Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Overturned speedy deletions

This page catalogs a list of known speedy deletions that were subsequently overturned, organized by criterion. The deleting admins are not named here because the focus is on informing policy discussion and learning about common mistakes, not blaming users for their mistakes. This information is gathered from Wikipedia:Deletion review and deletion logs.

Currently this covers DRVs between 16 August 2008 and 18 January 2009. There are also some articles listed here that never went to DRV, and were restored either by another admin or by the original admin after they changed their mind - I've gone from 20:29, 14 January 2009 to 12:05, 16 January 2009 for these. Each section is sorted in reverse order by the date of its DRV discussion, or if it has none, by the date at which the article was most recently restored. Feel free to add your own overturned speedy deletions if they're not listed here.

In order to make this page more useful, it excludes some benign types of overturned speedy deletions. These include:

  • Cases where the page was tagged for speedy deletion but declined and never deleted.
  • Cases where the admin undid their own deletion within a few minutes, after reconsidering it.
  • Cases where the article was only restored (or allowed to be recreated) after being rewritten to address the problems raised by the speedy deletion.

Despite these exceptions, not all of these represent incorrect deletions; in some cases they represent deletions that were valid, but were undone for some other reason, such as if the deletion warranted further discussion. These are important to retain because they may point to overbroad criteria.

General

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G1 - Patent nonsense

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  • St. Joan of Arc School (deleted revision): This page was originally outlandish vandalism that got deleted rightfully under G3. It was then recreated as a legitimate stub that got incorrectly deleted under G1.
  • 03:24, 15 January 2009 restored "St. Joan of Arc School" ‎ (5 revisions restored: clearly not patent nonsense)
  • 02:41, 15 January 2009 deleted "St. Joan of Arc School" ‎ (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)
  • 02:24, 15 January 2009 recreated (73 bytes) (←Created page with 'st joan of arc is a catholic parish located in Jackson Heights, New York.')
  • 23:05, 20 November 2007 deleted "St. Joan of Arc School" ‎ (CSD G3: Pure Vandalism)
  • Poisson hidden markov model (deleted revision): Clearly not patent nonsense, just technical (e.g. "Poisson hidden Markov models are a special case of hidden Markov models where a Poisson process is associated with different states of a Markov model.")
  • 15:30, 13 January 2009 restored "Poisson hidden markov model" ‎ (6 revisions restored: The description of this article as "patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible" is patent nonsense.)
  • 12:36, 20 December 2008 deleted "Poisson hidden markov model" ‎ (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)
  • STIR future (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted revision was clearly not patent nonsense, just technical (e.g. "A short term interest rate (STIR) future is a future which derives its value from the interest rate at maturation.")
  • 16:37, 23 December 2008 restored "STIR Future" ‎ (39 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_December_23#STIR_Future_.28closed.29)
  • 19:24, 1 November 2008 deleted "STIR Future" ‎ (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)
  • 03:45, 21 December 2008 restored "Sonnal Thaan Karadiya" ‎ (66 revisions restored: restore per DRV 14 December 2008)
  • 03:49, 14 December 2008 deleted "Sonnal Thaan Karadiya" ‎ (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)

G2 - Test pages

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G3 - Pure vandalism

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  • 07:47, 16 January 2009 restored "Broke-ass stuart" ‎ (1 revision restored: Not vandalism at all, article is correct, may fail notability but not a speedy at all)
  • 04:09, 16 January 2009 deleted "Broke-ass stuart" ‎ (G3: Vandalism)

G4 - Recreation of deleted material

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  • 04:50, 26 December 2008 restored "My World, My Way (video game)" ‎ (13 revisions restored: Temporarily restored for Deletion review discussion.)
  • 19:57, 25 December 2008 deleted "My World, My Way (video game)" ‎ (G4: Recreation of a page which was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My World, My Way (video game))
  • Hammes Company (DRV) (deleted revision) (AfD revision): Deleted 4 times as a G4, although the last-deleted version was quite different from the AfDed version. After DRV discussion, was restored, userfied, and eventually moved back to article space.
  • 14:28, 12 November 2008 restored "Hammes Company" ‎ (64 revisions restored: Restoring for userification)
  • 06:57, 11 November 2008 deleted "Hammes Company" ‎ (WP:CSD#G4: re-creation of deleted page (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hammes Company). Created by Jmh153 as Hammes Co., redirected by BaronLarf.)
  • 16:33, 8 September 2008 deleted "Hammes Company" ‎ (CSD G4: Recreation of deleted material)
  • 16:20, 8 September 2008 deleted "Hammes Company" ‎ (G4: Recreation of a page which was deleted per a deletion discussion)
  • 01:40, 8 September 2008 deleted "Hammes Company" ‎ (repost Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hammes Company)
  • 06:37, 7 September 2008 deleted "Hammes Company" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hammes Company)
  • 06:30, 1 November 2008 deleted "Boston Tea Party (political party)" ‎ (G4: Recreation of a page which was deleted per a deletion discussion: Same information, different source. Take it to DRV)
  • 21:00, 31 October 2008 deleted "Boston Tea Party (political party)" ‎ (G4: Recreation of a page which was deleted per a deletion discussion: A few sources for the existance have been found, but not for notability.)
  • 01:07, 29 April 2008 deleted "Boston Tea Party (political party)" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boston Tea Party (political party))

