User talk:SusanSJPR

January 2009
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South Jersey Paranormal Research
I don't feel the argument to delete my group's page, South Jersey Paranormal Research, was valid. Those for deletion just kept saying that we have no notariety - how much more notariety than national media attention is required?? Also, the voting within the discussion was clearly for keeping the article, yet you deleted it anyway. Why go through the pains of a discussion and voting if you plan to do just as you pleased anyway? It was mentioned that there were "first time visitors" to page. That's because when people heard of the deletion, they signed up to put in their 2 cents and have their opinions heard.

If these are the unfair, unwarranted practices that you use as a Wikipedia administrator, you really have no business in that role. Be that as it may, I am requesting that the article be reinstated. SusanSJPR —Preceding unsigned comment added by SusanSJPR (talk • contribs) 19:42, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your message. In future, please sign your messages by typing ~ at the end.
 * You seem to have found the wrong section of my message wizard — instead of choosing Copyright, you should have followed the directions under "Articles for deletion".
 * Articles for deletion is not a vote, but an attempt to establish a consensus among established Wikipedia users as to whether the article should be kept or deleted. The normal practice at AFD is that contributions from new users are given less weight.
 * There were ten people suggesting deleting the article, and of the eleven people suggesting keeping it, four were new or single-purpose accounts (yourself, Tom Butler, JennaBugg, and Twostars n saturn), and four were weak. As such, my feeling is that the consensus of established users was that the article should be deleted.
 * If you feel that I have not correctly followed the official deletion policy, you are entitled to appeal my decision at Deletion review. When doing so, it is recommended you be more civil. Stifle (talk) 20:17, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
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