Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/ddyer

Wikipedian filing request:

• ddyer (talk · contribs)

Other Wikipedians this pertains to:

• USERNAME (talk · contribs)

unknown wiki administrator Wikipedia pages this pertains to:

• ARTICLE (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Boardspace.net (deleted)

Questions:

Have you read the AMA FAQ?

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yes How would you describe the nature of this dispute? (policy violation, content dispute, personal attack, other)

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A page I created was immediately marked "elgible for rapid deletion" by some unknow administrator. I followed the procedure by adding a "holdon" tag and starting a talk page. Despite this, I find the page has been summarily deleted without further conversation or comment.

At the very least, some administrator is being heavy handed. I find it disturbing that all this has happened completely anonymously. I'd like the page to be reinstated and to get on with the normal procedure to discuss if the content is really suitable for the wiki. What methods of Dispute Resolution have you tried so far? If you can, please provide wikilinks so that the Advocate looking over this case can see what you have done.

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none What do you expect to get from Advocacy?

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perhaps reign in some hyperactive administrator.

Discussion:

Hi. I've asked an administrator to look into this, and take a look at the past version of the page. It appears that, at the time of deletion, the page didn't meet numerous polices. The deleting administrator saw it as a violation of wikipedia's spam policy, and I've been told that the page didn't meet the website notability guidelines. You should take a look at those policies and familiaries yourself with them. An article needs to make an assertation of notability in its text. You need to be careful to make sure that the article is encyclopaedic in tone, and that you appropriately cite your additions with reliable and verifiable sources - avoid original resources. I am told that the page had no sources - these are a neccessity, as they preserve wikipedia's integrity. As for the administrator deleting the page hastily after a hangon tag was seen - the time that it is to be left is sujective, and the admin may have decided to delete the page, seeing a lack of activty. I'm sorry for this, but all admin actions are readily reversible by other admins. If you would like to get the deleted version of the text in order to improve it, please feel free to ask me and I'll arrange it. If you do get the previous version, can I ask you not to immediately replace it - this can lead to blocking (of you) and further deletion (of the page). Instead try to improveit in your user-space. Thanks - please feel free to post any questions on my desk.

List of policies:

• WP:SPAM
• WP:WEB
• WP:CITE
• WP:RS
• WP:V
• WP:OR

Thanks Martinp23 22:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Followup:

When the case is finished, please take a minute to fill out the following survey:

Did you find the Advocacy process useful?

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Did your Advocate handle your case in an appropriate manner?

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On a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best), how polite was your Advocate?

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On a scale of 1 to 5, how effective do you feel your Advocate was in solving the problem?

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On a scale of 1 to 5, how effective do you feel the Advocacy process is altogether?

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If there were one thing that you would like to see different in the Advocacy process, what would it be?

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If you were to deal with this dispute again, what would you do differently, if anything?

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AMA Information

Case Status: closed

Advocate Status:

• Martinp23 22:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

• Closed due to inactivity by advocee. Happy to re-open at any time. Martinp23 13:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC)