On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, 10:39 am Sara Thomas, <sara.tho...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> No need to apologise :) It's not always the easiest thing to get your > head around... I found this essay, from Wikiproject:Women in Red, really > helpful: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Essays/Primer_for_AfD,_AfC_and_PROD > > All the best, > Sara > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 10:29, michael west <michaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, 10:11 am Andy Mabbett, <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 21:52, michael west <michaw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > I'm not sure if this is an appropriate place to ask, but, I was just >>> going to look for >>> > information about BBCs Tomorrow World presenter Howard Stableford on >>> Wikipedia >>> > and found that it had been deleted. >>> > >>> > The deletion remark said that he wasn't notable. The PROD was made on >>> 26th >>> > December 2021 and the article was deleted on 3rd January 2022. I can't >>> find an >>> > AfD discussion about the article. The deletion has left a number of >>> red links. >>> >>> There is no discussion, because PROD is for uncontested deletion >>> suggestions and no-one contested it. See: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion >>> >>> for details of the process. >>> >>> > Could an English Wikipedia administrator have a look to see if it was >>> a Speedy >>> > delete, without discussion? >>> >>> PROD is differenet to speedy deltion. >>> >>> I have asked the deleting admin to restore the article "so that it can >>> be improved, or sent to AfD if anyone feels strongly enough". >>> >>> -- >>> Andy Mabbett >>> @pigsonthewing >>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> >> Thank you. I'm sorry for my confusion about the deletion process, it's >> the first time I've ever come across a proposed deletion. >> >> Michael West >> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > -- > Dr Sara Thomas > Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK > 07803 505 172 > https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/ > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland> > > <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> > *I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. * > > *Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for > the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > > Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. > > Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644 > (Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Scotland, Registered No. 6741827. > > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The > Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk Thank you Sara, I think the essay tackles every possible cause for deletion. I've bookmarked it.
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