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deleted page request

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PLease, be so nice and provide me the last known article (before the deletion) of https://ro.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Szabo if its possible. It's my sons wiki page and there are some important infortmation. Thank you very much Lorant.szabo (talk) 22:59, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Lorant.szabo, unfortunately I cannot retrieve the contents of the deleted page, since I am not an administrator on the Romanian language Wikipedia, only the English language one (en.wikipedia.org). You will have to ask an administrator on that project for assistance. Some useful links that I found:
All the best, Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 23:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the reply. i will try to contact the romanian administrators.
Regards, Lorant.szabo (talk) 11:42, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copy deleted page to draft

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Hello Aiplaneman,

I'm reaching out to you, as a page I've created in my Sandbox got deleted due to conflict of intereses. I'm fresh at Wikipedia, and to be honest, I believed my Sandbox is my "Safe space" to experiment, that's why I created a page of a company, just to see how it would look like.

As far as i understand, I should have done it as a draft - my bad. Could you please help me in saving my effort into an acceptable form?

Thank you!

All my best,

Aldentyzm Aldentyzm (talk) 20:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aldentyzm: I'm confused. It appears you removed the content yourself: Special:Diff/1201783363. Removing content in an edit is distinct from deletion, which removes edits or pages from public view. In this case, the edit has not been removed from public view, so you can still find it in the page history. Cheers, Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 21:15, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

re: deleted page?

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Hello, non-actual-airplane man,

I feel so ridiculous. I put together a page under this account for a local artist. It took me quite some time. Apparently, I got a message months ago that I never saw until I did a search... and now I fear the whole page has been deleted. To be clear, I am not the artist; I am a fan creating one for him (Atomik). If you could help me in resurrecting the page/getting it vetted, I would be so appreciative. My business is: awritingconcierge.com for reference.

Thank you, Allison AdamAtomik (talk) 14:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Allison/AdamAtomik (talk · contribs)! Thanks for writing. Sorry for my late reply. I am less active on Wikipedia these days. I believe you are referring to Draft:Atomik, which was deleted by administrator Jimfbleak (talk · contribs) for being written like an advertisement. You can see the deletion reason in the page log. As you may know, Wikipedia has policies on writing in a neutral tone and guidelines on subject notability. Given the reason for the page's deletion, I am hesitant to restore the text.
The conflict of interest (COI) guidelines probably also apply in this situation. To encourage transparency and objectively-written content, Wikipedia volunteers have come up with the COI guidelines, which include disclosure requirements for individuals writing about individuals or entities that they have a relationship with, particularly if they are being paid to do so. Let me know if you have any questions about that. Regards, Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 21:12, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

happy wikipedia birthday

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I am not an active editing user of this wikipedia, and I don't know why I am here, but these tiny corners of the internet are strangely appealing to me. I hope you are doing well after 16 years on here (that's the number your page told me at least). I was a preschooler or something like that 16 years ago. If all this will still be here for me to visit in another 16 years, I hope to stumble into it again. 84.238.85.237 (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you stick around :). Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 20:59, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

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Requesting the content re-pasted in draft

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Hi,

Recently I put up a draft for publishing and got a review after which it was deleted. Can you please paste it back? Would be really helpful.

Thanks & Regards

Shruti Goel Shrutigoel2018 (talk) 11:54, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Shrutigoel2018:, I believe you are referring to the contributions you made to Draft:HyperVerge. Administrator Jimfbleak (talk · contribs) deleted the page under this criterion for advertising/promotion, so I am uncomfortable undoing Jim's action and restoring the content. It looks like a different account has re-created the draft. Regards, Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 20:58, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've deleted the new version too, which had no text. Recreated by a reasonably experienced editor, rather than an obvious sock, so not sure what has happened there Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:14, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The first version was company-referenced blatant promo, so perhaps Shrutigoel2018 should read WP:Paid anyway Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:18, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

re: thank you for responding!

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Hi, Airplaneman!

I feel happy at least knowing someone out there with far more knowledge of wikipedia than myself can assist. I understand the guidelines; however, I wrote the piece as an admirer of the artist. If that page can't be restored, can I resubmit a new page? It took me a long time to create that content (essentially, just figuring out how the wikipedia platform works) - which is why I'd be forever in someone's debt if it could be restored. If not, please let me know emphatically "no" - and I will proceed with a new page. Thank you! AdamAtomik (talk) 22:34, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A copy of my email reply, minus the deleted content:
Hi Allison,
Sorry again for the delay in my reply. I've removed my name from the list of people you probably found me on, since I am not volunteering anywhere near daily these days.
As for the article draft about Atomik that we've been talking about, I am unsure that Wikipedia volunteers would consider the subject to meet the General Notability Guidelines mentioned here. If you are able to establish the notability (notability as defined by the guidelines) of the subject by including significant coverage in reliable secondary sources, the article is more likely to be kept.
I am still unsure about restoring the article draft as it was deleted, since that would in some ways be a reversal of the previous administrative decision made by administrator User:Jimfbleak, and I don't want to set you up for additional disappointment by restoring content on-wiki that will likely be re-deleted. However, I know writing articles takes a lot of work, and it is tough to see the work removed. I am attaching a copy of the page below in this email.
All the best,
Airplaneman
deleted content not included Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 18:29, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copy of a deleted page

