Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 October 31
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[edit] 31 October 2007
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The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the article above. Please do not modify it. |
I was surfing through my old contributions and noticed that this one had ended up as a delete. At the very least, this should have been a "no consensus". The nominator's argument was that the Minor League player's article failed WP:BIO. WP:BIO states "Competitors who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming or tennis". There are three kinds of professionality in sports - amateur, semi-pro and professional. All teams within the official Minor League Baseball organization are fully professional and operate within a fully professional league. Therefore, all players who play MiLB are players in a fully professional league. Meeting a notability criteria doesn't come anymore straightforward than that. The only delete reasons were either the nominator or "per nom" or not based in policy. In addition, this page had essentially the same arguments (by the same people and on the same day, no less) as Juan M. Gonzalez, but with a different result. Smashville 23:24, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the article above. Please do not modify it. |
This article was deleted in September 2006, at which point in time Hoyte was a youth football player for Arsenal nowhere near the first team. Since then he has signed a full professional contract, [1] played for England U17s at the FIFA U-17 World Cup,[2] and been given a first-team squad number at Arsenal. [3]. He has been named on the substitute's bench for three matches (FA Cup v. Blackburn Rovers [4], Football League Cup v. Newcastle United [5] and Sheffield United [6]) but has not played. He has also been profiled extensively on Arsenal's and the Football Association's websites [7] [8] both of which are significant coverage in my view. While he has not played a competitive match yet for Arsenal, the result of discussion in recent AfDs such as Giannoulis Fakinos, Davide Facchin (et al) and Paul Rodgers (footballer) is that professional players that have been officially named in a first-team squad for a major club are considered notable. I supported the article's deletion a year ago, but all of the above mean I have now changed my mind, and I believe he is now notable enough for inclusion. Therefore I request the decision be overturned. Qwghlm 22:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the article above. Please do not modify it. |
The article BookFinder.com refers to a California-based company that runs a popular vertical search engine for books. The article first went online in 2003, and overwhelmingly survived an AfD discussion in 2006. It was speedily deleted without public discussion on October 28 by editor JzG, citing CSD:A7 (no indication of importance/significance). I believe this judgment was made in error, as the article's subject is clearly notable under both the criteria for companies and websites; there's a list of 950+ media mentions here, including coverage in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, CBC, NPR, etc. I made a good faith effort to discuss the speedy deletion with JzG. He suggested restoring the article, which I did, adding more references to help establish notability (e.g. cites for two New York Times profiles of the website) to respond to his concerns about CSD:A7. He speedily deleted the article again, on October 30. (You can read the transcript of our discussion here; it contains more details.) I'd like to see the article restored, either the first version that was speedily deleted on October 28 (restoring the history as well, if possible), or the improved second version with added cites and copyedits which was deleted on October 30. If the article still seems fundamentally flawed, I suggest restoring it and proposing deletion, rather than endorsing a unilateral speedy deletion decision. I appreciate your time. Thanks. - Anirvan 18:43, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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Circumvention of prior deletion decision, circumvention of image deletion process, deletion based on administrator's refusal to provide basis of speedy deletion from WP and information to support that claim, refusal to seek consensus regarding issue after prior Deletion Review was overturned →Lwalt ♦ talk 08:14, 31 October 2007 (UTC) Article: Larry Craig The image in question was improperly deleted a second time by circumventing process for removal and/or deletion of images, against consensus in working collaborating with other editors of the article, and against findings in a prior decision and consensus in a prior Deletion Review posted on September 16 and closed on September 24, 2007. The image of the booking photo in question was released by the State of Minnesota as public data under Minnesota statute 13.82, subd. 26(b) (language of statute located near the end of the page). I had once posted a message for another administrator, who I thought would be knowledgeable about the proper use and classification of the image on Wikipedia (i.e., Wikipedia Commons vs. fair use), but the person never responded to my query. The image was included in the article because of its significance, which was also the object of coverage in the article itself, for use as a secondary photo on the page to support content in its section. In addition, the use of the image also meets the Criterion #8 under Acceptable Images. The image was clearly marked in its caption to provide information about the nature of the booking photo, which was used as a secondary image to support content regarding a recent event. The same administrator mentioned that a "free" image was available (the subject's "official" U.S. Senate photograph, which is the primary image), discounting the fact that the booking photograph was taken in connection with a specific incident of significance on a specific date. Coverage of the incident was stated as reported by various news sources without analysis to maintain neutrality. I posted a request for the administrator to seek consensus about concerns, as can be seen in the message on that person's User Talk page, with that person's responses included here and here. The administrator has since deleted these responses. The ongoing discussion (and request for information claimed by user and responses regarding the request for this information) can be found on the article talk page. According to this administrator, his claim for justification to remove or delete the image was in essence "Jimbo said so." The administrator has declined through inaction to provide proof of the basis for this deletion, and wants us to take that as the final decision without verification. The nature of this second deletion clearly and purposefully circumvented process, and this deletion occurred one day after I provided a link to the prior Deletion Review discussion to point out the actions of the deleting administrator. Another editor for the article also mentioned that the concerns about the deleting administrator, who continued to show contempt in the unwillingness to work with editors. To get around disagreements of this administrator's point of view, the administrator simply deleted the image without further discussion on the article talk page, even though an editor asked a second to provide information claimed by the administrator. Both editors and administrators also pointed out the improper handling of the image during the first Deletion Review, with one actually mentioning that this same administrator is displaying the same contemptuous behavior in that case as has been witnessed in this case. To my knowledge, no new discussions have occurred outside each of these forums about deleting or keeping the image through the Image for Deletion process. The image history includes a full rationale (including licensing and basis for the license) to support of the image's use in the article. I have not come across a speedy deletion request for the image. For your convenience, I'm providing links to other discussions related to issues regarding the booking photo, which can be found here, here, here, in addition to a message on the talk page for the image. -- →Lwalt ♦ talk 08:14, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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New Sources, Greater Notability. Sources of notability: Also, notable feature/document being used on the internet, ability for users to hide their age, providing greater safety for younger users: Please see DRAFT: User:Marquinho/Yuniti (draft) -- Marquinho 00:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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