G5 - Created by banned user

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G6 - Housekeeping

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  • 02:54, 16 January 2009 restored "Maximum Spacing Estimation" ‎ (1 revision restored)
  • 23:02, 30 December 2008 deleted "Maximum Spacing Estimation" ‎ (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup: Unneeded)

G7 - Author requests deletion

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G8 - Pages dependent on missing pages

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  • 02:05, 16 January 2009 restored "Talk:AKFD/redirect" ‎ (144 revisions restored: to move to an appropriate location)
  • 08:23, 23 March 2008 deleted "Talk:AKFD/redirect" ‎ (csd g8)
  • Talk:Kona Natural Soap Company (deleted revision): A user writes about "Marty Corrigan" on their user talk page, then moved their user talk page to Talk:Kona Natural Soap Company, and it was deleted under G8. Later it was undeleted and moved back to its original title.
  • 01:40, 15 January 2009 restored "Talk:Kona Natural Soap Company" ‎ (9 revisions restored: to move to an appropriate location)
  • 16:41, 14 January 2009 deleted "Talk:Kona Natural Soap Company" ‎ (G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page)
  • 22:55, 14 January 2009 restored "Talk:Alpha Epsilon Zeta" ‎ (4 revisions restored: Restore version from Miranda, 07:33, 7 January 2008 .)
  • 04:19, 20 May 2008 deleted "Talk:Alpha Epsilon Zeta" ‎ (G8: Orphaned talk page of non-existent or deleted page)
  • 09:46, 13 January 2009 restored "Talk:Whitehall Street–South Ferry (New York City Subway)" ‎ (22 revisions restored: restored per Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_January_7)
  • 07:03, 5 January 2009 deleted "Talk:Whitehall Street–South Ferry (New York City Subway)" ‎ (G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page)

G9 - Office actions

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G10 - Attack pages

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  • 03:00, 28 January 2009 restored "Assburger syndrome" ‎ (1 revision restored: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_January_23)
  • 17:20, 16 March 2007 deleted "Assburger syndrome" ‎ (WP:CSD#G4, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 January 2, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 January 25)
  • 20:21, 2 January 2007 deleted "Assburger syndrome" ‎ (content was: '{{rfd}}#REDIRECT Asperger syndrome')
  • 14:22, 13 December 2006 deleted "Assburger syndrome" ‎ (content was: '{{rfd}}#REDIRECT Asperger syndrome')
  • 21:59, 8 August 2006 deleted "Assburger syndrome" ‎ (wrong title)
  • Boxxy (DRV) (deleted revision): A YouTube meme. Deleted by G1, A7, and 4 times by G10, 3 of them during the DRV. The first G10 was clearly valid, but the latter ones during the DRV were not. DRV overturned because of this and because it had reliable sources (news articles). Later deleted at AfD, although it was contentious.
  • 00:06, 1 February 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (per AfD)
  • 05:01, 23 January 2009 restored "Boxxy" ‎ (12 revisions restored: restoring history related to current version for GFDL compliance; see comment at current ANI thread)
  • 03:01, 23 January 2009 restored "Boxxy" ‎ (6 revisions restored: removing A10 sections for DRV, will stuff in a minute)
  • 02:59, 23 January 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (Meets CSDs A10 & G7)
  • 00:20, 23 January 2009 restored "Boxxy" ‎ (3 revisions restored: Restore. Does not meet G10: it is neither negative nor unsourced)
  • 00:13, 23 January 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP)
  • 23:36, 22 January 2009 restored "Boxxy" ‎ (20 revisions restored: not an ataack page apparently has been drv'd)
  • 23:34, 22 January 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP)
  • 08:34, 12 January 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP)
  • 01:28, 11 January 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not assert notability)
  • 21:04, 10 January 2009 deleted "Boxxy" ‎ (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)
  • 02:38, 25 August 2008 restored "Postville Iowa Raid (Agriprocessors Kosher Meat Plant)" ‎ (6 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 August 18)
  • 14:22, 17 August 2008 deleted "Postville Iowa Raid (Agriprocessors Kosher Meat Plant)" ‎ (G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP)

