UDWiki talk:Administration/Speedy Deletions

Moved Assylum request to A/D  Nalikill  ^{TALK  E!  W!  M!  USAI}  01:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Is there an 'unused files' deletion criterion? If so, what is it? (Want to know so I can start filing requests for the deletion of unused images.)  Nalikill  ^{TALK  E!  W!  M!  USAI}  18:48, 3 November 2007 (UTC) Alright if we add "character-specific pages that have been moved to the corresponding 'User:' or 'Journal:' page" to the SD criteria?--'STER 22:12, 29 Nov 2005 (GMT)

As long as it's specifically stated that they had to have been moved (although, this may come under the underused redirect criteria already, as a note) -- Odd Starter 01:28, 30 Nov 2005 (GMT)

Dunno why redirects would ever need to be deleted. --LouisB3 03:24, 30 Nov 2005 (GMT)

If they aren't being used, why would they need to be around? Many redirects are useful tools for helping people retrieve the information they are looking for, however if a redirect isn't being linked from anywhere, there's a good argument for say that the redirect isn't needed, and is wasting database entries. -- Odd Starter 03:50, 30 Nov 2005 (GMT)

Okay, I didn't know there was any limit to database entries. --LouisB3 20:57, 30 Nov 2005 (GMT)

Well, there isn't technically, but database entries still take up hard disk space on the server. Redirects only make the tiniest amount, but considering that every edit also adds a database entry, these can add up. -- Odd Starter 22:46, 30 Nov 2005 (GMT)

If this is in the wrong place I apologize, but I'm not sure where else to address this. Why was the Ridleybank Animal Rescue page deleted? There is not even a trace of its existence. I have been seething about this for a few months but did not see a good place to bring up the issue. It was a legitimate guild page with updates and active agents in Malton, I haven't bothered replacing it because I figured the whole thing would get zapped again. Whats up with this??? -- Kielios

It was deleted in late June for the reason of being inactive, low content group page. Or something like that. Here's the speedy deletion archive entry for it: Click Me!. Complaints to User:Gage for nominating it for speedy deletion and User:Xoid for actually deleting it. If you want to have it restored, please go to Undeletions. --Brizth ^{M T} 21:11, 20 August 2006 (BST)

I redirected my User page to match the name of the character I use most often, please take it off the list immediately.Cheezymadman 22:39, 31 August 2006 (BST)

An Idea About Deleted Articles

While starting on another project of mine, I noticed that having all those broken links on the Speedy Deletions and Deletions pages star causes issues, albiet minor ones. Would anyone object to removing the brackets to those headers so they were no longer broken links? --Sirens^{T RR} 21:48, 24 April 2006 (BST)

Yes, because as i just discovered, for a moderator, clicking on those links allows them to view the deleted edits, and restore them if needed. --Grim s-^Mod 11:30, 29 April 2006 (BST)

>>;; <<;; Um... Well, if someone put one of those pages up for undelete (the only real reason to restore it), wouldn't they provide a handy link to the page right there? --Sirens^{T RR} 15:26, 29 April 2006 (BST)

Not likely, since the page wouldnt exist. --Grim s-^Mod 03:34, 30 April 2006 (BST)

Template:V_for_Ridleybank is a page that shouldn't exist, as it's been deleted, but I'm sure if can still be undeleted if you have the right url. --Sirens^{T RR} 04:38, 30 April 2006 (BST)

True. Also, the fact its a wikilink also lets us know if someone has recreated the page since its deletion, allowing us to determine if it falls under criterion 6 of the page. --Grim s-^Mod 07:06, 30 April 2006 (BST)

Hmm....I didn't think of that one. Okay then, I'm for keeping them. I'll just stay away from the Wanted Pages area...it was giving me a headache anyways. --Sirens^{T RR} 07:14, 30 April 2006 (BST)

Adbot pages

(Not sure whether this is the right place for this) I would like to propose a change to the speedy deletions policy that lets a mod delete any adbot created pages w/o going through the speedy deletions page. Votes?--Admiral Ackbar ^{U! WTF} 04:52, 17 May 2006 (BST)

