User talk:Anthony Appleyard/2016/October-December

AXiomatic

 * I assure you aXiomatic isn't advertising and the topic is well sourced and meets GNG.--Prisencolin (talk) 15:05, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * About article AXiomatic, there is also the matter of notability. Wikipedia is not a trade directory. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:27, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * This sounds like something that should be brought up at AfD instead. It seems like this organization has enough secondary, reliable coverage to meet our requirements.--Prisencolin (talk) 07:48, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Articles for deletion/AXiomatic Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:23, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey, I saw you nominated AXiomatic for deletion. It seems like it was PRODded prior to your AFD nomination. In this edit, did you mean to remove the PROD? I wasn't sure if you were replacing the PROD with an AFD, or if you meant for the PROD to remain. In any event, this stray text is now showing up at the top of the article: "db-spam|help=off". Thanks. Safehaven86 (talk) 15:52, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I put nowiki brackets around the speedy-delete template. See Articles for deletion/AXiomatic. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:38, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, this edit fixed the stray text I was referring to. Safehaven86 (talk) 23:05, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Please consider reactivation at MedCom
This is being sent to you because you are listed as an emeritus member of MedCom and an examination of your contribution page suggests that you are still active at en-Wikipedia. MedCom is currently down to three or four active members (there are more than that on the active member list, but some of them have not edited Wikipedia in quite awhile). We have a current case awaiting a mediator which is receiving no response from the request for a mediator sent on the MedCom mailing list a couple of days ago, Requests for mediation/Expulsion of Cham Albanians. Would you please consider reactivating your membership, taking that case, or both? If you're interested in doing so and are not still on the MedCom mailing list, please just let me know and I'll reactivate you and add you to the list. Best regards, 19:43, 5 October 2016 (UTC) (current MedCom chairperson)

Saraiki language

 * Saraiki is a language so the page Saraiki dialect be moved to Saraiki language. 182.186.85.88 (talk) 14:30, 6 October 2016 (UTC)39.37.28.177 (talk) 11:04, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * This matter has been discussed at Talk:Saraiki dialect. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

The Sun listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect The Sun. Since you had some involvement with the The Sun redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - Champion (talk) (contribs) (Formerly TheChampionMan1234) 09:05, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Mediation
You have been assigned as mediator for the Expulsion of Cham Albanians case. Please check your MedCom mailing list email for additional information. Best regards, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 15:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC) (MedCom Chairperson)

History split of Pike potato
The fact that you accidentally moved Pike (potato) twice to Pike potato and the latter page has previously been moved to the former by JHCaufield has caused a mess in the history of the title without parentheses. To fix this, you should split out all of the redirect revisions ( 494354966, 527356121 , 744106718 , and 744106767 ) to the title with parentheses. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk,  contribs ) 16:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Jenn Cuneta

 * Hello, Anthony Appleyard. I see you deleted Jenn Cuneta; could you please restore it to&#32;User:Launchballer/Jenn Cuneta&#32; because she had a #80 hit with Come Rain Come Shine? Thank you.--  Laun  chba  ller  12:40, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:46, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Hist merge
Ferd (disambiguation) was redirected to Ferd. But some history merging is needed. The dab page was created in 2015 but currently it gives off the impression it was created yesterday. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 18:46, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Opinion? WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 15:54, 19 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I was unable to history-merge these 2 files because of WP:Parallel histories. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:32, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Is it possible you could fix what is described at User_talk:The_Banner. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 18:13, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * All that I can see by looking at the edit histories of Template:Packers1966DraftPicks and Template:Colts1974DraftPicks, is that they are WP:Parallel histories. I can see no obvious cut-and-paste points in their histories. Best put a history note in the start of each of them's talk pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:33, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Doublecheck this plan for a history merge?
Anthony, sorry to drop this on you unannounced, but I remember you from the old days and I see that you're a regular at requests for history merges. I recently closed a big 'ol AFD discussion that resulted in a consensus to redirect Iron Lady to Margaret Thatcher. There is also a disambig page called Iron Lady (disambiguation), which wasn't affected by the AFD. I've been asked to make a history merge to move the conversation from Talk:Iron Lady (which casual users are unlikely to find now, due to the redirect) to Talk:Iron Lady (disambiguation).

My plan is to do the following:
 * Delete Talk:Iron Lady (disambiguation), which has no meaningful contributions to it.
 * Move Talk:Iron Lady to Talk:Iron Lady (disambiguation).

Would that be a reasonable way to do this? Please correct me if I'm wrong -- it's been years since I've done a history merge. Many thanks in advance for your help.  A  Train ''talk 15:59, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:05, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Anthony, thanks man. For my edification, was my proposed approach the right one?  A  Train ''talk 20:46, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, you can't ask him any questions. My question is still pending up above, lol jk. =D WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 21:12, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Big Boat
Hello. Thanks for doing this move that I requested. Any thoughts on why it wouldn't let me do it myself? I thought that if there was a redirect that had no edit history, other than the creation of the redirect itself, it would let me move an article to that name. — Mudwater (Talk) 23:33, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * For a non-admin to be able to move page A to B, either there must be no edits at B; or only one edit, which is a redirect pointing to A. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:41, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. Thanks! — Mudwater (Talk) 22:37, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Chaitan Deep
Might want to page protect Chaitan Deep (as well as Chaitan deep, I mentioned this on the RPP page). Wgolf (talk) 04:10, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:15, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Toy Story 4

