. As for an exact balance of !votes, that's new to me because I didn't count the !votes. Even without those 3 late !votes, my close would have been "no consensus". I take offence by you characterizing my close as not evaluating the arguments. The discussion had produced huge walls of text (which I suspect may be related to the fact that no admin came around to close the discussion after the usual 7 days) and I waded through it all. My close does, I think, show that I evaluated the arguments of both sides. --Randykitty (talk) 14:47, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- If you want a !vote-by-!vote evaluation from the closer, then I'm surely not the only one who is going to disappoint you. I don't intend to add to the wall of text that this DRV is degenerating to, similarly to the AfD. In that spirit, this will be my last comment here. --Randykitty (talk) 16:55, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- I strongly disagree that Cunard's analysis is accurate.
- The review in Sunday Times (a tabloid owned by News Corp) appears in the "home" and "real estate (Prestige Property)" sections and is written by a Perth-based journalist focused on Perth bars. Its circulation is a full order of magnitude lower than the population of Perth itself; that decidedly fails the "local media or media of limited interest and circulation" part of AUD.
- The review in Perth Now (owned by News Corp) is not independent from the other review under NewsCorp and was written by another journalist dedicated to Perth bar reviews. Local!
- The review in Broadsheet is categorized in a sub-subsection of the Perth news outlet for Broadsheet, not the more national Food and Drink section. Local!
- The Concrete Playground review is also in the "Perth bars" section, written by a music talent manager/PR marketer who would obviously have a financial interest in drumming up attendance at venues her clients play at! Not to mention: local. JoelleJay (talk) 19:05, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Weak overturn to delete I don't think no consensus is necessarily a bad close - hence my "weak" - and I do want to commend Randykitty for wading in to close this, but having read that discussion I don't think the WP:NCORP argument was successfully rebutted by those arguing for WP:GNG, since NCORP applies a stricter guideline unless things have changed recently. SportingFlyer T·C 17:19, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse – No Consensus was a valid conclusion by the closer. It was, also, incidentally, the conclusion that I would have reached, but that is not important. The appellant seems to be sort of re-arguing the AFD by arguing that the closer didn't reach exactly the same conclusion as the appellant would have reached. This is a case where there is reasoned disagreement as to whether the sources are independent, significant, reliable, and secondary. When there is no consensus among the participants in the AFD as to the status of the sources, No Consensus is a reasoned conclusion by the closer. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:22, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
This is a case where there is reasoned disagreement as to whether the sources are independent, significant, reliable, and secondary.
That would be the case if we were assessing a non-corporate entity .- The DRV nom missed the biggest issues. Those were the fact that a) the AfD was not delsorted into the correct categories until the night before it was closed; b) keep editors largely ignored whether the topic met NCORP and instead insisted it "met GNG", which delete editors pointed out is irrelevant because the sources used failed the AUD requirements (the venue is in Perth, the coverage is in Perth, claims that the Perth newspapers are "regional" because they happen to also be distributed to the 8% of WA that doesn't live in the immediate Perth area are ridiculous; and moreover many delete !voters argued the coverage wasn't SIGCOV anyway). JoelleJay (talk) 18:11, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- For the record, I think the fact that this AfD on a business wasn't in the business delsorts until the night before--hence all the !votes ignoring NCORP--is a very strong rationale for just relisting. I had gone to @Randykitty's talk page to request exactly that, then saw the close had already been brought up for other reasons. JoelleJay (talk) 19:28, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse as a valid closure. This is just relitigating the debate. I was summoned here by talk page notice. Thanks. Huggums537 (talk) 20:19, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse (no consensus). Opposing arguments were continuing with no indication of converging. Some fresh air is needed. Follow the advice at WP:RENOM. The AfD nomination was too brief, try better next time. An abundance of sources were considered, but it looks to me that their possible failing quality, independence, was not well considered. A review can be failed for being nonindependent as a customer review and a too-close primary source, but there is clearly no consensus that by merely being a review it should be excluded, or that local newspapers should be excluded. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:08, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse (no consensus) per SmokeyJoe. Cbl62 (talk) 00:35, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse. I had commented on the AfD and likely would have !voted delete had I decided to submit one but the discussion could reasonably be read as no consensus. Could this also have been closed as delete, keep or relisted? Maybe. I'm not sure I would consider relisting this even had I not commented. Trying my best to be neutral, delete seems more plausible than keep to my eye, but that is not in itself sufficient to overturn the close. Alpha3031 (t • c) 00:42, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse. Reasonable closure. DRV is not AFD round 2. Stifle (talk) 07:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse, there was no consensus and it was closed as no consensus. Merko (talk) 11:49, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
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Welcome to the 1st Deletion Review in June 2023. I accidentally deleted this page in a previous operation, but the RFU didn't go through because the session timed out, and I can only request that the page be restored here Q𝟤𝟪 05:56, 1 June 2023 (UTC) |