G11 - Blatant advertising

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  • 08:18, 16 January 2009 restored "Connell wagner" ‎ (3 revisions restored: Not advertising at all, take it to AfD if it isn't notable.)
  • 04:08, 16 January 2009 deleted "Connell wagner" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 02:01, 16 January 2009 deleted "Connell wagner" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 03:59, 30 July 2008 deleted "Connell wagner" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 05:31, 30 November 2008 restored "Wolfram Demonstrations Project" ‎ (10 revisions restored: The website is fairly impressive; the mathematica software is universally used; the person who proposed speedy deletion is the same one who embarrassed himself by doing the same with MathWorld.)
  • 11:48, 25 October 2007 deleted "Wolfram Demonstrations Project" ‎ (content was: '{{db-spam}}Surface tangents.Shell growth.Image:Tree.jpeg
  • 18:31, 19 November 2008 deleted "The Well (Church)" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 14:41, 7 May 2008 deleted "The Well (Church)" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising: db-group)
  • 00:56, 23 November 2008 restored "Brando Advertising Agency" ‎ (8 revisions restored: undelete per DRV)
  • 16:30, 17 November 2008 deleted "Brando Advertising Agency" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 13:13, 17 November 2008 deleted "Brando Advertising Agency" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 11:57, 17 November 2008 deleted "Brando Advertising Agency" ‎ (Blatant advertising for a product or entity (CSD G11))
  • Freebiejeebies (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted 5 times as G11 and salted. DRV overturned it, as it wasn't clear blatant advertising and a userspace draft had mostly taken care of the promotional tone. Was sent to AfD and deleted anyway.
  • 13:43, 21 November 2008 deleted "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freebiejeebies (2nd nomination))
  • 22:22, 16 November 2008 restored "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (57 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_November_10)
  • 10:20, 10 November 2008 deleted "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (Speedy deleted per CSD G11, was blatant advertising, used only to promote someone or something. using TW)
  • 09:00, 10 November 2008 deleted "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (Speedy deleted per CSD G11, was blatant advertising, used only to promote someone or something. using TW)
  • 02:25, 10 November 2008 deleted "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 01:17, 26 October 2008 deleted "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 23:08, 25 October 2008 deleted "Freebiejeebies" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising: 'tis an essay/advert)
  • 19:57, 14 November 2008 restored "Schaffer paragraph" ‎ (38 revisions restored: Per consensus at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_November_8)
  • 21:34, 29 October 2008 deleted "Schaffer paragraph" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 22:18, 30 June 2008 deleted "Jane Schaffer paragraph" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 23:22, 24 May 2007 deleted "Schaffer paragraph" ‎ (Advertisement.)
  • 18:19, 6 November 2008 restored "Caliper Corporation" ‎ (8 revisions restored: restoring per request, AfD if required)
  • 00:58, 27 August 2008 deleted "Caliper Corporation" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 15:24, 6 October 2008 restored "Acision" ‎ (6 revisions restored: per Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_October_1#Acision)
  • 15:36, 1 October 2008 deleted "Acision" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 11:25, 17 August 2007 deleted "Acision" ‎ (CSD A1 Very short article with no context)
  • 15:13, 13 August 2007 deleted "Acision" ‎ (blatant advertising (copy of an official description) http://press-releases.techwhack.com/10655/acision/)
  • 09:27, 6 July 2007 deleted "Acision" ‎ (CSD A1: Very short article providing little or no context)
  • 17:27, 4 July 2007 deleted "Acision" ‎ (reposted spam)
  • 08:51, 4 July 2007 deleted "Acision" ‎ (CSD G11: Blatant Advertising)
  • 08:38, 4 July 2007 deleted "Acision" ‎ (CSD G11: Blatant Advertising)
  • Aqua Connect (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted 3 times as G11, had a promotional tone but could be repaired through editing; was also not written by a representative of the company. Survived AfD (link) with no consensus, eventually succumbed at second AfD here.
  • 05:17, 2 October 2008 restored "Aqua Connect" ‎ (18 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 26)
  • 05:51, 23 September 2008 deleted "Aqua Connect" ‎ (Blatant advertising for a product or entity (CSD G11))
  • 23:38, 22 September 2008 deleted "Aqua Connect" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 21:05, 22 September 2008 deleted "Aqua Connect" ‎ (A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/company/etc.) (restore)
  • 00:41, 22 September 2008 deleted "Aqua Connect" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 19:39, 7 September 2008 restored "SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark" ‎ (3 revisions restored: restoring history, it was merged elsewhere)
  • 03:06, 6 September 2008 deleted "SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
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  • 02:21, 22 January 2009 restored "US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)" ‎ (3 revisions restored: Is in fact written in the form of an article)
  • 23:32, 21 January 2009 deleted "US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)" ‎ (not an article)
  • 22:02, 21 January 2009 restored "US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)" ‎ (3 revisions restored: No evidence that it is a copyright violation)
  • 15:31, 17 January 2009 deleted "US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)" ‎ (copyvio)
  • 19:38, 16 January 2009 restored "The Leavitt Group" ‎ (1 revision restored: permission received)
  • 18:50, 14 January 2009 deleted "The Leavitt Group" ‎ (G12: Blatant copyright infringement of http://www.leavitt.com/)
  • Nash engineering (deleted revision): Deleted twice under G12; user recreated with text claiming permission, was deleted again as "talk page question in article space." Restored by another admin.

