User talk:Derek Balsam/Speedy deletion discussion
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Speedy deletion
Regarding the article Dean Nicholas, which you tagged for speedy deletion with the reason "This is an obvious vanity page which provides no citation of the importance of its subject and is generally nonsensical", I wanted you to know that I have removed the speedy deletion tag. This article does not qualify for speedy deletion because articles about real people can generally only be speedily deleted if they contain no claim of notability, citation for same is not required; please see WP:CSD. If you still want the article to be deleted, please use the WP:PROD process. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 21:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Stifle: Thanks very much for your guidance on how to request an article for deletion. I'm very new to wikipedia, as you can tell. Regarding the article Dean Nicholas, which I had originally tagged for speedy deletion with the reason "This is an obvious vanity page which provides no citation of the importance of its subject and is generally nonsensical".You removed the tag and noted "This article does not qualify for speedy deletion because articles about real people can generally only be speedily deleted if they contain no claim of notability, citation for same is not required". That's fine, and thanks for clarifying the policy. However, you told me to use the WP:PROD process to request its deletion. But when I get to WP:PROD, that page says "PROD is currently suspended owing to the Toolserver being unavailable. Please do not PROD further articles for the time being."
- So I'm not sure how I can help. The article on Dean Nicholas is not something that really matters to me a lot, I'm just trying to help out with the wiki process as I understanding by making wikipedia better. I just came across Dean Nicholas by accident, saw its content and history which indicated it was a rather silly vanity page or something similar. It doesn't even have enough information to determine if the subject is a real person in the first place.
- So, Stifle, my aim was to get it deleted and help clean up Wikipedia. But now I'm more confused than ever on how to help clean this up. Any suggestions? Is there a process for this other than WP:CSD or [[WP:PROD}}? Derek Balsam 01:00, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