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Request for deletion review: It should be a redirect page to 2021 Hualien train derailment as it was named by Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (Chinese: 國家運輸安全調查委員會) for investigating the rail accident, but it was speedy deleted as R3. (See more information at [2] and Chinese Wikipedia article W:zh:北迴線太魯閣號列車出軌事故. @鐵路1, Mafalda4144, and Subscriptshoe9) Sinsyuan~Talk 06:45, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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I had already made the necessary changes needed to reduce the probability of copyright violations before someone decided to completely delete the article. Furthermore Philippine government works, which was cited by @Uncle Bash007 as a justification in removing the article (to which @GB fan concurred), belong in the Public Domain. Both of you should have seen the updated Earwig result before you arbitrarily decided to delete it Borgenland (talk) 22:11, 30 May 2023 (UTC) |
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1. Consensus was misinterpreted. No consideration was given to the now hundreds of dead links to the deleted pages. Also, these pages are more than likely to be recreated sooner rather than later by somebody who is unaware of the discussion. The information in the deleted pages can be merged back into the respective main articles, and never should have been deleted entirely. SurferSquall (talk) 22:48, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
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The reasonings given for deletion were not adequate. 81blazko92 (talk) 01:11, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
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24 May 2023
Brainspotting
I saw a request under the Psychology topics (https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences/Psychology) for a page on Brainspotting. I wrote up a draft article, but I saw that it was protected the article from creation in 2018 due to recurrent attempts to make the article and recurrent deletions. However, the user who deleted and protected the article is no longer an admin. It seems like past attempts to make the article were not well-sourced. My draft is better-researched. I think that even though there's basically no quality evidence that Brainspotting works, the fact that it is so trendy in certain mental health circles warrants a re-creation of this page. I'm a psychologist who is concerned about the amount of inaccurate information out there about certain treatments, including Brainspotting, and I want the public to have a page to read about it from a source that isn't trying to sell them something. PenguinyPenguiny (talk) 21:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Comment I can't spot the draft in your contributions, please could you link to it. Thryduulf (talk) 22:29, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Allow Review of Draft - The redirect should be unprotected if a reviewer states that they are ready to accept the draft. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:35, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
- Submit Draft for Review Please create a draft with proper sources to show notability. Thank You.Jimandjam (talk) 10:09, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
- Here's the draft: https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Draft:Brainspotting PenguinyPenguiny (talk) 15:50, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'm no expert, but the draft looks solid to me. Hobit (talk) 22:27, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Like Hobit I'm not a subject expert, but that draft looks to be neutral and have good referencing. There isn't any reason I can see not to approve it. Thryduulf (talk) 00:35, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Draft appears notable, compliant with policies and guidelines. FOARP (talk) 15:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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I have re-written the article in a draft, with more reliable sources that cover on this song in particular. Click here to read. MC-123 (talk) 00:36, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
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22 May 2023
Category:Australian Survivor contestants
This category should not have been deleted as not all of the contestants on the series were celebrities when appearing on the show. Therefore, it would be inaccurate and incorrect to delete it as it is clearly not a WP:PERFCAT and the appearance is WP:DEFINING for some contestants and their articles. Happily888 (talk) 04:34, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't watch reality TV, but as I understand it most folks won't be notable before the show. So yeah, I'm not getting the !votes here. Leaning overturn or relist, but I'm also more than willing to be better educated. Hobit (talk) 17:46, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Comments from closer: I'd like to think I made no error on my part (unanimous consensus to delete), but given this info, we should probably relist for more input. CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 17:54, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse deletion. Could not possibly have been closed any other way. Stifle (talk) 08:20, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Weak endorse I sympathise with the closer of the CFD. There is a difficulty when the nomination and all the arguments are wholly irrational or based on a severe mistake. However, I think it probably best to take them at face value and just move on. Thincat (talk) 13:43, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Endorse but relist. There was a clear consensus to delete but there was very little discussion in the CfD. Wikipedia:Deletion review#Purpose says: "Deletion review may be used: ... 3. if significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page".
Editors at the CfD were operating under the CfD nominator's statement that "As these people were already famous this is not WP:DEFINING and therefore nothing more than a WP:PERFCAT." But the DRV nominator has stated here that "not all of the contestants on the series were celebrities when appearing on the show" so "the appearance is WP:DEFINING for some contestants and their articles". This dissenting view was not discussed at the CfD, so I support relisting at CfD to allow for more discussion.
Since the CfD closer said "given this info, we should probably relist for more input", it should be uncontroversial to relist this at CfD.
- Relist per Cunard - the consensus was interpreted correctly but there was a clear error in the reasoning applied as we know now. FOARP (talk) 15:59, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
- Relist no closer error, but the argument may have been flawed. No problem with letting it run for a bit longer. SportingFlyer T·C 17:24, 4 June 2023 (UTC)