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  • Charles Kennel (DRV) (deleted revision): Identified as a copyvio; in fact both pages were based on a public domain work, and the later version was very different from the contested version.
  • 12:40, 12 January 2009 restored "Charles Kennel" ‎ (31 revisions restored: deleted version no longer a copy vio if it ever was. see Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_January_12)
  • 00:12, 10 January 2009 deleted "Charles Kennel" ‎ (G12: Blatant copyright infringement of http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/space50/program/speakers/KennelC.html)

Articles

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A1 - No context

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  • Conficker (deleted revision): Article content was "Conficker is a computer virus that surfaced in January, 2009." Enough context to identify the subject.
  • 08:21, 16 January 2009 restored "Conficker" ‎ (3 revisions restored: Context is clear, virus has received attention)
  • 03:58, 16 January 2009 deleted "Conficker" ‎ (A1: Not enough context to identify article's subject)

A2 - Foreign language

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A3 - No content

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A5 - Transwikied articles

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A7 - No assertion of significance

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  • Deadstar Assembly (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted once as A7, sent to AfD and quickly speedy deleted as A7 again, then redeleted as G4. Contains a number of credible assertions of significance, like the list of bands they toured with, but only restored when new references were given.
  • 09:50, 31 January 2009 restored "Deadstar Assembly" ‎ (379 revisions restored: see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 January 25)
  • 19:56, 15 January 2009 deleted "Deadstar Assembly" ‎ (G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deadstar Assembly)
  • 09:50, 18 February 2006 deleted "Deadstar Assembly" ‎ (nn-band)
  • 22:08, 13 January 2006 deleted "Deadstar Assembly" ‎ (band vanity A7)
  • 15:21, 18 January 2009 restored "Addictive (band)" ‎ (42 revisions restored)
  • 06:50, 18 January 2009 deleted "Addictive (band)" ‎ (A7: Article does not meet guidelines for inclusion: no sign of it being sent to AFD, meets CSD criteria)
  • 07:28, 17 January 2009 restored "Addictive (band)" ‎ (40 revisions restored: I think a several years old page deserves more than a speedy. Let's AfD it.)
  • 07:13, 17 January 2009 deleted "Addictive (band)" ‎ (A7: Article does not meet guidelines for inclusion: no evidence for notability)
  • 16:40, 16 January 2009 restored "Addictive (band)" ‎ (37 revisions restored: old articles are not eligible for speedy, notable enough to be in specialist encyclopedia)
  • 16:12, 16 January 2009 deleted "Addictive (band)" ‎ (A7: Article about a band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject)
  • 11:12, 22 January 2009 deleted "Greg Prato" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg Prato)
  • 22:32, 18 January 2009 restored "Greg Prato" ‎ (30 revisions restored: Restore so DRV discussion can proceed with all participants able to see the deleted version)
  • 17:34, 18 January 2009 deleted "Greg Prato" ‎ (A7: No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion: Self-published books are not a claim of notability)
  • 22:53, 6 January 2009 deleted "Greg Prato" ‎ (A7: No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion)
  • Crudo (band) (deleted revision): Very brief, assertion of significance was implicit (collaboration of two notable artists). Restored and expanded.
  • 08:35, 16 January 2009 restored "Crudo (band)" ‎ (2 revisions restored: Should be in the history as well)
  • 13:00, 14 July 2008 deleted "Crudo (band)" ‎ (A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/company/etc.)
  • 19:45, 15 January 2009 restored "Leeds Civic Trust" ‎ (4 revisions restored: Restoring history per request at User talk:SchuminWeb)
  • 00:54, 29 February 2008 deleted "Leeds Civic Trust" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a company or corporation that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject. using TW)
  • 17:11, 15 January 2009 restored "Peter Kollock" ‎ (2 revisions restored: restoring, disagree about lack of notability, will expand)
  • 16:21, 27 September 2006 deleted "Peter Kollock" ‎ (a7 a1 content was: '{{db-bio}}Peter Kollock is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles. His research focu...')
  • Hemant Punoo (DRV) (deleted revision): The original article contained clear assertions of significance and so the A7 was overturned. It was later deleted at AfD.
  • 10:32, 3 January 2009 deleted "Hemant Punoo" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hemant Punoo)
  • 23:01, 25 December 2008 restored "Hemant Punoo" ‎ (1 revision restored: undelete per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 December 23#Hemant Punoo)
  • 13:58, 21 December 2008 deleted "Hemant Punoo" ‎ (A7 (bio): No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion: See WP:CRIC)
  • Richter7 (DRV) (deleted revision): The October 30th deletion was not a valid A7 because it contained clear assertions of significance. Was subsequently re-deleted at AfD.
  • 09:06, 31 December 2008 deleted "Richter7" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richter7)
