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:Very nice. Thank you. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] <sup>[[User talk:Fang Aili|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</sup> 19:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC) |
:Very nice. Thank you. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] <sup>[[User talk:Fang Aili|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</sup> 19:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC) |
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:Agree, big improvement thanks --[[User:BozMo|BozMo]] [[user talk:BozMo|talk]] 19:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC) |
:Agree, big improvement thanks --[[User:BozMo|BozMo]] [[user talk:BozMo|talk]] 19:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC) |
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A7 is being used for short nonsense pages for which G1 or G2 could more appropriately be used, and it makes it somewhat harder to sort usefully.'''[[User:DGG|DGG]]''' 09:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC) |
Revision as of 09:30, 13 March 2007
Why is my newly uploaded image listed here?
Hi, I just uploaded an image for the article on Georgi Gladyshev and I see that it is at speedy deletion. What is the point of allowing me to upload it? What is the correct way to upload a photo for an article of a noted person who is still alive, i.e. when the photo is not more than 100 years old? --Sadi Carnot 00:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- I have tagged it appropriately. It would be best to get him to agree to release the picture under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), or similar license (such as certain Creative Commons licenses). —Centrx→talk • 00:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks you, I will go that route next time. Also, does this mean that the person has to agree to the following:
- Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME.
- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
- under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
- or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
- with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
- A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
- Free Documentation License".
- Or, what exactly (in words) do they have to agree to? --Sadi Carnot 02:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- They have to agree to license it under the "GNU Free Documentation License", and they should understand generally what that means, so link them to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html. See also Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. —Centrx→talk • 02:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks: --Sadi Carnot 13:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Images no longer displayed?
Up until yesterday or today, the images here in CAT:CSD showed up as thumbnails, below the alphabetical list of other pages. Now they're mixed in the alphabetical list, with some under "I" (for "Image:") and some under "?". This makes it a little more difficult to deal with the speedy image backlog. Image file names aren't very useful indicators of the content, and I know some editors/admins "specialize" in investigating and processing certain types of images (celebrity publicity photos, sports photos, etc.). The large number of images also clutters the non-image page list. Can the thumbnails be restored, please? Thanks, --MCB 07:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- The reason for it was because page loading was horrendous when the image backlog was large. I tend to think it should stay this way, but if there is some good reason to be able to see the thumbnails before going to the page...? —Centrx→talk • 08:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- I think the thumbnails are very useful, but I agree that page load times were getting pretty long. On the other hand, when processing stuff here I don't reload the page very often. Occasionally that means something was already deleted or removed from the cat by the time I click on it, but that's not a big deal. --MCB 18:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- All the images sorted under "�" (𘚟) are stuff tagged with {{db-noncom}}, usualy by the uploaders themselves by picking a "wrong" license from the upload list. The ones under "I" for image are tagged using various other deletion templates (typicaly corupt images, vandal stuff or redundant images). Not having the thumbnails actualy makes this destinction easier to see. Though the thumbnails do have some benefits too, especialy if you "specialise" on deleting corrupt images or fixing logos and cover art mistakedly uploaded as "non-commercial only" or whatever. --Sherool (talk) 09:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. The segregation of the {{db-noncom}} items is in fact useful -- but I guess you have to know why they're sorted that way... perhaps a notation on the category page would be helpful. Personally, I think the existence of the noncom license choice itself is a bad idea, and would prefer to see it removed from the list of licenses. What possible good can it do to permit the user to choose a license that will result in speedy deletion of the image they uploaded? But I guess there's a place for that debate rather than here. (I've seen it, but not sure where.) --MCB 18:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not very happy with the by-permission and non-commercial images showing up here, either (perhaps they should go in a subcategory?), but the situation is much, much better than the pick-a-license roulette we saw before they were put into place. You wouldn't believe the number or type of images that showed up in Category:GPL images when {{GPL}} was the default choice. —Cryptic 19:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. The segregation of the {{db-noncom}} items is in fact useful -- but I guess you have to know why they're sorted that way... perhaps a notation on the category page would be helpful. Personally, I think the existence of the noncom license choice itself is a bad idea, and would prefer to see it removed from the list of licenses. What possible good can it do to permit the user to choose a license that will result in speedy deletion of the image they uploaded? But I guess there's a place for that debate rather than here. (I've seen it, but not sure where.) --MCB 18:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Advice needed
I have speedied quite a few pages today. Since this is the first time I am doing it, can someone please review some of my deletes and let me know if I should be doing something differently -- Lost(talk) 18:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
- I'll have time to look through them more carefully later on today, but two things jump out at me from glancing through the logs (and are sufficiently general enough that I'm posting them here rather than your talk page, which is really where this belongs): copyvio deletions should name the site or source they're infringing (so non-admins can see that it's not a public domain or GFDL source or a mirror), and libellous material from attack pages and the like should be blanked from the deletion summary. —Cryptic 19:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
- Noted and will do so going ahead. Thanks -- Lost(talk) 19:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
NOGALLERY again
Ehem... the category is already included in the exceptions... any reason people add/remove it? Speed issues, maybe? -- ReyBrujo 01:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
- When there are lots of images listed, people who have slow connections have a hard time loading the page. on the flip side, having a gallery is useful to spot obvious vandalism. So when this is heavily backlogged it is usually removed, and when it is not the gallery stays, hence the frequency of adding and removing the code. VegaDark 04:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- That sounds like a wise thing to do. enochlau (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Speedy Delete Removed
What should one do if a speedy delete added to a page is removed by the person who created the page.