This has basically been standard policy for a long time. Its kind of considered a revert. --Zaruthustra-Mod 04:53, 17 May 2006 (BST)

Is it? I've been going through speedy deletions. If we are allowed to delete them without going through the speedy deletions page then can we change the rules to reflect this?---The General ^{W! Mod} 06:35, 17 May 2006 (BST)

Strictly speaking it isn't even really deletion since nothing actually gets deleted, but it would probably do to put this in the rules anyhow. --Zaruthustra-Mod 06:59, 17 May 2006 (BST)

Odd Starter let the adbot created pages he listed sit on Speedy Deletions until Brizth came and deleted them. Does his opinion differ on this, or did he simply get caught up in something else? –Xoid ^S•T•FU! 07:19, 17 May 2006 (BST)

It's sat there because speedy deletions have to be listed, and another mod delete them, as part of the policy. We can't delete our own speedy deletion candidates, mostly for accountability purposes. -- Odd Starter ^{talk • Mod • W!} 09:21, 17 May 2006 (BST)

Err, I recently altered the SD criteria to explicitly state that spambot detritus comes under criterion 1, as it's not really coherant content. -- Odd Starter ^{talk • Mod • W!} 09:21, 17 May 2006 (BST)

I damn near fell off my chair reading that. –Xoid ^S•T•FU! 16:01, 17 May 2006 (BST)

Hey!

Serious problem here? The IUSS's page and all re-directs have been erased. They are not defunct. They are still active. Some of their members are active on the wiki. -Certified=Insane^☭ 20:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't think Havercroft Survivors should have been zapped either, since I'm currently sharing a safehouse with half a dozen of them. But hey, if they come around and want their pages back, they can make a request on M/U. If not, the pages should go. -- Atticus Rex ^{mfu pif} Δ 21:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

we have a page for this shit.--Gage 21:34, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Exempting Group Pages

I think that Group Pages should be exempt from being speedy deleted unless they are being put up by the users who actually maintain the page. Speedydelete is just too quick, and those who don't often edit their pages are just the ones that wont know how to find the undeletions page.

They should be sent to be voted on in the deletions page, and the deletions template placed on them, at least then those who are active in-game, but not on the wiki, have a good chance of being stopped from being deleted by wiki users who know they're still playing -- boxy ^{T L PA DA} 06:55, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

This is the perfect kind of things to take to M/PD--you can get other users to hash out the idea then bring it to a vote. Ain't bureaucracy grand? Personally, if you're talking about crit twelve, I think that the conditions are plenty narrow that if the group is still active anywhere at all they won't meet it. But then again, AH managed to get made historical even though they're still running around kicking Zack's ass, so who knows?--'STER-Talk-Mod^P! 16:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I hate to disagree with you, 'STER, but in the past week I've seen several active groups get their pages deleted under Crit 12; some were undeleted when members noticed and objected, some haven't been undeleted yet. One example was the Malton Marshals, who will never show up on the stats page because their members' profiles all read Malton Police Department. I'm surprised they didn't s/d MFU too, for the same reasons. There are a lot of people who play the game and maybe run a forum or whatever to coordinate their small group, but don't spend much time on the wiki for whatever reason.

You've got a good idea, Boxy. Start a policy discussion and let's gabble it out. -- Atticus Rex ^{mfu pif} Δ 18:04, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

This isn't a good idea. Group pages would never be deleted.--Gage 23:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I've done as suggested, here, and moved the above discussion to the talk page -- boxy ^{T L PA DA} 05:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Delete Policy Change

To include Copyright Violations as part of Criterion, so that large numbers of acrued images can be deleted if violation so aplies.