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Hi @Airplaneman,

I'm new to wikipedia and recently I created my first page about my friend's family business and it was an unpaid task. One editor @Jimfbleak got back to me and believe there's a conflict of interst creating this page so he/r suggested I check out the COI related article, revise it and ask him to review before publish. Would you be able to help me retrive the content so I can make it right? Thank you so much.

The page title: ORA Engineering Co. LTD.

~~~~ Dr.springliang (talk) 08:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Copy of previously deleted page

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Hello, would you be able to send me a copy of the page Cojum Dip before its deletion? Although it redirects to Tally Hall since 2023, it used to have some content in 2005 before being deleted shortly after. That page also used to contain Image:WOW.jpg, and I would also appreciate if you can recover this image.

Thank you very much. 57EML (talk) 12:42, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The old revisions of the page are still publicly accessible. You can view them here. You can go to Help:Page history for more information on how to navigate page histories. I'm not sure what Image:WOW.jpg is supposed to refer to, but the file appears to be accessible as well. Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 18:14, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Kindly recover my deleted "Trisen Larsen" Biography Article

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Kindly recover the deleted "Trisen Larsen" Biography Article I posted the article via sandbox, kindly reinstate the article to my "user page" so I can make the necessary edits and changes required by wiki guidelines again via sanbox for review. Tristen Larsen (talk) 15:03, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you are writing about yourself, you will need a huge number of WP:RSs and be notable in the extreme. BTW, this editor hasn't been around for a long time. — Iadmc♫talk  15:13, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In this edit, the editor states that he is a paid representative of Tristen Larsen. Therefore not an autobiography, but a WP:PAID editor. And that brings up an issue with the username (WP:IMPERSONATE). --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:04, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copying deleted page to my user space

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Hello,

I submitted my first contribution and it was deleted today. Can you please copy the article "Professor Rami Qahwaji" to my user space please so I can improve it further as per Wikipedia guidelines? Rsr19721 (talk) 19:54, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Filing note: answered here. Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 18:07, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for making Deadlift semi-protected

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Greetings @Airplaneman, hope you are doing good. This was a long overdue, and thank you very much for taking the initiative to get it done! Would also appreciate if you could consider making Progression of the deadlift world record semi-protected as well. With kind regards, Nir007H (talk) 02:21, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Nir007H, thanks for your note. I don't think there's sufficient disruption in Progression of the deadlift world record for semi-protection to be applied. Page protections require weighing the costs of restricted editing access with the benefits of reducing abuse, and I'm not sure the level of disruption here is worth semi-protection. Roughly, I tend to consider multiple disruptions per week from multiple accounts/IP addresses, among other factors, as grounds for semi-protection. You can always bring this to WP:RFPP if you would like someone else to weigh in though. Best, Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 18:05, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Understood @Airplaneman and I concur with your decision. I was also wondering why you have semi protected Deadlift 'only' for a one month period. Nir007H (talk) 18:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I try to be a bit conservative when applying page protection, with reference to the balancing test I mentioned above. Should the disruption prove to need longer-term protection, the lengths of time can be escalated in subsequent protections. Does that make sense? Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 18:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Airplaneman Yes, that makes sense. If disruptions from multiple accounts/ IP addresses continue after the 25th November, let us please consider lengths of time to be escalated. Let me also add @MrOllie to the loop to keep him informed. He also worked hard to rectify the disruptions. Nir007H (talk) 08:13, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good to me! Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 00:36, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Macintosh Yamaha guitar

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Hello Airplaneman,

I have just a small question. On the Macintosh startup article that you created (many years ago), you said in the "Startup Chime" section that the first generation Power Macintosh computers have a chime that used a Yamaha 12-string guitar played by Stanley Jordan. I've seen a lot of sources saying the 12-string part, but was it actually Yamaha brand? I want to make sure so I can at least put a source here. Please get back to me whenever you can.

Warm regards,

Jibblesnark86 (talk) 17:40, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jibblesnark86, that's a good question. I remember creating the article by merging multiple articles together. If you can't verify the Yamaha part, then it should be removed. Cheers, Airplaneman (talk) ✈ 18:00, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks buddy, let me see if I can at least find some source about the brand and maybe I can source it soon enough. Thank you again for a little boost of help.
Best,
Jibblesnark86 (talk) 18:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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