 * I request a history undeletion of Toy Story 4. SNS (talk) 05:16, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The deleted edits of Toy Story 4 are an accumulation of attempts at starting a Toy Story 4 article, before it was officially confirmed that Toy Story 4 was coming. Part of it is WP:Parallel histories with Toy Story 4 (which at 04:54, 21 June 2016 was moved in from Draft:Toy Story 4). The deleted edits of Toy Story 4 are now (re-deleted) at Toy Story 4 (old version). There was no cut-and-paste between them. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:35, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Update on Mediation's current status.
Anthony, may I ask about the mediation's current status and what the planned steps ahead, are? Im fully aware that a mediation may take weeks or months to complete and that the mediation procedures may require a lot of time and patience and only a Mediator himself may end it. However may I ask where we are at the Mediation, if it is nearing to an end, and/or if I can secede from Wikipedia and take a small break from all this mess? Being involved in a dispute for months, for over half an year almost, with a stubborn editor such as DWB, has really tired me again. This is unfortunate because I could have preferred that I move to other articles and improve pages that really could need our attention instead of consuming whole months of my Wikipedic life to deal with such kind of disruptions. If there is more to the mediation, let me know and I will try be there. -- S ILENT R ESIDENT  12:17, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * As Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Expulsion of Cham Albanians and User talk:SilentResident show, this mediation is/was completely stalled because of DevilWearsBrioni's behavior, and matters are/were turning towards as is starting to be discussed in Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. But Special:Contributions/DevilWearsBrioni and Special:DeletedContributions/DevilWearsBrioni showed that DevilWearsBrioni has not edited anything since 20:05, 19 October 2016. If he has genuinely dropped out of this matter (and the passing days will show if he has genuinely decided to leave this matter alone), then, after all this kerfuffle, in the absence of anyone else contributing to the discussion, the verdict about DevilWearsBrioni's original WP:OR accusations seems to be "not proven", and the matter seems to go to those who know more than me about Greek and Albanian recent history. But he has made a new reply hereinunder. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:17, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

ANI report
I will await the response of other administrators before I make any statements. Also, next time you file a report at ANI, please remember that "When you start a discussion about an editor, you must notify them on their user talk page." DevilWearsBrioni (talk) 13:57, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I thought that mentioning you with link there would have had the effect of pinging you instead. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:18, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Secretary of State for International Trade/short edits listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Secretary of State for International Trade/short edits. Since you had some involvement with the Secretary of State for International Trade/short edits redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. P p p er y 19:55, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

You messed up!
You messed up big time! You said that you moved User talk:TimothyAxoy to User talk:Timo3/Archive 1 on WP:RFHM. You actually moved my user page, User:Timo3, to User talk:TimothyAxoy/Archive 1, and then moved it to User talk:Timo3/Archive 1. Please fix this erroneous page move. Here is how to fix it. Please make sure to follow these instructions exactly in order, and make sure that you are moving the correct pages. Thank you. Timo 3 14:04, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Delete User:Timo3.
 * 2) Move User talk:Timo3/Archive 1 to User:Timo3.
 * 3) Delete User talk:Timo3/Archive 1.
 * 4) Move User talk:TimothyAxoy to User talk:Timo3/Archive 1.
 * ✅ Oops sorry. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:39, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Please undelete Xenomachina User page
This morning I got an email saying that my user page "has been changed on 22 October 2016 by Hiatus95". I went to see what had been changed, but the page was deleted! Apparently you had deleted it for "Blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a web host", which I don't believe describes what I had on my user page.

I see that Hiatus95 is now marked as blocked (Vandalism-only account: clearly WP:NOTTHERE), so I suspect that Hiatus95 vandalized my user page, and then you deleted the entire page rather than just the vandalism edit, perhaps unaware that it had been recently vandalized.

Can my user page please be restored to its former state? Thanks. Xenomachina (talk) 17:28, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:35, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Eye-pad listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Eye-pad. Since you had some involvement with the Eye-pad redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 02:28, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Regarding Pouya Saraei
Hi Anthony Appleyard. I tagged Pouya Saraei for db, which you then deleted under A7. The article creator, User:Arassaeedian has messaged me at with a comment that the article subject is listed on Persian Wikipedia, and asked for help with the page. Could you review this, please? Thank you. Optakeover (U)(T)(C) 13:56, 29 October 2016 (UTC) thank you for reviewing best wishes Arassaeedian (talk) 16:26, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I have undeleted page Pouya Saraei. I have reopened discussion at Articles for deletion/Pouya Saraei. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:38, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind attention. In that case I must apologise for my speedy deletion tagging. Optakeover (U)(T)(C) 16:18, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for answering and undeleting article...I have also a question that Is there any mistake in my article that all of article perhaps will be deleted for that reason from wikipedia? in other words I want to know how can I stabilize this article completely in wikipedia?