For Conndraka^{mod TDHPD CFT} 06:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

For - I was just thinking about this the other day.--Toejam 10:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

This is what policy discussion is for. Please move this there. –Xoid ^M•T•FU! 10:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Humble Request from the Black Bloc

I was very suprised that no one contacted me before taking liberties with my page. Our Group is very active within the M@F and most of our operational updates are on their wiki page. Still, the Black Blocs talk page had been reciently edited by me, and so i am quite perplexed as to why I wasn't contacted and why you guys just go off and delete my work assuming we are inactive, but without contacting us to see if we were here...If you have the deleated material, please put it back or i will report you for vandalism--Lorosidiotas 23:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletions are moderator only actions, they go to M/M if anything awry was committed. Regardless, have you read criterion 12? Your misconduct case will be thrown out before it even begins. Go to M/U to request undeletion of your page. –Xoid ^M•T•FU! 23:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

7th Fallschirmj�ger Div

This page [[7th Fallschirmj%E4ger Div]] has gone through speed deletion twice now, but it's still there. Ive been watching it through Special:Uncategorizedpages and as far as I can tell its some form of mutant redirect that won't delete does anyone know whats going on here. Vantar 03:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm assuming that the wiki doesn't like the use of the ä in the title 7th Fallschirmjäger Div -- boxy ^{T L ZS Nuts2U DA} 08:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

There are currently 3 pages with this problem, [[7th Fallschirmj%E4ger Div]],[[Fant%F4me Tequila De Serpents]], and [[1]]. I noticed the last one contains a "//" so I think that possibly this bug is responsible for these pages and possible a rather fixable issue. Vantar 22:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion consideration of Tynte Mall Union

Hello, I'm Swordbeast of the TMU.

I just noticed that our Wiki-entry is considered for speedy deletion. Please don't, we're still here. We haven't had a lot of activity lately but we're not yet gone.

Should that deletion request have another reason, please let us know so we can clear up the situation.

Thanks and regard Swordbeast--—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Swordbeast (talk • contribs) at 17:25, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

I have removed it from the queue.--Gage 17:42, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Sir.

Best regards

Swordbeast—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Swordbeast (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.

If you want to ensure that it stays on the wiki in the future, just pop by every so often and update something on the page (you don't even have to change anything, just edit and save). Group pages that havn't been edited for a month or more are often deleted -- boxy ^{T L ZS Nuts2U DA} 06:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Zombie Inc stay of execution request

I think the page is funny and still has value. The group is long defuct, and I only know of 3 players still active in any respect. Still, speedy deletion is a sad fate. Perhaps a bid for Historical Status? I did not want to nominate it myself, but if someone from the deletion team would do so I'd appreciate it greatly. If it gets a fair trial there, and still doesn't make it then delete away with my blessing. bbrraaiinnss 1450, 15 Feb. 2007 (GMT)

I've rejected the speedy deletion request, on the grounds of it being still valuable. I'd say you should put them up for historical.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 17:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Crit 12 or Crit 7?

Ive been wondering about what deletion queue to use for groups that have disbanded and either wiped their page or replaced it with a message about their disbandedment. Do these pages fall under Crit 7 or Crit 12, and if it is a Crit 12 do we have to wait the month for the page to fall under the unedited timespan of the Crit 12 ruling or can it be label for a crit 12 speedy delete right away? Vantar 20:45, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

The way I've been interpreting it, if a group page falls under any of the other criterion, I do them straight off (without the wait), especially wiped by author pages, which fall under Crit 1. If there's simply a message saying the group has disbanded without affecting the page content, or specifically saying "delete this", then that's not really a (crit 7) deletion request in itself, so I figure we've got to wait until they qualify for Crit 12 -- boxy ^{T L ZS Nuts2U DA} 03:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

My User Page

Now that I have returned to UD, could you see if you can undelete my user page? I understand if the database has been purged since then, but just wondering. I left in August '06. --V2Blast ^T•P!•C 19:12, 16 April 2007 (BST)

The prober place to request this sort of thing is in Undeletions--Vista 19:49, 16 April 2007 (BST)

Unused Files

Does anybody here know if there is any criteria or policy for deleting unused files on the wiki?--Jason Muir 21:55, 23 April 2007 (BST)

Yes it can be found at UDWiki:Administration/Deletions#Unused Images- Vantar 22:25, 23 April 2007 (BST)

Ok, Thanks!--Jason Muir 03:20, 25 April 2007 (BST)

Bin Laden's Daughter Page

(Deleted under Crit. 2)