  • 08:13, 22 December 2008 restored "Richter7" ‎ (26 revisions restored: Restoring per DRV)
  • 01:53, 30 October 2008 deleted "Richter7" ‎ (Article about an a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not assert notability (CSD A7))
  • 16:42, 30 September 2008 deleted "Richter7" ‎ (A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/company/etc.)
  • 06:15, 19 September 2008 deleted "Richter7" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 05:36, 5 December 2008 restored "Kink.com" ‎ (151 revisions restored: Article is poorly written and has many other problems, but was not a sound A7; my apologies)
  • 21:12, 1 December 2008 deleted "Kink.com" ‎ (A7 (group): No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion)
  • Hannah Job (DRV) (deleted revision): Along with Tony Bignell, actors from a well-known show. Were not valid A7s because they provided clear assertions of significance (e.g. "best known for her role as 'Jas' in the BBC Three Sitcom..."); were restored and redirected to the show.
  • 19:20, 16 November 2008 restored "Hannah Job" ‎ (11 revisions restored: {{TempUndelete}} for DRV.)
  • 19:09, 15 November 2008 deleted "Hannah Job" ‎ (A7, and A3 also highly relevant here. Discussion on Gwen Gale's talk page fizzled out over a week ago *without* consensus - don't wait until the deleting admin isn't watching and then act against them behind their back, please.)
  • 18:11, 15 November 2008 restored "Hannah Job" ‎ (5 revisions restored: Due to concerns regarding whether it fails A7 - discusssed at User talk:Gwen Gale)
  • 13:46, 1 November 2008 deleted "Hannah Job" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 23:44, 11 October 2008 deleted "Hannah Job" ‎ (R3: Recent redirect from implausible typo, link, or misnomer)
  • 20:48, 8 November 2008 restored "Europa Corp." ‎ (15 revisions restored: History undeletion, so that content can be used if it can be properly sourced.)
  • 13:21, 23 October 2008 deleted "Europa Corp." ‎ (Article about an a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not assert notability (CSD A7))
  • 14:51, 5 November 2008 restored "Taylor Toth" ‎ (36 revisions restored: see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 November 5)
  • 04:18, 5 November 2008 deleted "Taylor Toth" ‎ (A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/band/company/etc.)
  • 04:03, 5 November 2008 (2,262 bytes) (overwrote article with band article)
  • 18:41, 31 October 2008 restored "Glimcher Realty Trust" ‎ (6 revisions restored: A7 doesn't seem to apply after all)
  • 09:59, 24 October 2008 deleted "Glimcher Realty Trust" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person: +G11)
  • 15:18, 6 March 2008 deleted "Glimcher Realty Trust" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  • 19:19, 15 September 2006 deleted "Glimcher Realty Trust" ‎ (Prod since 9 September 2006)
  • Navjot Singh (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted 3 times as A7, but DRV found there to be a claim of importance (although some disagreed). Subsequently deleted at AfD as non-notable.
  • 02:46, 6 November 2008 deleted "Navjot Singh" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Navjot Singh)
  • 23:44, 1 November 2008 restored "Navjot Singh" ‎ (52 revisions restored: See)
  • 05:06, 8 October 2008 deleted "Navjot Singh" ‎ (db
  • 13:36, 12 October 2008 restored "Regan Mizrahi" ‎ (13 revisions restored: restored following DRV discussion - see Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_October_6)
  • 01:59, 4 October 2008 deleted "Regan Mizrahi" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject. using TW)
  • 14:11, 3 October 2008 deleted "Regan Mizrahi" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject. using TW)
  • Conserve School (DRV) (deleted revision): The A7 was invalid, because it doesn't apply to schools and because the deleted revision asserted significance. Unanimous overturn.
  • 04:14, 29 September 2008 restored "Conserve School" ‎ (173 revisions restored: for DRV consideration)
  • 15:40, 15 August 2008 deleted "Conserve School" ‎ (A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/company/etc.)
  • 05:48, 2 June 2005 deleted "Conserve School" ‎ (23 may copyvio)
  • 05:07, 2 October 2008 restored "Baba Sehgal" ‎ (101 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 26)
  • 20:50, 4 August 2008 deleted "Baba Sehgal" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person: Doesn't indicate notability under WP:MUSIC)
  • John Pemberton (anthropologist) (DRV) (deleted revision): Borderline case. Deleted revision asserted significance but not clearly (it mentions his associate professorship and membership on an Editorial Board). Was sent to AfD (link) and kept, but had several delete votes.
  • 21:42, 25 September 2008 restored "John Pemberton (anthropologist)" ‎ (3 revisions restored: send to AFD)
  • 08:13, 25 September 2008 deleted "John Pemberton (anthropologist)" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 18:46, 29 September 2008 restored "Cal Chamberlain" ‎ (11 revisions restored: Resotre per DRV)
  • 12:36, 13 September 2008 deleted "Cal Chamberlain" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • Kent Walls (DRV) (deleted revision): Borderline case; the assertion that he's a TV host was considered sufficient to disqualify the A7. Sent to AfD (link) and deleted for insufficient sources.
  • 02:32, 13 October 2008 deleted "Kent Walls" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kent Walls)
  • 02:29, 29 September 2008 restored "Kent Walls" ‎ (13 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 23)
