Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted Longshaw


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep, copyright issues addressed via a history merge. Graham 87 12:40, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Ted Longshaw

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Whilst it passes notability guidelines, my rationale is that this is an unauthorized article creation (as it was copied from my namespace by another editor and created without my knowledge/consent and it isn't yet completed.

I am having to AfD this rather than CfD as there is no speedy deletion criteria for unauthorized article creation.

Note: according to revision histories, his "article" was created on 28 December 2014‎ and mine was on 13 October 2013 Donnie Park (talk) 17:32, 16 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, but address issues of copyright. Copying the work of others without attribution is still copyvio but have you raised this issue with Nerdfighter8842 who created the main-space article? According to this version of his user page he is a 16-year-old high school student. Regardless, copyvio is copyvio. We may need to look at a history-merge to ensure proper attribution.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 03:18, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I recall Graham87 is pretty history-merge-savvy. Graham87, Graham87, do you read me?  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 03:20, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The reason why I am annoyed with this is that I had plans to get this into WP:DYK along other articles I had worked on, because I was only aware of this creation long after the 5 day deadline, I feel that it is too late now. I hope my plan isn't dead. Donnie Park (talk) 03:14, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I can understand that. The DYK folks are usually pretty reasonable. I'm happy to go with you there and help explain what happened if it comes to that. It's frustrating.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 05:36, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Donnie Park (talk) 16:41, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * DYK nom: Template:Did you know nominations/Ted Longshaw Donnie Park (talk) 17:05, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 00:48, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment – I have no idea why I didn't get [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ted_Longshaw&diff=642858989&oldid=642858828 the notification about this discussion] (I only found it by accident while searching for my username in the Wikipedia namespace). I've performed the history merge and closed this AFD. Graham 87  12:40, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.