This happened with Katti.
Markco1 03:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- Put the Template:Drmspeedy series of warnings on their talk page, and report them on WP:AIV if they contine past the last warning. VegaDark 04:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
This one got missed over a month ago
Hi there, hate to be a pest but not quite sure how to correct this situation. I speedy-tagged Jack ramond samuel evans back on October 22, and it has not been dealt with one way or the other. Given the content (reads like a schoolboy prank on a classmate), it would probably be good to clean this one out. Thanks. Risker 14:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- I deleted it, but it didn't show up in the category. Cheers. Lectonar 17:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
How to list?
This doesn't say anything about how to list candidates for speedy deletion. Is this even the right place? Here, someone just delete this junk please, Jake Nickless. It doesn't even deserve one of the tags. KP Botany 01:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Adding any deletion tag, such as {{d}}, to an article will list it here automatically. Usually, though, you would use {{db|YOUR REASON HERE}} to explain why it should be deleted. timrem 02:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. It doesn't really say that anywhere, that that's what you do, just add the template to the article. KP Botany 23:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
howto contest
If one is not an admin, and one wishes to contest a speedy deletion of a page not your own, how should this be done? (for that matter, if one was the author, and it is still taged after "hangon" & you wish to contest it, what is the proceedure?) DGG 05:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- I think that you just add a tag for speedy deletion (listed towards the bottom of this page Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion), with your reason for the request, see my question above. I'm not sure. Wikipedia pages are bad about instructions for people who don't already know how to do something. KP Botany 16:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- If you are not the one who created the page and it does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, you can remove the tag, leaving an edit summary explaining why you are doing so. If you are the one who created the page, do not remove the tag. Instead, add {{hangon}} below the speedy tag, then explain on the article's talk page why you believe the article should not be deleted. After this, an admin will review the circumstances and decide if the article does or does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion. timrem 23:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Overly Agressive Speedy Deletes
A number of speedy deletes have been done recently on pages being creates as part of the List of years in poetry. The deletes included one page with a hangon note and reference to a discussion on the topic, and cost the better part of a morning's worth of effort. Please, do not delete these - each year takes significant work to create and substantial work is being done by multiple people to build the list. Does anyone know if there is a way to restore these? Sam 20:15, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- I note that these were also deleted without notice to me as the creator of the pages - one should always provide a note to the page creator. Sam 20:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- You can request an undelete at Wikipedia:Deletion review. It sounds to me like someone was unduly zealous. Denni talk 23:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- That page has plenty of redlinks. Can you give some examples of pages which were speedy deleted? --TheParanoidOne 11:05, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- One deleted and now restored was 1130 in poetry - I believe I have now restored the deleted ones. (I was working mostly on the 9th century in poetry yesterday; you'll see most of the work to date has gone into the 20th century in poetry, which is quite well populated. Unfortunately, I have no way to be sure I've replicated all the work. Sam 12:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
User pages
I see a half dozen user pages in this cat, but when I visit them they have no speedy tag and ain't in any cats. What the heck is going on here? ---J.S (T/C) 19:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- This happens when a template or other transcluded page changes categories - the category pages won't be updated until the transcluding page is edited. Null edit them and they go away. —Cryptic 23:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Purging them should work as well. (click link on how-to) --MECU≈talk 18:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
time at SD
How long should an article be listed at SD before it is deleted? What is the practice or custom?DGG 18:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- They can be deleted immediately — that's why they're "speedy". Tyrenius 19:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- There is no time limit. In practice it is based on the number of entries and if an administrator is working there. If I'm cleaning out everything under the letter S and a new one appears, if could be deleted in seconds. If the category has a lot of entries it could takes many hours. The practice is to delete on sight if the administrator agrees with the classification. In some cases an administrator may take another action like; PROD, AfD, removal of the template, or leaving for an administrator who is more qualified to pass judgment. Vegaswikian 19:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Another Speedy Deletion
This is exactly the words of the person in charge of the website where I obtained the picture:
"You may use the picture of the church and you may reference the link to the Formosa page of our website if you wish."
