User talk:ShannonVoyager

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Speedy deletion nomination of Afrikaner selfbeskikking


A tag has been placed on Afrikaner selfbeskikking requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Calabe1992 (talk) 02:33, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Please do not contribute text in Afrikaans to English Wikipedia. Your contributions are more than welcome at Afrikaans Wikipedia. Thank you. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:29, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Afrikaner selfbeskikking


The article Afrikaner selfbeskikking has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * foreign-language article intended to promote a political movement, not a neutral encyclopedia article

While all 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. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:29, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Afrikaner selfbeskikking for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Afrikaner selfbeskikking is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Afrikaner selfbeskikking until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Thparkth (talk) 15:17, 16 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry you've been hit by this deluge of automated deletion notices. I think you have one of each possible kind now :) The problem is that the article as written, really isn't an encyclopedia article at all, in that it doesn't contain information about its topic. You might want to consider raising the issue on the talk page for Volkstaat or at WikiProject_South_Africa. Thparkth (talk) 15:43, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Deleted
I have now deleted the article. There were two problems with it: I note the article was killed more speedy than stated by the initial discuss ... ie. it was not left for a week, it was deleted by you immediately.
 * It wasn't written in English (this is English Wikipedia; there indeed exists a separate edition of Wikipedia in the Afrikaans language); and
 * It served to promote a particular political position and, as such, was outside the scope of Wikipedia. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 20:39, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I have deleted the article without waiting for the usual length of the deletion debate. If an article meets the speedy deletion criteria, it may be deleted by any administrator. I have reviewed the translated text of the article, and reached a conclusion that it meets the speedy deletion criteria as a promotional (see the points 3 and 4). Even without them, the page would not have been encyclopedic; it would have been a placeholder article devoid of any useful information (such a page can be also speedily deleted under he criteria A1 and A3). - 17:02, 17 June 2011 (UTC)