  • 00:07, 10 September 2008 deleted "Kent Walls" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person: db
  • 16:24, 18 September 2008 deleted "Firestarter Racing Mini Monster (Truck)" ‎ (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page: there. everybody happy now?)
  • 16:23, 18 September 2008 restored "Firestarter Racing Mini Monster (Truck)" ‎ (7 revisions restored: restoring all versions w/o deletion tag for userfication)
  • 03:42, 15 September 2008 deleted "Firestarter Racing Mini Monster (Truck)" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD G11), was blatant advertising, used only to promote someone or something. using TW)
  • 03:40, 15 September 2008 restored "Firestarter Racing Mini Monster (Truck)" ‎ (8 revisions restored: Restoring to delete with proper rationale (error'ed))
  • 11:42, 14 September 2008 deleted "Firestarter Racing Mini Monster (Truck)" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 04:16, 16 September 2008 restored "Denis Rancourt" ‎ (4 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 10)
  • 06:24, 10 September 2008 deleted "Denis Rancourt" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 00:53, 13 September 2008 restored "Blendon and Penhill (ward)" ‎ (5 revisions restored: incorrect A7, see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 9)
  • 20:37, 5 September 2008 deleted "Blendon and Penhill (ward)" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • Laurence Baxter (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted revision contained numerous assertions of significance (e.g. "As a mark of the high regard in which he was held by his colleagues, SUNY established the annual Laurence Baxter Memorial Lecture").
  • 05:02, 8 September 2008 restored "Laurence Baxter" ‎ (1 revision restored)
  • 19:31, 7 September 2008 deleted "Laurence Baxter" ‎ (1/ Non notable with no indication of importance, 2/ speedy deleted due to relevance in an "outing" case.)
  • 16:51, 7 September 2008 restored "Mary Boone" ‎ (23 revisions restored: per DRV see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 7)
  • 23:13, 6 September 2008 deleted "Mary Boone" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 12:59, 23 May 2006 deleted "Mary Boone" ‎ (CSD:A7; content was: '{{db-bio}}Mary Boone owns an art gallery in Chelsea.')
  • 02:06, 18 April 2006 deleted "Mary Boone" ‎ (content was: '{{db-bio}}Mary Boone is an art dealer in New York City. One of the youngest dealers to hit it big in during the 1980's Neo-Expressionist art explos...')
  • 04:38, 17 December 2008 restored "Rolando Gomez" ‎ (112 revisions restored: per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 December 11)
  • 02:09, 11 December 2008 deleted "Rolando Gomez" ‎ (per AfD)
  • 15:44, 6 December 2008 restored "Rolando Gomez" ‎ (91 revisions restored)
  • 11:18, 9 September 2008 deleted "Rolando Gomez" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rolando Gomez (2nd nomination))
  • 20:49, 4 September 2008 restored "Rolando Gomez" ‎ (76 revisions restored: apparently two year old AFDs with a bare consensus count :/)
  • 22:39, 3 September 2008 deleted "Rolando Gomez" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person: Autobiographical puff piece)
  • 02:26, 5 September 2008 restored "Larry Kroon" ‎ (29 revisions restored: Restoring to redirect)
  • 01:34, 4 September 2008 deleted "Larry Kroon" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Kroon)
  • 19:18, 3 September 2008 restored "Larry Kroon" ‎ (12 revisions restored: per request on my talkpage)
  • 16:38, 3 September 2008 deleted "Larry Kroon" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 02:47, 10 September 2008 deleted "Donkpedia" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donkpedia)
  • 00:22, 8 September 2008 restored "Donkpedia" ‎ (2 revisions restored: overturned at drv; Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 3)
  • 14:23, 3 September 2008 deleted "Donkpedia" ‎ (A7 (web): Web content which doesn't indicate its importance or significance)
  • 14:09, 9 September 2008 deleted "Damh the bard" ‎ (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damh the bard)
  • 04:25, 6 September 2008 restored "Damh the bard" ‎ (6 revisions restored: restore after DRV for immediate AfD)
  • 04:24, 6 September 2008 deleted "Damh the bard" ‎ (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup)
  • 08:37, 1 September 2008 restored "Damh the bard" ‎ (8 revisions restored)
  • 07:43, 1 September 2008 deleted "Damh the bard" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • 03:07, 28 August 2008 restored "The Leaving Trains" ‎ (3 revisions restored: Hadn't noticed the previous restoration; taking to AfD)
  • 23:13, 27 August 2008 deleted "The Leaving Trains" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble that didn't assert the importance or significance of the subject. using TW)
  • 15:34, 27 August 2008 restored "The Leaving Trains" ‎ (3 revisions restored: undeleting, but leaving speedy tag in - I'm no expert on WP:MUSIC)
  • 15:15, 27 August 2008 deleted "The Leaving Trains" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)
  • Cassi Davis (DRV) (deleted revision): Vandalism reduced a legitimate article to an A7, and it was deleted without checking the history. Deleting admin restored and apologized.
  • 05:48, 18 August 2008 restored "Cassi Davis" ‎ (203 revisions restored)
  • 23:42, 15 August 2008 deleted "Cassi Davis" ‎ (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person)

