User talk:Coleopterist

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Proposed deletion of Anthony Adrian Allen (entomologist)


The article Anthony Adrian Allen (entomologist) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * A web search on the subject's name "Anthony Adrian Allen" produces no relevant references. The source given is insufficient to establish notability.

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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. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Safiel (talk) 22:18, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Anthony Adrian Allen (entomologist)
I have moved your comment from the main article to the article's talk page. Also, there does appear to be sufficient references available. I will leave the PROD tag up for the time being, but you have a full week to properly reference the article to establish notability. Safiel (talk) 23:08, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Will flesh it out over the next few days, but the bulk of it will come when obituaries are published (as then there'll be a bit more citable information). RE conflict of interest, I never met him but am in the same field of science Coleopterist (talk) 00:02, 27 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, sounds good. Safiel (talk) 00:14, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

December 2010
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with Anthony Adrian Allen (entomologist). Please use the template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion, and make your case on the page's talk page. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:49, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Speedy deletion tag in this case was added when the article was less than 4 lines long and had no references yet, within 30 -40 minutes of it being started (i.e. no-one could have formed an honest opinion on it or on the subject yet)- so I assume it was added by someone just trying to discourage beginners and not by an honest admin. The person who posted it (something beginning with a) has not been in touch but I have since had helpful advice and guidance from an admin called safiel Coleopterist (talk) 22:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Incidentally here's the log. Started article 20.30 and it was tipped for deletion 21.00. I am not an experienced Wiki person AT ALL but I am sure even the best would expect to take more than half an hour to produce an article before people start gunning for them! I expect this individual Avicennasis is just being territorial because there really was not enough there to form any opinion at all- it is just a reaction 'new kid on the block: squash him' :)

(cur | prev) 21:00, 26 December 2010 Avicennasis (talk | contribs) (201 bytes) (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD A7).) (undo) (cur | prev) 20:38, 26 December 2010 Coleopterist (talk | contribs) (187 bytes) (undo) (cur | prev) 20:38, 26 December 2010 Coleopterist (talk | contribs) (188 bytes) (undo) (cur | prev) 20:37, 26 December 2010 Coleopterist (talk | contribs) (232 bytes) (undo) (cur | prev) 20:33, 26 December 2010 Coleopterist (talk | contribs) (198 bytes) (undo) (cur | prev) 20:31, 26 December 2010 The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk | contribs) (49 bytes) (Pretty sure that was meant to be a redirect) (undo) (cur | prev) 20:30, 26 December 2010 Coleopterist (talk | contribs) (35 bytes) (←Created page with 'Anthony Adrian Allen (entomologist)') (Tag: very short new article)

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