Template talk:Proposed deletion

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Prodding of drafts

I swear, literally every time I monitor CAT:PROD, there's at least one draft in there. Often several. Is there a better way to get people to stop uisng it on drafts? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:31, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wrap the relevant template in {{Namespace detect}} and display appropriate text for different namespaces? – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:40, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the option for "get editors to stop ignoring giant red warning text"? Like seriously, how the fuck do you not notice that? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Banner blindness is real. You can't change humans. You can only work around them. We could also recruit a bot to automatically remove prod templates in namespaces where they don't belong. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:32, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if it would make sense for SD0001 to add this to their bot's PROD-related tasks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:40, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a way for bots to auto-revert prods placed on non-articles, then I'm all for it. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My sense is that more than half (but not all!) of prodded drafts are due to new users deciding to delete their own draft, and accidentally getting the wrong deletion process. These can normally be replaced by {{db-blanked}}, but it's hard to do by bot – working out whether the author is the only substantial contributor is something that bots are not good at doing. Automatically removing the prod template would be wrong in these cases, though. --ais523 12:29, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 5 November 2022

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My Wikipedia page, Zorba Paster, has an old photo which I would like removed. I would like to have 2 new photos with the Dalai Lama placed on this page.

A. Please delete the old photo. B. Please tell me how to upload 2 new photos, one taken just the other day.

Thanks you

Zorba Paster (Redacted) Zpaster (talk) 18:44, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template {{Proposed deletion}}. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. Dr. Paster, that would be at Talk:Zorba Paster. Welcome to Wikipedia! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 22:46, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion

I may be jumping the gun, but looking at the polling, it's very likely Carter will no longer be an MP come the results of the upcoming general election. I've decided to nominate the article for deletion because there is essentially no information about his life, and he will (almost certainly) cease to be a public figure very shortly. Ellwat (talk) 18:24, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 26 November 2024

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Description of suggested change: I wrote Hmong New Year article, and would like it to be independent and have its own page on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it was merged with the "Hmong Customs and Culture" page. There, I do not agree and I am not happy at all. The difference between the two is that Hmong New Year is an article that specifically talks about Hmong New Year for many centuries, since His Dynasty to this day, nothing to do with Hmong Customs. While the article "Hmong customs and culture" is more of a summary article of Hmong customs and general culture. The detail and purpose of the two are different. It is like if we talk about "food" hamburgers and cheeseburgers. These are from the food family, why are they not merged? The same thing for "Spaghetti" and "Noodles", it's my same thing. Why do they each have their own independent page. Why don't you put them both on one page? Why are you merging my Hmong New Year article with the other one? Give me an explanation for this non-acceptance? Hmong New Year doesn't make sense to you? It doesn't have any notability like yours "New Year"? If so, you are pointing the finger that there is a problem of discrimination and race between us. That's why you have no consideration for my culture and my religion as well as my new year like everyone else. Explain to me? Diff:

NruasPaoYPP (talk) 19:14, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done This is the wrong venue. Try WP:AFCHD instead. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:01, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]