I think I probably put the wrong license on it. It's uploaded now, how can I fix the license so the picture won't be deleted? JimmmyThePiep 00:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- You can get help here: Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Tyrenius 01:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
H&L images
What's with these, I keep deleting and they keep coming back. The page they link to appears to have a history with a different name. Certainly acting like a hydra, and I don't have the tech skills to sort it. jimfbleak 22:57, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Law & Order episodes
Admins -- please don't delete these. I will edit them all to remove the copyvios from the plot summaries. NawlinWiki 13:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk pages
I've read everything I can regarding the policy for deletion of talk pages. I'm curious what people who haven't recently read the policies think those policies are? I think I'm seeing a large gap between how they are being interpreted, and how they are defined. Mathiastck 14:30, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Apparent glitched page listed for speedy deletion
Talk:Mom Slides Down the Chimney is a talk page with no associated article, but the text of the page is that of an article. It has no history and no log. Something's up there, and while the article is lacking context, it's not bad enough to be a speedy-delete candidate on its merits. ShaleZero 20:18, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- Speedily deleted as G1 and G8, and possibly A1. The article makes absolutely no sense, and it's in the wrong place (it does have a history, it was just created in talk namespace). No glitch. --Coredesat 20:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
??
To the masses: what do you make of Sammy t3h Snake and Sammy the Snake? --Fang Aili talk 15:53, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Subcategory for A7
Any objections to a seperate subcategory for CSDA7 articles. I really like the subcategories (too bad it's needed though), and since quite a lot are tagged for A7 it would be practical. Garion96 (talk) 21:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
- Personaly I don't see a problem with having a subcat for every criterea. However make sure the articles still also appear in the main cat, a lot of people prefeer to have everyting in one place rater than having to check multiple categories. --Sherool (talk) 10:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'd also like more subcats. --Fang Aili talk 15:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I just made it and added it to some templates. Need to check if I got them all. The articles will still appear in the main cat. Garion96 (talk) 23:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'd also like more subcats. --Fang Aili talk 15:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Admin privileges
hiyas. I've been an admin for some time, but I've never been quite clear on whether or not I should nominate speedy deletions, or simply do it myself. Historical revisionism (Japan) was nominated for deletion over a year ago, and the consensus was to delete. It has since be re-created, and contains no content of value. In this case, and in future, may I simply delete things that fulfill speedy deletion criteria, or should I nom it so that an admin who's more objective on the matter, more removed, can process it? Thank you. LordAmeth 23:25, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- If it is a clear case of meting the criteria, then feel free to delete it. If you want someone else to look at it in case you might be wrong then nominate it. Vegaswikian 23:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Over 200 pages waiting to be deleted!!
Is there some sort of {{Super admin backlog}} tag that I could hit this page with (: VectorPotentialTalk 00:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Heh. Now there is one... :) I thought in those cases it was customary to simply commence some serious nagging at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Femto 13:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Split off images?
Is it time to split off all of the image nominations to a separate category? Most of the introduction on the pages is taken up with list of image deleting related lists. Then there is the images themselves. Vegaswikian 07:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- No, it's time for some more admins to help clear out the backlog of images. The categories are on this page for a very good reason: so they don't get forgotten. There are literally hundreds of images that have been awaiting so-called "speedy" deletion for several weeks. If more people would help delete them, the "Images/Proposed deletion" section of this page would be greatly reduced. —Angr 09:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Drop-boxes
I made drop-boxes for the various image subcategories to reduce the clutter. Hope people like it. Mangojuicetalk 17:02, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Very nice. Thank you. --Fang Aili talk 19:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Agree, big improvement thanks --BozMo talk 19:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
right category
A7 is being used for short nonsense pages for which G1 or G2 could more appropriately be used, and it makes it somewhat harder to sort usefully.DGG 09:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)