What you just deleted, I do not know. Actually the ORIGINAL page, which was deleted before I was aware of this Very Speedy policy, was for a band that actually has characters in Malton and is associated with my group, the Night Ravers. Yes, there were links to their outside work, but it was not off-topic. I am guessing the original page's code is unrecoverable if I can find no recourse in Undeletions? -- Bette Noir (12 June 2007)

I'll undelete it for you then. The last edit was a bit of spam from an adbot after it had been deleted earlier as a defunct group. Make sure to edit your page regularly to avoid deletion -- boxy ^{T L ZS Nuts2U DA} 03:43, 13 June 2007 (BST)

D.A.R.I.S,

These guys have been vandalizing the D.A.R.I.S. page for a while so they're trying to be clever and get around it by creating this. I have no idea what the official problem is, only that it's rather blatant and unfunny faggotry.--Insomniac By Choice 15:43, 10 August 2007 (BST) (Sorry did you say "No official problem" ...so then whats the problem take your ban hammer out of your ass)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Annun (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.

The problem is that you guys are being asshats because you're precious mall was taken down, with DARIS just happening to be there helping.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 15:49, 10 August 2007 (BST)

It needs deleted again.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 15:51, 10 August 2007 (BST)

Don't bother 'bout them. They're n00bs. They'll even make suggestions to ban PKers, for god's sake! --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 15:55, 10 August 2007 (BST)

Annun would like to say "While I do greave the loss of Stickling mall, don't you think my problem might be the whole, "Stay out of shearbank or die thing?" Or did that slip your mind? but he has been ban hammered for "no official reason"--Slift 16:09, 10 August 2007 (BST)

He was **not** banned for no official reasons. He was constantly vandalising a group page in this wiki. As much as he might dislike any group in here and disagree with their tactics, this doesnt give him right to vandalize their pages. He will be back in 20h, and i hope he learnt his lesson by them --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 18:29, 10 August 2007 (BST)

Personally, I think that the DARIS page should be rolled back and protected. He can make a "DARIS (2007)" page if he wants, but I happen to know that this isn't the "true" DARIS back; it's some guy who may or may not have been a goon trying to capitalize on their name and what it represents. There are no threads on SA about this, so it's not the DARIS we all know and love. This would be like me making a group called "The Gingerbread Men." There is precedent in the wiki for this - even from the old DARIS core - with the Council of Leaders pages.--Jorm 19:55, 10 August 2007 (BST)

DARIS is historical and protected already, this is D.A.R.I.S The preceding signed comment was added by boxy (talk • contribs) at 01:56 11 August 2007 (BST)

Cirt 13

Can there be one for a page that contains information that has been taken from a group without authorization? --Great Lord P4X639, MFD 02:16, 22 August 2007 (BST)

That would be kinda pointless as it only takes one keep vote for it to have go to Deletion and by the fact that someone posted in the first place shows that at least one person would vote keep but if you really want one go for it other wise just go through Deletion- Vantar 02:37, 22 August 2007 (BST)

Crit 3 and 9s

No bitching from the peanut gallery? Damn, you'd think they'd at least throw in a token "WTF?" just to make their whininess less obviously a double standard. --HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS 02:20, 25 October 2008 (BST)

Or maybe I only care about DDR and AHLG - ones that I use and that others use. I couldn't care less about mine or Jed's. Or maybe even because this snuck through so damn quickly no one was given a chance to comment?--Nallan (Talk) 02:25, 25 October 2008 (BST)

While DDR may have been abbreviated much it's not used as a redirect much. Same with AHLG, Gnome had more links than both of them, and it only have about 6-7.--Karek^maps?! 04:15, 25 October 2008 (BST)

Like I've said, it's not just about how many pages link to it, it's about the usage in the search bar, which I use daily.--Nallan (Talk) 04:17, 25 October 2008 (BST)

So convince DDR to put the letters in his sig. It'll get you to him about as fast. Or not. . . But, it's not hard to remember the nick, you've known it longer than I have.--Karek^maps?! 04:20, 25 October 2008 (BST)