Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/France–Nauru relations

As the author of this article, I would very much have appreciated being informed that it had been nominated for deletion! I thought that was standard procedure, not to mention common courtesy. It's so nice to see that my work has been erased without my even being notified... Aridd (talk) 22:54, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you not watchlist the articles you create? There was a giant notice taking up 1/3 of the screen for 5 days right at the top of the article.  This was not done in secret!  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  00:54, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't watchlist them all, all the time. I do my best. I wikiblocked myself for about a month and a half, due to not having the time to cope with Wikipedia, and during that time I only checked my talk page. Much as I enjoy contributing to Wikipedia, I have other things to do as well. And per Wikipedia policy, it's requested that persons nominating an article for deletion inform the initial author of the article. It's not just policy; it's also simple courtesy. It doesn't take long to put a template on someone's talk page. Aridd (talk) 07:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I always tend to do this for articles I nominate myself, but it doesn't seem like a compelling reason to undelete this article at this time just because whoever nominated it for deletion did not do so.  If you feel that the administrator who deleted this article did so in error, please contact him, or start a discussion at WP:DRV.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  22:07, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Aridd (talk) 08:34, 9 May 2009 (UTC)