Hi dear Anthony Appleyard , It seems that my article Pouya_Saraei deadline has been ended and there is no negative comment about that altough I explained about trueness of my article well. I will be grateful if you accept my article finally to remain and be stable. thank you, best wishes Arassaeedian (talk) 19:53, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Please undo speedily deleted Danielle_Berrin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Berrin

This in my view easily a notable subject, her article has major news coverage right now - including the owner of Haaretz, the leader of Israel's opposition, etc, launching a national debate in the country. Not sure how it has been speedily deleted, with no discussion, despite my comment, while was in the process of adding notable sources, including the top newspapers in Israel. Please can you undo the speedy deletion, so that the whole article doesn't have to be re-written, and at least open a standard deletion discussion if you disagree. Thanks! Avaya1 (talk) 16:07, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Deleted article
Hey you just sent me an email saying that my article was deleted. It was the Karamoko Kader Dembele one. I started my article before the one that right now is up. I was wondering if you guys can restore my article and mark it as mergin.Felipe delgado guizar (talk) 12:43, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Your article is now at Karamoko" Kader" Dembele, redirected to Karamoko Dembele, but its old edits are all there. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:57, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Could you undelete Sisters Keepers
Hello, the article you deleted is a translation from de:Sisters Keepers (26 October 2016), and I expanded the contents/references as well. Could you consider and put this article back? --Omotecho (talk) 14:31, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sisters Keepers Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:55, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Guinea National Library and Archives


The article Guinea National Library and Archives has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Originally was one article on two separate institutions, each of which now has an article.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:34, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

InApp
You moved this page from In App to InApp, but were unsure about if was the same article that was blocked under page creation. You can look at the history and verify that they are the same page. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 20:54, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Guinea National Library and Archives listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Guinea National Library and Archives. Since you had some involvement with the Guinea National Library and Archives redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

SRIT India
Hi, Full disclosure there is a COI with me and this page I had gone for vacation that is why I am asking about it now I just came today. You had deleted the page SRIT India Pvt.Ltd recently and I believe it met the notability criteria.The page had out of date information and I requested an update for it on the talk page with the required citations which were missing on the live article. Because of the COI I did not directly edit the article I had only requested for changes on the talk page. Can you please have another look at it or email me a copy of this page as i was in the process of cleaning it up and it did not occur to me to keep a copy of the original article I only have a copy of my planned edits if its not to much trouble.I would like to request the article again but with the required citations to show the notability.--Tarun.joseph (talk) 05:15, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Page SRIT India Pvt.Ltd. was speedy-delete-tagged by User:Light2021 for these reasons:
 * This article does not cite any sources. (November 2014)
 * This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (August 2013)
 * A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (October 2016)
 * This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (October 2016)
 * The truthfulness of this article has been questioned. It is believed that some or all of its content may constitute a hoax. (October 2016)
 * This article reads like a news release, or is otherwise written in a promotional tone. (October 2016)
 * The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. (October 2016)
 * This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2016)
 * Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. (October 2016)
 * (Please note that Wikipedia is not a trade directory.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. The thing is the original article did not cite any sources but the edits that I requested on the talk page did and I have a close connection with the source but again I had requested changes on the talk page, all the content was verifiable and the only thing i believe we did not meet was would be the article has a promotional tone for which I could not figure out how to remove and was open for discussion. All I am saying is I don't believe it falls under speedy deletion the article can be easily cleaned up.--Tarun.joseph (talk) 05:34, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The article, if restored, would be unlikely to survive AfD (= Articles for deletion). See WP:NN. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:57, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That I believe,I just want to understand what the article is lacking for future reference.Thanks for your time--Tarun.joseph (talk) 06:11, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Christian Maldini
Hi, are you an Admin? If so, then I hope you noticed my point about restoring access to edit Christian Maldini in the talk page that you've deleted.

Regards, Bijak riyandi (talk) 05:36, 2 November 2016 (UTC) It's almost 10 years ago; the then 10 years-old not notable Christian Maldini is now a 20 years-old professional football player for Hamrun Spartans F.C. In addition, he already made his debut for them. Bijak riyandi (talk) 06:46, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Page Christian Maldini was deleted 5 times between 19:11, 24 April 2006 and 03:43, 19 March 2007. Its last edit was at 20:26, 5 January 2007. See Articles for deletion/Christian Maldini. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:45, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Roman Kryklia
Hello, since November 2016 Roman Kryklia is ranked in top 10 by combat press, so he became notable and should be restored, thanks. Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: November 2016 Master Sun Tzu (talk) 08:55, 02 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Roman Kryklia Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:47, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh... this article is not made in standard format, can you please delete it.We should try to restore Roman's article made in 2015. Master Sun Tzu (talk) 01:00, 02 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Kryklia&action=history and choose an old history to go back to. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:09, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * This one from 11 November 2015 would be OK, I m not sure how to restore it. Master Sun Tzu 01:15, 02 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Kryklia&action=history . In the table of edits, right click on the date and time of the link to be recovered. Then click on "open in new tab". Then edit it and save it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:23, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

History merge request

 * Could you merge the history of Draft:The Beguiled (2017 film) into The Beguiled (2017 film)? It's edit history I wish not to lose nor to be wasted. Rusted AutoParts 19:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:34, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly. Rusted AutoParts 21:38, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

AIV
Please respond to some reports on WP:AIV for a while for it is really crowded. 2602:306:3357:BA0:85B7:9002:A1CD:9C7D (talk) 21:33, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

inre Judwaa 2
I am going to redirect and then semi protect the title until topic is notable.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 09:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Huh?
Hey Anthony, I'm unsure as to what you mean here? my report was based on their edits which were unconstructive/vandalism. Kind regards, —MelbourneStar ☆ talk 13:03, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I was merely telling people how to pronounce "निजोमसा बर'". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ohh okay, now I understand. Fair enough! kind regards, —Melbourne<b style="color:#F73">Star</b> ☆ <sup style="color:#407">talk 13:08, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Wheel warring on Katerina (Katy) Katopodis

