Hi Andreas, I am unable to find logs of any deletions of prior creations of a biography about you under "Andreas Buller". Your previous CSD requests for deletion of the draft were invalid as you were not the initial author of the draft. The author deletion request rationale is only reserved for the initial author of a page to use and would have been actioned on as long as it was filed by them and there have not been further substantial edits thereafter. Unfortunately, your further actions on the draft (alongside the other editors') had negated the possibility of the use of that deletion rationale. Your message on draft talk page is not being responded to likely that because no one expects much stuff to be written on it.
The draft in its present form does not pass the notability criteria that we have on English Wikipedia. Unless someone improves on it substantially either by writing from scratch or translating from the other language projects (if the articles there can meet the notability criteria on English Wikipedia), it will languish in the draft space. As drafts are generally not indexed by search engines, it should not be easily discoverable by readers. Drafts are automatically deleted after six months from the last edit. As such, the usual recommendation would be that one ignores the existence of the draft until then. But if you are impatient, at this point, unfortunately, the draft can only be removed if you file for a deletion discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion venue and when a discussion arrive at a consensus to do so. However, in doing so, you may run into a risk of other editors becoming interested in actually writing about you on English Wikipedia. Regards, Robert ________________________________ From: Andreas Buller <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2025 00:13 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Subject: Barriers to Contributing to Kazakh Wikipedia: A Case of Systemic Inaccessibility Dear Wikipedia Administrators Jeams, I request the deletion of the draft article about me in the English-language Wikipedia. I have no connection to the English-speaking world and therefore do not wish to have an entry in this language edition. I have made this request before. Please note that in other language editions, unverified claims and assumptions have been made about my motives. Such statements are not supported by evidence and contradict the principle of assuming good faith. Thank you for your understanding and for processing this request. Kind regards, Andreas Buller James Heilman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> schrieb am Fr. 15. Aug. 2025 um 15:40: The English version is poor https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Andreas_Buller&action=history It is advised that your read this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography James On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM Andreas Buller <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello! Yes, I have an article about myself, but it was only published after the notability review by the German Wikipedia. The administrators of the German Wikipedia decided that the entry is notable. My entry was written in a neutral tone and supported by numerous sources (interviews and publications). However, my concern is about the lack of cooperation with the Kazakh Wikipedia (restricted access to the encyclopedia and absolutely no response). The German, Russian, and Ukrainian Wikipedias work perfectly well, but I have problems with the Kazakh Wiki. By the way, I have mainly contributed entries — especially in the Russian Wikipedia — in my field of expertise (Koselleck, the concept of the trace). So I write less about myself and more about topics that interest me. Best regards, Andreas Buller James Heilman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> schrieb am Sa. 9. Aug. 2025 um 09:28: So you were trying to publish an article about yourself? J Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 20:26 Andreas Buller <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: To the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki Community, I would like to raise a concern based on my recent experience contributing to the Kazakh-language Wikipedia (kkwiki). As a published academic with experience contributing to German, Russian, and Ukrainian Wikipedias, I attempted to publish a thoroughly sourced and neutrally written article on Andreas Buller, a philosopher and author with demonstrable notability across languages and regions. The article was already successfully published in three other Wikipedia editions: * German Wikipedia * Russian Wikipedia * Ukrainian Wikipedia However, in Kazakh Wikipedia I encountered multiple layers of technical and editorial obstacles that effectively prevented me from publishing this article under normal conditions: 1. Mandatory use of the Incubator, even for well-sourced articles with clear notability. 2. Strict edit filters, blocking the creation of even user talk pages or participation in discussions (because I had fewer than 100 edits). 3. No clear, active editorial oversight of incubated articles. Despite publishing a complete and code-formatted version with references, the article remained ignored. 4. No reaction from administrators or community members even after polite and formal requests in public help spaces (e.g. Көмеу бөлімі). This discouraging experience is not just personal. It reflects a broader systemic issue within Kazakh Wikipedia that may explain why its growth has stalled around 260,000 articles — despite the global success of the Wikipedia movement. I believe the following steps would help address the issue: * Loosen edit filters for new users submitting incubator articles with reliable sources. * Allow new users to post on talk pages and request help directly. * Appoint 1–2 more active administrators to review incubator submissions regularly. * Create guidance pages for new contributors in both Kazakh and Russian. I am sharing this not as criticism but as support for the Wikimedia mission. I believe every language community should be open to high-quality contributions — especially from experts and educators — and this openness must be backed by a welcoming infrastructure. Thank you for your attention, Dr. Andreas Buller [[User:AndreasBuller]] on kk.wikipedia [[User:Andreas Buller]] on ru.wikipedia Email available upon request Dr. Andreas Buller Philosophy teacher https://andreasbuller.wixsite.com/andre?lang=de _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/TEJQDKFAO2EMFXM56WUFAZEHACM7VLHZ/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/P26QSY2UWMJCHK5E7JVULM2I2PV4LWAC/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/KOZDCFQQUH4QO74BYI6VXMFRFTAPYM2B/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/3C6SDSZKGO6THVGGS5Y3XVA2E3X4PMRU/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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