Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Carmelo Caruana

Post-closing comments
Comments: Within 30 minutes of the article's nomination for deletion at AfD, it was speedily deleted.
 * I removed the speedy deletion tag on Carmelo Caruana as an administrator reviewing the article for speedy deletion.
 * I noted in my edit summary that I was removing the CSD tag.
 * I explained my reasons for doing so on the article's talk page at Talk:Carmelo Caruana
 * I contested the deletion at Articles for deletion/Carmelo Caruana and explained my reasoning for doing so.

I don't read Maltese and don't know how to search the Maltese language press. My next steps were going to be: I would not take these extra steps if I wasn't >80% confident that with a little Maltese language help, good references would be found.
 * leave a note asking for input at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Malta
 * Leave notes for the Maltese article's creator, an established editor on mt. wikipedia, at User talk:Tony Sammut, w:mt:Diskussjoni utent:Tony Sammut and send him an email.
 * Leave a note at w:mt:Wikipedija:Ambaxxata

This was a contested deletion. By my understanding of our processes, that means it's not a candidate for speedy deletion. See:
 * Deletion policy
 * Criteria for speedy deletion

I do not understand what the urgency was in violating our own rules so rapidly. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:01, 6 September 2012 (UTC)