 * I was in the process of rewriting this article so it is less promotional. I had already declined a CSD nomination, so please don't wheel war over it, as this can get you desysopped. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  13:02, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have undeleted it. It was speedy-delete-tagged at 12:55, 7 November 2016‎ by User:Peridon. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've trimmed the article down to this; I've no real idea if that would withstand an AfD debate, but it's enough to clear speedy in my view. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  13:18, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:People from Clay, Alabama

 * Hi, Am I OK to recreate this category ? It will now have 5 members, thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 14:31, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Now undeleted. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:35, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 23:35, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Deletion review for Mic Jordan
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Mic Jordan. 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. As an aside, could you archive your Talk: page? It is currently around 100kb of text and my computer and web browser both struggle to deal with it.Yadáyiⁿga (talk) 17:31, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * See Articles for deletion/Mic Jordan. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:34, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I am confused as to why, if contesting the deletion was all that was required, you deleted it in the first place. Yadáyiⁿga (talk) 01:06, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * At 03:21, 7 November 2016‎ User:KATMAKROFAN tagged it for speedy-delete. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:54, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Draft:Community Legal Assistance Society

 * Hello, you deleted the article "Draft:Community Legal Assistance Society" at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Community_Legal_Assistance_Society . I would like to access the draft that you deleted to mofidy it to resolve the issues that you identified. How can I do that? I tried clicking on it, but I don't see anything there. Thanks muchly. Prowsej (talk) 02:51, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have history-merged it into Community Legal Assistance Society. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:52, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - Prowsej (talk) 20:04, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Palace House
Thanks for your work on the histmerge requests around the Palace House article - it looked a difficult one because of the cut & paste merges of two other articles, and I can see your reason behind the rejection of one of them. These sort of things seem very tricky and it's great that you can give your time and effort to fixing them - cheers. --Bcp67 (talk) 07:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Westmoreland Club
Please restore Westmoreland Club and take it to AFD, A prod challenged can NOT be deleted without going to AFD, you should know that. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 13:45, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

No worries
Sorry to have brought it up there and thank you for the work. Just got nervous when I saw the high deletion rate of speedies and saw this one was on the list. I went over about a dozen other deletions and saw nothing close to a problem (though some of them took me 2-3 minutes to be sure they were A7s). Hobit (talk) 14:28, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:People from Cordova, Alabama

 * Hi, am I OK to recreate this category also ? It will now have 5 members, Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 01:03, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have looked and it still has no members. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:28, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The implication of the reply is that I am OK to create it, I will do so shortly, Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 11:02, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Done ! Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 11:07, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Dj Kanji

 * Hello, I understand the page Dj Kanji was deleted and i would like to recreate it again, How can i go about it? Please help. Regards. 04:10, 9 November 2016 User:Akala92
 * This article has been tagged for deletion these times:-
 * 07:10, 7 November 2016‎ by MatthewVanitas :: speedy as not notable
 * 18:02, 7 November 2016‎ by McGeddon :: prodded (= proposed for deletion) as "Fails WP:NMUSIC with no sources or awards"
 * 18:34, 7 November 2016‎ by Marianna251 :: speedy as test page
 * 18:42, 7 November 2016‎ by Marianna251 :: speedy as not notable
 * Please read WP:NMUSIC. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:26, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

G7 deletion of a AfDed article
Hi! You recently deleted Maheshinte Prathikaaram: Original Score as WP:CSD. The article was at Afd at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maheshinte Prathikaaram: Original Score which closed later as delete. Being the nominator of the AfD, I do not object to the eventual deletion of the article; be it as a result of AfD or maybe creator's own request. But the deletion summary for G7 here says that "If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND" and linking to REFUND gives an impression that the article was "uncontroversially deleted". Years later, if someone were to request an undeletion, given the current summary, it would be restored easily disregarding the AfD consensus. Am not sure if anything can be done now to alter the edit summary, but just wanted to highlight this to you. §§<i style="color:#E0115F;">Dharmadhyaksha</i>§§ {Talk / Edits} 12:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Aa 09a nasasuit flagfound.jpg
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If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sumanch (talk) 05:30, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:56, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Aa 26a claiming the moon.jpg
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 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:56, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Arbaaz Khan (actor)


A tag has been placed on Arbaaz Khan (actor), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate,. Under the specified criteria, where a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. <span style="font-family: monospace;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;color: hsl(205, 98%, 55%); ">GSS (talk) 14:26, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Mail
You've got MedCom mail. — TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 17:15, 10 November 2016 (UTC) (Not watching this page)

Draft: ActivTrak
Why was this deleted? What did you find promotional?

Rk9223 (talk) 20:30, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * At 10:39, 12 October 2016 User:Sarahj2107 deleted Draft: ActivTrak after at 04:43, 4 October 2016 User:SwisterTwister speedy-delete-tagged it as "blatant advertizing". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:11, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Question regarding a banned suckpuppet user