A9 - Musical recording of artist with no article

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  • Auraphonic (deleted revision): Borderline case. Album from a vocalist with no article but whose former band has an article. Restored by deleting admin following discussion on admin user talk page.
  • 10:57, 18 January 2009 restored "Auraphonic" ‎ (24 revisions restored: Appears that my CSD A9 has been a bit questionable in this case.)
  • 15:42, 23 November 2008 deleted "Auraphonic" ‎ (A9: Non-notable music by artist with no article here) (restore)
  • 02:56, 18 January 2009 restored "The worlds greatest (song)" ‎ (3 revisions restored: notable song by notable artist R. Kelly)
  • 02:53, 18 January 2009 deleted "The worlds greatest (song)" ‎ (A9: Non-notable music by artist with no Wikipedia article) (restore)
  • 20:28, 14 January 2009 restored "Tiefer (album)" ‎ (6 revisions restored: restore per author request who claims notability exists)
  • 18:01, 14 January 2009 deleted "Tiefer (album)" ‎ (A9: Non-notable music by artist with no Wikipedia article)

Redirects

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R2 - Redirects to other namespaces

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R3 - Implausible typos

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  • 20:49, 22 January 2009 deleted "Saskia Steenstra" ‎ (Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 January 16)
  • 01:58, 16 January 2009 restored "Saskia Steenstra" ‎ (1 revision restored: Not recent; restoring and sending to RfD)
  • 01:55, 16 January 2009 deleted "Saskia Steenstra" ‎ (R3: Recently-created, implausible redirect)

Files

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F1 - Redundant

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F2 - Corrupt or empty image

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F3 - Improper license

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F4 - No license information

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  • 03:22, 10 January 2009 deleted "File:BaldwinBros.jpg" ‎ (Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 25)
  • 08:03, 22 December 2008 restored "File:BaldwinBros.jpg" ‎ (1 revision and 1 file restored)
  • 01:31, 16 December 2008 deleted "File:BaldwinBros.jpg" ‎ (CSD I4: Image lacking sources or licensing information for more than seven days)

F5 - Unused non-free image

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  • File:IDogLights.JPG (deleted revision) (deleted file): Was deleted as a derivative work of a non-free work, since it's a photo of a commercial product, but there was uncertainty over this, so it was restored and sent to Wikipedia:Non-free_content_review#File:IDogLights.JPG.
  • 19:03, 14 January 2009 restored "File:IDogLights.JPG" ‎ (8 revisions and 1 file restored: restoring so can discuss at WP:PUI, status as deriative work is under debate)
  • 18:39, 13 January 2009 deleted "File:IDogLights.JPG" ‎ (I5: Image is unused and not free: is a deriative work, so is non-free) (restore)
  • 16:23, 17 October 2008 restored "File:Bankofscotlandireland.png" ‎ (2 revisions and 1 file restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 October 11)
  • 19:08, 6 February 2007 deleted "File:Bankofscotlandireland.png" ‎ (I5: orphan fair use since 28 January 2007)

F6 - No free use rationale

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  • 21:03, 17 October 2008 restored "File:Malice Manual Cover.jpg" ‎ (5 revisions and 1 file restored: It did have a valid rationale. Just not one in a table.)
  • 23:20, 15 October 2008 deleted "File:Malice Manual Cover.jpg" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD I6), was an image with fair use tag but no fair use rationale for more than seven days. using TW)

