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My Malcolm Guite entry that you wanted reference for his pipe smoking

You deleted the paragraph I put in and I didn't save a copy. The reference you require is a YouTube video of his where he reads his pipe smoking section of one of his published books and of course you can see all of his pipes on display as well in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui6fq8pR_sM Murraynews (talk) 19:11, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Murraynews: I reverted your addition because it appeared to be controversial material about a living person and it was certainly given undue weight in the article's lead section. A detail like that should probably be in the section "Poetry and persona", and must include an inline citation to a reliable source. Additionally, a statement such as Many poets and writers that he identifies... must include an independent source (i.e., not affiliated with or commissioned by the subject) stating that this is, in fact, a commonly-held opinion.

And as a general note, old revisions of a page can be accessed by clicking "View history" at the top of the page, so there's no need to worry about your work being lost. ^Complex/_Rational 20:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A3 speedy

A3 speedy is for "a rephrasing of the title" as well, not just for no content. If the title is "St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)" and the full text is "St. Mary's Cemetery is a cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States." then it is a 100% A3 candidate, and I don't get why you removed this. Fram (talk) 14:33, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I posted to your talk page, but I'll respond here to keep the thread intact. I agree that this is not substantial content by any means, but I would say there's enough context and infobox data to be considered a stub, and a non-empty infobox (even without additional contextualization) rules out deletion under A3. The criterion states However, a very short article may be a valid stub if it has context, in which case it is not eligible for deletion under this criterion. Similarly, this criterion does not cover a page having only an infobox, unless its contents also meet another speedy deletion criterion. As I wrote on your page, though, I am not prejudiced against PROD/AfD if notability is in doubt. ^Complex/_Rational 14:42, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete my account

Please Gladcape2013 (talk) 22:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gladcape2013: Unfortunately, it is not possible to delete accounts, as attribution is required for your contributions, even though you have only made very few of them. If you wish for your user page to be deleted, please tag it for WP:CSD#U1, and I or another admin will handle that shortly. ^Complex/_Rational 02:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thx Gladcape2013 (talk) 21:36, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Working Man's Barnstar

This award is given in recognition to ComplexRational for accumulating at least 10 points during the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:33, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I hope to do more reviews next time around. ^Complex/_Rational 23:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A racecar for you!

	A racecar for you!
	Great to meet you at WCNA this weekend – and now I'm extra stoked for NYC next year! :) Hope you had a good conference experience and till next WCNA, see you around the wikis! Accedie^{talk to me} 18:58, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Accedie: It was nice meeting you as well, and the conference was well worth it. Looking forward to next time! ^Complex/_Rational 21:21, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About Tzortz Mpalntok

The reason I suggested deleting the redirect is gibberish. This user, due to his nationalistic pov, transcribes Greek names in this way in several articles. However, there is not a single source that supports this way of writing You can check his point of view here here and here 77.49.102.48 (talk) 17:45, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even WP:CSD#G1 is inapplicable if there is any way the content can be reasonably understood, so I would have declined then as well, but merely for being out of scope of the speedy deletion criteria. However, I have no prejudice against a nomination at redirects for discussion; I suggest you bring concerns about neutrality and verifiability to a discussion there. ^Complex/_Rational 18:50, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

o.k.! Thank you 77.49.102.48 (talk) 01:17, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletion review for Dara Greaney

I have asked for a deletion review of Dara Greaney. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Dgreaney (talk) 21:58, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for Draft:Shuying Li

2600:1010:A13E:2DE2:D41D:BDA8:D765:C404 has asked for a deletion review of Draft:Shuying Li. Because you speedily deleted the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Cryptic 19:31, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Access to Content of deleted edits

There are 4 deletions on the page of Banu Qurayza, all of which correspond to major edits. The reasons listed on the deletions is that they violate copywrite. The page itself is implicated in an ANI outcome (Incident archive 1159: Kaalakaa on Islam-related topics) where a consensus of uninvolved found that the user @Kaalakaa maintained a collection of NPOV abused pages on Islam related topics, including this page.

I would like to request a copy of the deleted content (3 most recent deletions), all of which were found violating RD1: Copywrite. I would like to salvage the knowledge and assess if portions of it remain relevant. If so, remedy it of its violation to be reintroduced, as long as its citations are of acceptable standard.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Bro The Man (talk) 08:51, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bro The Man: I cannot provide or reinstate content that was deleted as copyright infringement. Additionally, the additions of infringing content were immediately reverted, so they had no long-term impact on the overall accuracy and neutrality.

The deletion log entries include some of the sources from which material was copied, though, and you are free to assess the original sources for relevance and write fresh content in your own words. However, I am not familiar enough with the subject matter to point you to the best available sources. I see that you also started a thread on the article's talk page and I hope that you find assistance there. Thanks, ^Complex/_Rational 16:33, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So it was just blocks of copy-pastes? If that's so, then that's useless, lmao. Please, let me know if i understood you correctly. Bro The Man (talk) 18:27, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't checked it thoroughly, but in general, copyright infringement refers to improper verbatim copy-and-paste or close paraphrasing. So yes, you'll find essentially the same material in the original sources as you would in the deleted version. ^Complex/_Rational 19:59, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]