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Please can I see the deleted article List of missing people from Nepal. Davidgoodheart (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 13:53, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted articles Domonique Ramirez and Gordon Campbell (journalist). Davidgoodheart (talk) 05:02, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Domonique Ramirez and Gordon Campbell (journalist). ✗plicit 14:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted articles Bennett Taylor, Daisy Taylor, and Peter Taylor (composer). Davidgoodheart (talk) 19:58, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Daisy Taylor and Peter Taylor (composer). Bennett Taylor was just a redirect to Prey (2022 film)#Cast. ✗plicit 12:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please can I see the deleted article Gold (2015 film). Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 11:57, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please can I see the deleted articles Women's Extreme Wrestling and ACW American Joshi Championship. Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Women's Extreme Wrestling and ACW American Joshi Championship. ✗plicit 01:31, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please can I see the deleted articles Cindy Rogers, Anarchy Championship Wrestling, and Gottlieb Fluhmann. Davidgoodheart (talk) 19:24, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Cindy Rogers, Anarchy Championship Wrestling, Gottlieb Fluhmann. ✗plicit 12:07, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted articles Warworld (Transformers) and Sky Lynx. Davidgoodheart (talk) 06:58, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Warworld (Transformers) and Sky Lynx. ✗plicit 10:56, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted articles Kimberly Anthony and Bludgeon (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:49, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Kimberly Anthony and Bludgeon (Transformers). ✗plicit 00:18, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted articles Primus (Transformers), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toy line), and Transformers: Universe. Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:48, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Primus (Transformers), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toy line), and Transformers: Universe. ✗plicit 01:16, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted article Clicktag. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:08, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 01:27, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the re-derected Wreck-Gar article. Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:34, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: This one was actually a bad deletion, so I have restored the page history. ✗plicit 00:30, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the re-directed articles Omega Supreme and Shockwave (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:46, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Shockwave (Transformers). Omega Supreme has no deleted revisions, so they are all accessible in the history tab. ✗plicit 00:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please can I see the deleted article Windcharger. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:58, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 02:06, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the re-directed article Sludge (Transformers). Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:34, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Here it is. ✗plicit 00:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted and redirected articles the List of Transformers supporting characters, Ruckus, and Dinobots. Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:24, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: List of Transformers supporting characters and Ruckus (Transformers). The deleted page history of Dinobots was merged into Draft:Dinobots. ✗plicit 01:10, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I please see the deleted and re-directed articles Thunderwing, Vector Sigma, Pretenders (Transformers), and Matrix of Leadership. Davidgoodheart (talk) 17:24, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidgoodheart: Thunderwing, Vector Sigma, Pretenders (Transformers), and Matrix of Leadership. ✗plicit 00:37, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit, may I re-create a new draft for Winston Utomo which was deleted by you based on soft deletion several months ago? And will you help to review the draft then and can released as a page?? Rachael Adrino (talk) 05:52, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rachael Adrino: Hi, you are free to recreate the article. You should make sure address the concerns brought up at the deletion discussion to avoid getting the new version nominated for deletion as well. If you would like to submit your draft for review, simply add {{AfC submission}} atop of your sandbox. ✗plicit 10:02, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Explicit. Draft:Winston Utomo has created. Now after adding {{AfC submission}} atop the draft, may I ask for speedy review or quick submission for this draft (since normal review can take a long time)?? Rachael Adrino (talk) 03:21, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good ${time zone appropriate greeting},

Commons requires a local license tag in addition to a US tag. However, users are prone to transfer images which lack the proper copyright tag in their home nation. I found quite a few in the latest batch, but just one is here: File:Leg before wicket.jpg. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 23:55, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Magog the Ogre: Hi, as the the author does not appear to be known, I've added {{PD-UK-unknown}}. I'll double check the others in a bit. ✗plicit 00:30, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's just one case. There were probably 20 others that got transferred today without a proper home license. One is a copyright violation on Commons (c:File:Le chant du Rossignol, Tamara Karsavina with dancers. Costume designs by Henri Matisse, 1920.jpg). Magog the Ogre (t • c) 00:55, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FYI I wrote a bot many years ago that creates a page I use to help me evaluate side by side: toolforge:magog/commons_images.htm. If you're interested, I can show you how to install a script that allows deletion by AJAX. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 00:58, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Magog the Ogre: Sure. I was aware of the script existing, but never looked into it. ✗plicit 01:28, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I saw you deleted this file when the attached article (Dragon Dance (novel)) was BLAR back in August. I've contested the BLAR, so do you mind restoring the file? Thanks! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:13, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ARandomName123:  Done, file restored. ✗plicit 05:18, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit. What's the best way, in your opinion, to deal with all of these? The uploader hasn't edited since August 2024 and no longer seems to be active; so, it's unlikely they're going to respond to my post. I could prod all twenty one files individually (I already prodded three last week), but that might not be the most efficient way to deal with them. An FFD discussion might, on one hand, save a bit of effort, but it doesn't really save time since it will run for at least as many days as prodding the files would take before they're deleted; moreover, there doesn't seem to be much to discuss since the way the files are being used seems clearly not to be in accordance with relevant policy. Tagging them with {{di-disputed non-free use rationale}} also doesn't really save any time. Just removing them from all the articles does speed things up a few days, but not sure if that's the best thing to do. Is there perhaps another option for a case like this that I might be missing? -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:53, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: Hi, I'm afraid there's no way to expedite the deletion of these files that clearly violates NFCC policy, so it's up to you how to deal with them. I've always felt that {{di-disputed non-free use rationale}} is the best way to go. PRODs are easy to contest and then it forces the files to be listed at FFD, which just doubles the tagging effort. Using WP:AWB can speed up the tagging process if you are familiar in using it. ✗plicit 06:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look. I guess "db-disputed non-free use rationale" is the best way to go in this case. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:14, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you please undelete this. It's on Commons at the moment, but it shouldn't be, as it's outside Commons:COM:FOP in the USA. @MrKeefeJohn: Andy Dingley (talk) 00:04, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Andy Dingley:  Done. I had unchecked that file for deletion to look into it more, but refreshed the page and I guess I didn't uncheck it again. ✗plicit 00:07, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Pppery § Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 January 16#File:4HTexas.png. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit. Perhaps you can offer some advice on what to do here since you're one of the more active admins at FFD? -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:34, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: Hi, I just went ahead and adjusted the license and closed the related discussion on Commons. FFD has become plagued with overzealous nominations and Fastily was really the only one who continued to take them head-on, which is why it has become so backlogged after his departure. ✗plicit 11:51, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:39, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As a followup to your close of the RfD, I had made a request for another deletion at Talk:South Yemen#"South Arabian Republic" listed at Redirects for discussion. Jay 💬 14:32, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jay:  Done. ✗plicit 14:35, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please provide explanation about your mass revert of my articles' afqd nominations about Ligier European Series seasons which obviously have on any WP:Notability and based exclusively on primary sources as one as subject's press releases? 83.142.111.82 (talk) 15:08, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit. Would you mind taking a look at File:UTL video episode.png and check whether it's the same as c:File:UTL video episode.png, which was uploaded by the same user but deleted from Commons a few hours before the local file was uploaded. My guess (based on c:User talk:HoodedBeast09#File:UTL video episode.png) is that it is, and the uploader also seems to be claiming to be the copyright holder of the screenshot. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:52, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: Hi, it is the same screenshot, so I went ahead and deleted it as a copyright violation. ✗plicit 00:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:13, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am new to Wikipedia, and am interested in exploring whether the page about Johnny Contardo could be restored so that it can be updated. It was deleted (soft deletion) two years ago. Mr. Contardo is interested in updating it, as he is still active. Is this possible? H2karen (talk) 21:13, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@H2karen: Done – as a contested soft deletion, the article has been restored upon request. ✗plicit 01:10, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! H2karen (talk) 15:24, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit. What template should be added to the talk page of an article soft-deleted via AfD that is subsequently restored? {{Old prod}} or {{Old XfD multi}}? Just curious. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:44, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: Hi, the latter should be used with the result parameter noting a soft deletion result, like |result='''soft delete'''. ✗plicit 04:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clarifying. So, for example, in a case like Johnny Contardo, adding a "Old XfD multi" template to the article's talk page as you've described above would be OK, right? Is there any parameter like the |con= (and other con-related parameters) found in the "Old prod" template that can be used to show the article was "deprodded" (i.e. who, when and why) in the "Old XfD" template? -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:03, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: Yup, it can be used in the case of Johnny Contardo. {{Old XfD multi}} does not support such parameters. ✗plicit 15:17, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You deleted this as the creation of a banned user. Can you confirm that it lacked substantial contributions from other editors? Srnec (talk) 15:07, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Srnec: I checked again and there were no substantial contributions from others. Two editors removed duplicate template arguments, two others resolved links to disambiguation pages, one removed "Hundreds of thousands enslaved" and "Tens of thousands killed" from the |result= parameter in the infobox, one fixed lint errors, and Citation bot made its round. ✗plicit 15:17, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit, can you revisit your G5 decline? I think something was off in the process there. Check out the page history. The sockpuppet recreated the page on 2/19 after it had been deleted (diff). In declining a G6, BusterD temporarily undeleted the previously deleted revisions to enable a comparison that proved it was a sock recreation. I think he planned to re-delete them but perhaps had not gotten to it yet. But the page logs should show it was deleted and recreated and thus eligible for G5. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 04:04, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Explicit, I would like if you could undelete and reopen this discussion as I was in the process of delivering the in-depth coverage I uncovered only for me to see that it has already been deleted. I also think it should have been relisted since the !votes did not carry any policy-based weight. I, as a matter of fact, have seen why this periodical is notable and am going to establish that. Looking forward to hearing what you think. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 12:37, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]