User talk:Redd2d

(Note: This request was placed here by me Beauty School Dropout (talk) 03:35, 29 December 2017 (UTC) after the account holder asked me to intervene for them on my talk page, a task which I don't believe I have the administrative rights to accomplish.)

Here is the user's message that was posted on my Talk Page.

Request to delete a vandalistic draft Approximately 45 minutes ago I edited the Wikipedia page for the Chinese bamboo draft This was a satirical edit that had purpose in embarrassing an acquaintance, however this acquaintance has made ominous threats if I did not remove it as he did not find it humorous.

Beauty School Dropout reverted the edit, and rightfully so. However the full name is still in the drafts on the Wikipedia page for the Chinese bamboo rat. He wants this removed at once, and I do not want to reap the consequences if he decides to pursue his threats.

Please delete the draft if possible Beauty School Dropout.

Thank you and have a nice day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_bamboo_rat&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redd2d (talk • contribs) 03:28, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

This is something beyond my ability to fix or change, as I am not an administrator. I am going to place a help template asking for assistance on your account talk page. Beauty School Dropout (talk) 03:33, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, this edit is simple vandalism and is not eligible for revision deletion under our policies. Thankfully, it has been reverted. All the best, TonyBallioni (talk) 04:27, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for trying to help. I asked on the IRC channel whether this was a case that qualified for "revdel", since it wasn't clear to me that it fit the usual criteria. As you can see, an admin looked at the situation and determined that, indeed, it's not the sort of vandalism that our policies would allow the admins to make "disappear" as if it never happened. The general policies for this can be found at WP:REVDEL. And I see I violated the policy by not asking my question in the "right" IRC channel.


 * @Redd2d: The admins deal with an awful lot of vandalism and they are (rightfully) unconcerned about what kind of trouble a user can get into in the real world through acts of vandalism on Wikipedia. The use of the revdel tool has been strictly circumscribed by the community, so only a sucessful appeal to the Arbitration Committee could achieve the result you are asking for.  &mdash; jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  05:01, 29 December 2017 (UTC)