 * Hello dear Anthony Appleyard, may I ask a question? My apologies if you are busy, but it is a question related to the restored AE request... I have noticed you have referred to my incident with Rolandi+, an editor with disruptive and sockpuppetry activity on articles that happen to be topic-related to Expulsion of Cham Albanians. However it escapes me to see what the common does the DevilWearsBrioni case and the Rolandi+ case, do share besides me being the person who had confronted them for their disruptive edits? I am afraid I do not know well the Rolandi+ case, as I rarely have stumbled upon him besides in that incident, but the connection between his case's and DevilWearsBrioni's one escapes me and I am not sure how it helps. Again thanks for your time. -- S ILENT R ESIDENT  15:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * This is the first that I have heard of User:Rolandi+. He has now been blocked (not by me). I mentioned the older Albanians mediator discussion because I thought that it may be relevant. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * OK I see. It is a good idea that you made the reference. I don't know if you have been watching developments around the Balkan articles before DevilWearsBrioni's case, but as you see in that reference, this unfortunately isn't the first time I am dealing with such disruption. For some reason, the Balkan articles on Wikipedia are very prone to edit wars and disruption, as the Balkan political realm is riddled by nationalism and populism due to high poverty rates in the region, and the open wounds the Wars of Yugoslavia has left behind. The politicians and the people easily turn to nationalism because it helps them (people) forget their economic woes and (politicians) conceal their incapability in governance and reforms. -- S ILENT R ESIDENT  18:17, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

On speedy deletions
Hello Anthony Appleyard,

I noticed that you speedy deleted the Global Warning Tour page I created last Sunday and was still working on. This was done without warning, which is very disappointing (sorry, I'm very busy IRL and don't live on WP, so if someone tagged it I never saw it; certainly no one ever informed me). The reason given was "G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion". Well for starters this page had never been deleted before as it gave me no warning when I went to create it. However after hunting around I found a page/s on the same topic that had been deleted. I don't know what previous versions of the page contained and AFAIK I never contributed to it/them. Obviously I can't view them as they've been deleted, but strictly speaking I was creating this page from scratch, not recreating an existing deleted page as I didn't know such page/s existed. Okay, I'm not here to split hairs, but neither can I confirm or deny whether the previous page was referenced to the extent the new one was (with more to come) or to what standard it was written.

Apparently the previous deletion debate centred on WP:Notability and in particular whether or not this event had been a pay-per-view. IMO this is a triviality and was really not a consideration for me. Was this event notable? Well there's ample reasons to suggest it was. This was the single biggest pro-wrestling event ever held in Australia or anywhere in the southern hemisphere for starters, and not by a little bit, but by a lot. The argument should probably end there. The attendance was about four-times that of a typical pay-per-view crowd (which apparently are notable going on the deletion debate). It was recorded and released worldwide on DVD which WWE only do for what they consider major events. I could go on.

I don't know what the 'accepted' criteria on the notability for these types of events are, and frankly I don't really care as I believe a simple application of WP:IAR is more logical – if people are still coming to Wikipedia fourteen years after the event to find information on it (as I did, which is how I found out the article was missing) then that would suggest it's notable. The arguments to justify its continual deletion appear to amount to wikilawyering around the notability guidelines. So you could probably call me an inclusionist; for mine if someone wants to write a decent article on something that interests them, then as long as it's not complete nonsense I see little reason not to keep it. You're probably a deletionist. Perhaps you also subscribe to the view that if it didn't happen in the USA it's less important and less notable and has less right to be on Wikipedia; many do. Again I would disagree. And with over five million articles on WP, I would hazard a guess that's there's less notable things than this being covered. 16:36, 12 November 2016‎ User:Jjron
 * I have undeleted Global Warning Tour. See Articles for deletion/Global Warning Tour. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:21, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

So what to do. Evidently some people on here have an idée fixe about keeping this article off WP. Why I don't know, but to find and delete it between when I created it and when I came back four days later indicates a definite obsessiveness. And it was interesting to note for example that someone cowardly resorted to using an anonymous IP address to undo my edits to the Global Warning redirect page (and possibly others), for example see here. Evidently someone's trying to cover their tracks.

Anyway, I really just wanted to point out that I disagree with your speedy deletion of this article and the rationale behind it. I'm rather peeved that I spent about six hours working on the article only to have it immediately deleted without so much as a word of warning (I don't even have a copy of the code). Perhaps when going on a deletion campaign in future it's worth considering the time and efforts of the editors that have gone into the article and consider whether the deletion is actually warranted. In summary, as a ten-year plus veteran of Wikipedia I've seen some nasty stuff, but this is about as shabby treatment as I've received as an editor. Thanks. --jjron (talk) 16:36, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Feel free to answer in page Articles for deletion/Global Warning Tour. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:25, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Bryn Jones discography

 * About the hatlink...do you really think people will go to the Bryn Jones discography on a search for Abu Dis when the place's own page would come up first in the search? Morfusmax (talk) 23:01, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oops. I have removed the hatlink. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:57, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Invasion! (Arrowverse)


A tag has been placed on Draft:Invasion! (Arrowverse) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kailash29792 (talk) 15:24, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
Hello Anthony Appleyard,

Please revert this move, as well as restoring the three deleted edits that were formerly at Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) prior to it being deleted when it was a redirect. On WP:RMTR, I had moved that request to the contested section, but then the nominator moved it back to the uncontested section prior to any response from me. Thanks. Steel1943 (talk) 16:45, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The queried move was from Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) to Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660), under a new MOS:DATERANGE rule, asked by User:Bertdrunk. The missing edits are all (now deleted) in Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)(redirects) and Talk:Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)(redirects), and they are all redirects. Some of them are bot edits by User:Xqbot fixing double redirects. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:51, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Since the approval of the move has been seconded by you, the move you did looks good to me. Thanks for the explanation. Steel1943  (talk) 17:27, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry for moving the queue without your consent, I thought you're just pointing out that there was a discussion in the past, which wasn't really the case. Bertdrunk (talk) 17:34, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Page deletion needed
Hi Anthony Appleyard,

I need to get the page Death in islam deleted to make way for move. Currently, this serves as a redirect page to Islamic funeral. (Notice the misspelling islam).

