User talk:Sandstein/Archives/2022/September

List of heirs to the Portuguese throne
Hi. You just closed a DRV on List of heirs to the Portuguese throne. I only noticed it yesterday, I was going to comment on it today but it got closed; the deadlines on WP are ridiculously short... they are made for regular editors which are here everyday. But that is something else. It was poor deletions decision, yes there were no sources, but the content was mostly correct (it was sloppy editing, not made up as some claimed). Some of the delete (and endorse) arguments are invalid "there is no throne of XXX" is not a reason to delete an article on the history of XXX. I've been around for a while, I know this silly things happen, I think WP is great, but it is utterly wrong at times. Oh, well, probably nothing to do about it except for two things. Ask you to ponder about it, are we doing the right thing...? I sure will. Also, I announce that I might undelete it some day to add sources (should I find some in the library) to it and reinstate it. - Nabla (talk) 11:05, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Please vote in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election
Hello hello. I hope this message finds you well.

The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election ends soon, please vote. At least one of the candidates is worthy of support. --MZMcBride (talk) 14:50, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Recreation of a page that you recently closed
Hi @Sandstein, I hope your fine and well.

I have a question regarding an AFD that you recently closed at Articles for deletion/Teppei Miwa. The consensus was that the article be draftified. See Draft:Teppei Miwa.

However, I’ve noticed that Teppei Miwa (born 2000) has now been created by the same user, whilst the draft is still sitting there. I don’t see many, if any, improvements or changes to the page.

My question is whether there has been a consensus change as I haven’t been able to see anything regarding any change, but I may be mistaken. I’ve had a discussion with another user who was unsure, and suggested that I come to you as the closing admin. Kind regards. Fats40boy11 (talk) 08:49, 9 September 2022 (UTC)


 * @Fats40boy11, speedied per WP:G4, thanks.  Sandstein   12:36, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Origins (Judge Dredd story)
So you just decided to delete that article even after I found a review in a major national newspaper (The Guardian)? Richard75 (talk) 17:41, 17 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Please provide a link to what is at issue.  Sandstein   17:52, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Articles_for_deletion/Origins_(Judge_Dredd_story), my last comment at the bottom. Richard75 (talk) 00:16, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, nobody was convinced by that, but I've relisted th AfD once more.  Sandstein   06:41, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Richard75 (talk) 10:30, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Sources for deleted article Manal Cali
I saw you just closed: Articles for deletion/Manal Cali Would it be possible to get a copy of all the sources cited in that article and add them to the Talk page here? Talk:Somalia women's national basketball team Cielquiparle (talk) 07:35, 25 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I can't easily extract all the "ref" tags from the source.  Sandstein   07:53, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to get a temporary draft back of the article, so I could quickly note the relevant sources? I'm sure it was just a few sources and wouldn't take very long. (And/or the world just looks different to a visual editor?) Cielquiparle (talk) 08:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm not undeleting articles (and you've disabled e-mail). But you can ask at WP:REFUND.  Sandstein   10:25, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * OK thanks, have submitted and will keep you posted. Cielquiparle (talk) 10:52, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I got it back in User space through WP:REFUND and was able to easily cut, paste and merge an entire paragraph from the deleted page to Somalia women's national basketball team, so it was totally worth it to get the entire page back. Thanks so much for your help! Cielquiparle (talk) 22:16, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Dispute Over Accountability Software
Hi, I’ve started a dispute page where we can hopefully resolve this quickly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Accountability_software Keithgreenfan (talk) 01:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Notice of neutral point of view noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is section header of discussion. The discussion is about the topic Accountability software. Thank you. --Keithgreenfan (talk) 22:48, 29 September 2022 (UTC)