F7 - Invalid fair-use claim

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  • 16:32, 28 October 2008 deleted "File:Roll the dice.jpg" ‎ (Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion/2008_October_17#Image:Roll_the_dice.jpg)
  • 16:12, 17 October 2008 restored "File:Roll the dice.jpg" ‎ (5 revisions and 1 file restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 October 10)
  • 17:33, 27 September 2008 deleted "File:Roll the dice.jpg" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD I7), was an image with an invalid fair use rationale and the uploader was notified more than 48 hours ago. using TW)
  • 11:56, 11 October 2008 deleted "File:AlanShearerBanner.jpg" ‎ (per ifd close)
  • 21:42, 22 September 2008 restored "File:AlanShearerBanner.jpg" ‎ (12 revisions and 1 file restored: relisting at drv)
  • 03:16, 14 September 2008 deleted "File:AlanShearerBanner.jpg" ‎ (I7: Invalid justification given for non-free image)

F8 - Available on Commons

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  • 14:08, 17 November 2008 restored "File:HecateDieuxAntiques.gif" ‎ (2 revisions and 1 file restored: Commons version broke, so restoring this; see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 November 17)
  • 17:54, 4 August 2006 deleted "File:HecateDieuxAntiques.gif" ‎ (Image:Hécate - Mallarmé.png)
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F10 - Useless media files

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F11 - No evidence of permission

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Categories

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C1 - Unpopulated categories

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C2 - Speedy renaming

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User pages

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U1 - User request

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  • 08:56, 8 October 2008 restored "User:JoeCool950" ‎ (57 revisions restored: per user request at today's DRV)
  • 04:50, 8 October 2008 deleted "User:JoeCool950" ‎ (CSD U1: User requested deletion)

U2 - Nonexistent user

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U3 - Non-free galleries

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Templates

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T2 - Misrepresentation of policy

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T3 - Redundant template

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Portals

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P1 - Deletable as an article

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P2 - Underpopulated

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Out of process

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  • 01:07, 16 January 2009 restored "GoCrossCampus" ‎ (40 revisions restored: going into userspace)
  • 19:28, 3 May 2008 deleted "GoCrossCampus" ‎ (not yet notable)
  • 20:29, 14 January 2009 restored "Johnson vs. Buckle" ‎ (33 revisions restored: moving to new name prior to intensive NPOVification)
  • 00:09, 14 January 2009 deleted "Johnson vs. Buckle" ‎ (coatrack, BLP, a whole load of other problems (including the fact that "Johnson vs Buckle" doesn't exist, if anything this would be New York vs. Johnson or something). Incident is covered - briefly - in Dwayne Buckle, and that's all it deserves.)
  • List of digital television stations in Canada (DRV) (deleted revision): An admin believed it was not useful to create a separate list of digital television stations and so unilaterally deleted the list. DRV found it out of process and it was restored and sent to AfD, where it was decided to merge it into List of television stations in Canada by call sign.
  • 12:04, 4 November 2008 restored "List of digital television stations in Canada" ‎ (26 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 October 27 concluded that speedy deletion was out of process. AFD at editorial discretion)
  • 05:15, 8 August 2008 deleted "List of digital television stations in Canada" ‎ (not a helpful presentation of this information; digital channel numbers should be integrated directly into provincial lists, not a special list to themselves.)
  • KF Lepenci (DRV) (deleted revision): Deleted as "wrong language," which isn't a speedy deletion criterion (did not satisfy A2). Restored and transwikied to the Albanian Wikipedia (sq).
  • 16:10, 12 October 2008 deleted "KF Lepenci" ‎ (db-foreign sq:KF Lepenci)
  • 06:49, 8 October 2008 restored "KF Lepenci" ‎ (5 revisions restored: an article being in another language does not make a speedy...(exception A2); please leave this page at WP:PNT)
  • 15:30, 5 October 2008 deleted "KF Lepenci" ‎ (wrong language)
  • User:Pulsifer (DRV) (deleted revision): A user prepares some article content on their user page after failing to get it added to an article. Seen as a POV fork and BLP issue by some, but has sources. Sent to MfD and kept, although only after MfD participants edited it.
  • 19:49, 13 September 2008 restored "User:Pulsifer" ‎ (2 revisions restored: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 5)
  • 15:52, 5 September 2008 deleted "User:Pulsifer" ‎ (living person, content was declined to be added to article. Will be requesting review at ANI)
  • 06:47, 16 January 2009 restored "User:Whillice/Geek Show Podcast" ‎ (19 revisions restored: per request)
  • 10:57, 12 October 2008 deleted "User:Whillice/Geek Show Podcast" ‎ (deleting unused userfied content)
  • 09:16, 20 August 2008 restored "Flat Daddy" ‎ (5 revisions restored)
  • 22:26, 19 August 2008 deleted "Flat Daddy" ‎ (db