I've created the article Islamic view of death, and I like to move it to Death in Islam for better title. The title 'Death in islam' should not be a proper redirect for 'Islamic funeral' as these are two different things. Also, this page contains misspelled title. Please delete it. - Ascetic Rosé   15:17, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I started a discussed move at Talk:Islamic view of death. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:27, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - Ascetic Rosé   15:13, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

King (title)
Looks like the Talk page of King is still funny. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 05:19, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Now corrected. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:23, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * , Sincere apologies if I got the original technical move wrong; although I'm not quite understanding 's objection. There has been another copy/paste move from the current "King" to "King (title)". Appreciate your efforts on trying to get it straightened out. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 06:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Puzzling my way through some of the discussion at Talk:King (title), I can't reach any other conclusion that that desired that we perform a cut/paste move; on the basis that they believe that expanding from a redirect to an actual article should have occurred at the original King (now King (title)), not at the original King (title) (now at King). This has now been achieved, by means of a cut/paste (despite your previous reversion of this), along with broken attribution and loss of significant updates to the article, rolling it back to 2010. Would very much appreciate your assistance in unpicking this knot. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 13:22, 21 November 2016 (UTC)


 * On a quick look I get the impression that this happened. I call the articles A (now King (disambiguation)), B (now King (title)), C (now King), to clarify through name changes.
 * 20:55, 9 May 2001: A: King was started as a redirect to Monarch
 * 01:35, 26 May 2002: A: King was changed into a disambig page.
 * 21:04, 5 April 2007: A: King was moved to King on wheels (by Vampire King)
 * 21:13, 5 April 2007: A: King on wheels was moved back to King (by Ray-Ginsay)
 * 18:52, 27 April 2007: A: King was moved to King (disambiguation) (by JHunterJ), leaving redirect B
 * 23:03, 13 March 2008: B: The redirect thus left at King was changed into an article
 * 10:03, 10 September 2010‎: B: King: Start of a period as a stub article or a redirect. For much of its history after that it remained a disambig page or largely a list of kings, and sometimes a redirect.
 * 18:52, 3 October 2010‎: C: King (title) was started as a redirect to (B) King
 * 13:09, 2 November 2016 : C: King (title) was overwritten by an article, 6,163 bytes
 * 03:20, 21 November 2016‎: C: King (title) had gradually expanded to 12,744 bytes.
 * === Round-robin name swap King <---> King (title) by Ryk72:-
 * 03:20, 21 November 2016‎: B: King was moved to Draft:Move/King.
 * 03:20, 21 November 2016‎: C: King (title) was moved to King
 * 03:21, 21 November 2016: B: Draft:Move/King was moved to King (title)
 * 04:48, 21 November 2016‎: B and C: First edit by Sawol
 * 05:05, 21 November 2016 B and C: Anthony Appleyard history-merged some late edits of page (B) King (title) to (C) King to correct Sawol's recent cut-and-paste move.
 * 14:04, 21 November 2016: B: King (title) was redirected to Monarch
 * 14:35, 21 November 2016: C: Anthony Appleyard reverted King to text after the Sawol interlude.
 * Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:53, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * There may have been various cross-copying between (C) King and Monarch etc. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:11, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply, and for the digging. I think it's a fair summary. I do have immediately prior to the round-robin: B: King being a redirect to C: King (title); from 13:46, 2 November 2016 ; which seemed a "no brainer" for the swap. I think where we're currently at is back to immediately after my moves - I'm happy to reverse these, returning us to the status quo that existed 2 Nov - 21 Nov, and restart either the RM discussion (King (title) => King) or, based on some of the feedback so far, a redirect discussion, back to the longer standing (King -> Monarch; King (title) -> Monarch). Thoughts? - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 15:30, 21 November 2016 (UTC)


 * King (title) and King may as well stay where they are. If King contains no information that is not also in Monarch, it may as well be redirected, but King may contain useful information about how a king is different from other monarchs. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Users deliberately creating pages in incorrect namespaces
Hi Anthony, I was just wanting to gauge your opinion as an administrator who performs quite a number of moves and histmerges, what can be done about users who move pages out of their sandbox or deliberately create content in a namespace they are aware is incorrect (such as capitalising "S" in song when disambiguating an article with "([artist] song)"), then requesting that the page be moved to the correct namespace that another user had already created as a redirect? These users are deliberately doing this because they know that their original history will be maintained as the "creator" of the article, and the creator of the redirect erased. This isn't about a particular user, I've seen it happen multiple times now and these kinds of users know what they're doing but continue to do it. Perhaps it is a simple task to delete the desired namespace to perform a requested move, but by doing this, these users are setting out to create tasks for admins to do because they refuse to let another user take credit for originating the correct namespace.  Ss 112  19:53, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It could be that such users think that an existing page ([artist] song) is sort of "someone else's turf" and so start elsewhere such as at ([artist] Song). Or he has already had an experience of starting an article by editing an existing redirect and being curtly reverted back to the redirect. Before I was an admin I also had cases of starting an article and it being curtly speedy-deleted before I could get it through and past the stub stage, until I heard about the template. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:44, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Please undelete Matthew William Knowles
The page was tagged for speedy deletion based on a misconception that this was a duplication of a prior page and because of a mention that the subject hosted the Oscars in China. This page is new with content and links supporting. The Oscar claim was clarified, annotated and a link was provided as visual proof. Additionally, the speedy deletion was contested with changes noted. There should have been further review of this page prior to deletion. Voleares195 (talk) 16:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello, Anthony Appleyard. I see you deleted Matthew William Knowles could you please restore it.
 * There are no edits (deleted or undeleted) at Matthew William Knowles. At 21:33, 23 November 2016 Graeme Bartlett undeleted page Matthew William Knowles and at 21:34, 23 November 2016 (UTC) he moved it to Draft:Matthew William Knowles, where it is now; it has been edited 7 times since. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:21, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

