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This page is where Wikinewsies discuss whether a page or file should be deleted or undeleted through consensus. See the Deletion Log or the Deletion Archives to see which pages have been deleted or kept.

DELETION
I Read and be familiar with the Deletion Criteria before listing a page here, or debating on a page here.
II Add {{Deletion request}} or {{dr}} to the image, category or article page.
III List the link below using the following template: 
== Date of request ==
=== [[:Page title]] ===
State reason for deletion request and sign with ~~~~.
==== Comments ====

==== Votes ====
IV The listing will remain open for at least seven days while the community discusses the page(s). The period of time starts at the submission of the deletion request on this page.
  • Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by your signature.
  • Note: Votes and comments from single-purpose accounts will be struck and disregarded.
Admins To close a Deletion Request
  • Check the DR has been open for at least SEVEN days.
  • Weigh the arguments for and against deletion.
  • Enclose the DR with:
  1. {{closed-dr-box|result|closing-admin (your username)}} above the page title; and
  2. {{closed-dr-footer}} below the last vote.
  • If the result was to KEEP:
  1. Remove the {{DR}} from the article.
  2. Add {{Multidel}} at top of the talk page with a Diff to the closed DR discussion.
  • If the result was to DELETE:
  1. Delete the article with [[WN:DR|Deletion request]] as the reason.
  2. If the deleted page was a category, image or template, remove those from the pages on which they appear.
UNDELETION
Note If you object to speedy deletion of a page, or wish to overturn a closer deletion request, please list it here. An admin may undelete the page(s) at their discretion for the duration of the vote, so that users may view the page they are voting on.
I List the link below using the following template: 
== Date of request ==
=== [[:Page title]] ===
State reason for undeletion request and sign with ~~~~.
==== Comments ====

==== Votes ====
II The listing will remain open for at least seven days while the community discusses the page(s). The period of time starts at the submission of the deletion request on this page.
  • Please vote using {{keep}} to restore the page, {{remove}} to keep it deleted, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by your signature.
  • Note: Votes and comments from single-purpose accounts will be struck and disregarded.
Admins To close an Undeletion Request
  • Check the UDR has been open for at least SEVEN days.
  • Weigh the arguments for and against undeletion.
  • Enclose the UDR with:
  1. {{closed-dr-box|result|closing-admin (your username)}} above the page title; and
  2. {{closed-dr-footer}} below the last vote.
  • If the result was FOR undeletion:
  1. Undelete the page.
  2. Remove the {{DR}} from the page.
  3. Add {{Multidel}} at top of the talk page with a Diff to the closed UDR discussion.


Deletion requests

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Date of request

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October 17, 2023

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NurMi spam

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All of these articles appear to be largely incoherent (probably machine translated) spam. Omphalographer (talk) 00:50, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks @Omphalographer and @Pitille02. Gryllida (talk) 05:03, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 11, 2023

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825 sxw-files

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The following discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.



There is general consensus to remove the files. Next steps include generating a new, more accurate list of files to be deleted. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 15:56, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As a result of the discussion on Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance#Licenses_on_files_etc. I suggest to delete 825 sxw-files. For all of the files there is a similar pdf-file.

401 of the files can be seen in Category:Print Edition (SXW). The rest of the files can be found on User:MGA73/Sandbox. If concensus is that files can be deleted a better list can be provided.

I have an open bot request on Wikinews:Bots/Requests/MGA73bot and if approved I can make sure all the files end in Category:Print Edition (SXW). I have not marked the files with a {{dr}} but I can do that if required and bot flag is granted. --MGA73 (talk) 14:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

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4 files have been deleted because they were duplicates (misspelled). --MGA73 (talk) 19:00, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Original discussion is now in Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance/archives/2023/August. --MGA73 (talk) 14:23, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Gryllida perhaps you can decide to either keep or delete? If they are to be deleted it can be done with a script (see m:User_talk:EPIC#How_to_mass_delete). --MGA73 (talk) 12:58, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Votes

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I think those are all from the set of duplicates that got speedy-deleted. Heavy Water (talk) 00:00, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there were a few duplicates that were deleted. The sxw-files are now in Category:Print Edition (SXW) but if they need to be in a list it is possible to make a new list without red links. --MGA73 (talk) 05:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page, such as the current discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Next steps

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MGA73, can you generate a new-and-improved list of files that need to be deleted? Once we have an updated and accurate list, we can then request assistance on m:Global sysops/Requests. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 15:56, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Michael.C.Wright The files can be seen in Category:Print Edition (SXW). But before we request deletion I would like to see if I can make a list of pages that should be updated. For example Wikinews:Print edition/April 2006 that list the files for April 2006. --MGA73 (talk) 16:18, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm doing edits like Special:Diff/4805561 to remove links from pdf-files to sxw-files. But some files are protected. So we have 3 options: 1) We ignore the pages, 2) Admins fix the files manually or 3) My bot get admins rights for one day so it can fix the pages. --MGA73 (talk) 16:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I honestly don't see options 2 and 3 happening. We have too few active admin to accomplish it, given that we also have open edit requests for several files in the upgrade project, as well as many other admin-required maintenance tasks that are slowly stacking up.
You could add {{Editprotected}} to the talk page of protected pages with brief instructions and we can move on. Maybe at some point we can engage global sysops in a directed, mass cleanup. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 17:14, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to make a list at my sandbox with files that seems to have the text sxw: Special:Diff/4805647. It is 50+ files.
Some of the files have no information template. That should be added too. I think my old code should be able to do that if files are unprotected or my bot gets admin flag :-)
Can you think of other pages to fix? --MGA73 (talk) 19:19, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikinews:Print edition/day perhaps. --MGA73 (talk) 19:22, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And why those external links at Wikinews:Print edition/May 2005? --MGA73 (talk) 19:26, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 28, 2023

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Category:Women

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Overly broad. There was near-unanimous agreement in 2018 on the talk page this cat is not suitable as-is.

There, Pi stated something, in fact, I've long thought of this cat: "Few articles get added to this category for much the same reason few get added to Category:World: if interpreted in a simplistic way they would be so absurdly inclusive that they would be useless, so the only way there's any point to populating them at all is they're given some narrower interpretation — but the name of the category gives no obvious support to any narrower interpretation, leaving it up to individuals to occasionally put things here as it's not clear what else to do with them."

I see this as an unsuitable sort of union of a few cats: Women's rights, e.g. Arizona bans abortion for genetic abnormalities, the Wikimedia gender gap, e.g. Wikimedian Cindy Ashley-Nelson dies at conference in Berlin, and, as discussed on the talk, some as-yet nonexistent third cat for articles like Qatar appoints four women to its law-drafting Shura Council which don't exactly relate to women's rights but are more "women breaking glass ceilings". I'm unsure what we should call the hypothetical third cat — perhaps "Gender politics" (in the spirit of Category:Gun politics) — but I think it should replace this one. Heavy Water (talk) 04:25, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

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Votes

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Undeletion requests

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Proposed deletions

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 Purge server cache  For reference, it is currently November 24, 2024.

Copyvio

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Delete articles posted before November 23.

Abandoned

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Delete articles posted before November 22.

Minimal and PR

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Delete articles posted before November 21.


Unsourced prepared

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Delete articles posted before November 14

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