YGM
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Template:East Timor listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:East Timor. Since you had some involvement with the Template:East Timor redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 01:20, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Kaion ‎

 * Hi. When I added a G6 to Draft:Kaion (created today from copypaste), I wanted the copypaste deleted, as there was already Kaion in AFD. The edit histories now seem to be reversed: the one created today (minus the edit history showing autobio) is now in main space marked for AFD, and the one created 31 Oct. is now in draft space. Can you fix this? Can I help with the fix? Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 21:40, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Probably also worth noting that the new editor who created Draft:Kaion is in an SPI, and quacking very loudly. Wikishovel (talk) 21:47, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have now reversed my previous history-merge. What please now needs doing? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:56, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! What I had wanted was for you to merge the new Draft:Kaion back into the original article. But Draft:Kaion could equally be deleted db-a10, or most probably db-g5 pending the outcome of WP:Sockpuppet_investigations/OfficialPankajPatidar. Wikishovel (talk) 06:58, 29 November 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅. The result contains 3 edits by New editor 2017, but several other people have edited it also. These 3 edits are still deleted at Draft:Kaion, as they were made after Draft:Kaion was copied back to Kaion:-
 * diff) 21:35, 28 November 2016 . . Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs | block) (8,677 bytes) (rv histmerge junk)
 * (diff) 21:34, 28 November 2016 . . Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs | block) m (7,090 bytes) (Anthony Appleyard moved page Kaion to Draft:Kaion without leaving a redirect: histmerge)
 * (diff) 21:02, 28 November 2016 . . Wikishovel (talk | contribs | block) (8,702 bytes) (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G6). (TW))
 * Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:01, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for your usual quick and friendly help. Wikishovel (talk) 10:04, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Anyuy Mountains
Unsourced substub, no Russian name. Xx236 (talk) 13:41, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

moves
Sorry I didn't notice this earlier, but could the infoboxes (and the 3 others) also be moved? Thank you! Double sharp (talk) 09:29, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Double sharp (talk) 10:16, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

BTW, it is actually 'tennessine' (double n) and not 'tenessine' per IUPAC. Double sharp (talk) 10:29, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for sorting out the histmerge on List of Eurovision Song Contest winning songwriters. I have contacted the user who did the cut/paste move from my sandbox, and they have admitted to doing it, because they could not wait any longer for the work to become a new article. I've tried to explain that what they did was wrong, but I'm now being accused of having some "ego", and that what they did was "justified". Any chance of some admin intervention and explaining to them why doing cut/paste moves from another user's sandbox is unacceptable. I would appreciate it dearly.  Wes Mouse Talk 17:51, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

How do I create my user page?

 * How do I create my user page David Oliva Yambio (talk) 05:36, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * See User pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:46, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Dreamfall listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Dreamfall. Since you had some involvement with the Dreamfall redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 07:56, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Unprotect request (shovel)
Hi, Anthony,

Could you please unprotect shovel? I really don't think indefinite semi-protection is really necessary when there are now other protection options. Best, Mark Schierbecker (talk) 02:15, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:21, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Danpyunsun and the Sailors
Hi, I noticed you performed a history merge for the article Danpyunsun and the Sailors at the end of October. However, all the contributions after April 18, 2016 17:15 UTC were left deleted (55 edits, about ~1.5k bytes of text). Was that the intent, or was the history supposed to be restored? — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:11, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

On changing the name of Abbey of Santa Maria delle Macchie, San Ginesio to Santa Maria delle Macchie Abbey, San Ginesio using WP:RM/TR:
I disagree with User:Justlettersandnumbers using this mechanism to revert the title change for an article which I had originally titled, after I provided evidence of use of such a title in English, specifically that this was the convention used for every single abbey from the United States in Wikipedia (none of those entries were edited at all by me) or for all the abbeys in Germany, which is the country with the largest number of Benedictine Abbey entries in English Wikipedia. In addition, this is the convention used for some of the more prominent abbeys in Italy: Farfa Abbey, Bobbio Abbey, etc. Even After providing this evidence, I was reverted by the User above. He now states he wants to discuss this.

While the "literal translation" of Abbazia of Santa Maria to English might be Abbey of Santa Maria, the problem is that the reciprocal: Santa Maria abbey does not grammatically exist in Italian. Ultimately we need to address what is the most appropriate way to translate in an English encyclopedia, what is or would be common usage. The term Abbey of Santa Maria... is used by one tourism agency likely using an automatic translating system such as Google translater. This should not be the standard for nomenclature in Wikipedia.

Question: 1) Should we revert to reflect the original author's intent (me) and start a discussion? I find your reversion appears to be attempt by the other author to have someone else do his editing, despite the controversy. Instead, after my commentary and evidence on his talk page, he should have started a discussion, rather than have you change it. 2) Anyway, we are at this juncture now. Where do you suggest starting this discussion? I was hoping this would be non-controversial given the convention.Rococo1700 (talk) 18:54, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

About deletion of Draft page:EdGE_Networks
Hi, can you please point out what needs to change to remove 'advertising or promotion'- I'll make those changes. This company has recently been named in Deloitte Fast 50 and NASSCOM Emerge 50.

Indigenus~enwiki (talk) 11:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * There is no page Draft page:EdGE Networks. Please what is the page's exact name including any capital letters? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:50, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * See Articles for deletion/EdGE Networks. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:54, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Declined T3 due to transclusion count

 * Hi there! You speedy deletion of Template:Asian Cuisine (which I nominated under WP:T3), on the basis that it is transcluded on six pages. T3 doesn't include lack of transclusion as a criterion for speedy deletion, so I'm not sure of the source for this rationale. Could you point me to the pertinent guideline, so I don't make the same mistake again? Ibadibam (talk) 20:48, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Currently, page Template:Asian Cuisine is transcluded by 6 other pages, as listed in Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Asian Cuisine. Of those 6, for example, Template:Indian cuisine is trancluded by over 50 articles. That seems to show that, listed rules or not, Template:Asian Cuisine is needed. T3 means "duplicated"; if (for example) Template:qwertyuiop is duplicated by Template:zxcvbnm, after suitable discussion, then Template:qwertyuiop can be redirected to Template:zxcvbnm; or replace every use of Template:qwertyuiop by a use of Template:zxcvbnm. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:23, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It's transcluded on Indian cuisine, not Template:Indian cuisine. Asian Cuisine is not part of any transclusion hierarchy and can be deleted safely. T3 applies here because the template substantially duplicates, which is already in wide use. Ibadibam (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry. But that still leaves Template:Asian Cuisine transcluded in 6 major pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:40, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Please help me understand why it matters how many times it's transcluded. If that preempted CSD, then a bad-faith editor could create a template that's speedy-eligible under WP:TCSD, immediately transclude it on 100 pages, and it would no longer be speedy-eligible. I know you've put in years of service in this area and wouldn't arbitrarily depart from policy; if you'd be so good as to point me at a consensus decision that overrides this particular CSD point, I think it would clear up my confusion. Ibadibam (talk) 00:30, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Template:Asian Cuisine is said to be substantially duplicated within Template:Asian topic. But text search in Template:Asian topic (with all hideable lengths of text revealed) a few minutes ago found no mention of "food" or "cooking", and of "cuisine" nothing except a stray link to Japanese cuisine. This proposed deletion is being discussed at Templates for discussion/Log/2016 December 18. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:51, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Please see my response on this point at the deletion discussion, and, if your time allows, review the documentation for that template. Then have a look at, say, Indian cuisine to see the two templates used redundantly in the same place and compare the two. Ibadibam (talk) 17:45, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Best wait while this proposal for deletion is discussed at Templates for discussion/Log/2016 December 18. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:46, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Madhu Kambikar

 * Would like to create this page. You've deleted it. What are the issues please? Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * At 21:12, 29 June 2016 User:Ponyo deleted page Madhu Kambikar for "G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban". Page Draft:Madhu Kambikar was created at 08:04, 1 May 2016 by User:Chetank9982 (who has a history of being temporarily blocked)). (At 13:37, 3 May 2016 I temporarily deleted and undeleted Madhu Kambikar while history-merging in Draft:Madhu Kambikar.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:05, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Will it be ok if I create it? Yogesh Khandke (talk) 13:15, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Re-create page Madhu Kambikar if you want to. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:24, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 03:20, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Unprotect request
Hi. Would you consider unprotecting Pheromone? Since you protected it six years ago, the vandals may have gone away. Besides, there was someone who wanted to build up the article recently and had to make a lengthy edit request on the talk page. There have also been cases of edit requests to add information in the past being ignored/missed. Thanks,   MediaKill13   (  talk  )   10:12, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:21, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Movereq

 * Please move Draft:RAN red list to User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )/Red list. Because draftspace is not appropriate for such stuff and the better place is userspace. many other WP:MISSING red link pages too are housed in userspace (for example User:Ham II/250 paintings). Thanks in advance. 103.6.159.84 (talk) 13:55, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:23, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Talk:List of A Nightmare on Elm Street media
Besides the title of the page, the page itself is also subject to recent RM discussion. Join in. --George Ho (talk) 01:06, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy Holidays
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Draft:Template:2016-17 Sports event AfDs
Please move to main template space. Thanks. 103.6.159.74 (talk) 17:38, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Also Draft:Wikipedia:Notability of multi-sport event articles to Notability of multi-sport event articles. 103.6.159.74 (talk) 19:23, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Also draft:mass sports afd - move to WP:WikiProject Multi-sport events/Country-by-year articles rough list. 103.6.159.74 (talk) 19:23, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:39, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Results

 * Move to Wikipedia namespace please. 103.6.159.82 (talk) 15:36, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:53, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Also Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Equatorial Guinea at the 2009 Lusophony Games and Draft:WikiProject Multi-sport events/Mediterranean Games. Thanks, 103.6.159.82 (talk) 16:11, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:34, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

British (or Welsh) narrow gauge slate railways

 * I opened a Requested move at Talk:British narrow gauge slate railways, to be sure it gets listed in Current Discussions. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 03:13, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The bot User:RMCD bot should list it automatically in Requested moves/Current discussions. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:23, 31 December 2016 (UTC)