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February 2006

Wikipedia:Projects of Wikimedia

(Deleted. -- Netoholic @ 21:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Encyclopædia Dramatica

(Deleted. -- Netoholic @ 21:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Keep. Whether it is a core article or not has nothing to do with whether it should be deleted. Having extra articles is not a bad thing. It isn't as if someone is going to get lost in the extra articles and not be able to find the information they want (the categories of which are prominently displayed on the main page). If someone wants to use their time on something that *you* think is a waste, let them, that's their right. I agree that this article is a very short stub, and a complicated (not simple) one. Neither one of those things is enough to make an article a candidate for deletion in my opinion (since each is something fixable), and whether or not this is a relevant article is immaterial. If it gets deleted, it won't bother me too much, but I don't think it deserves to be axed, just because it isn't one of the "top 1000." --Cromwellt|talk 20:42, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I agree (certainly as far as categories are concerned) that having many very specific categories and very few general ones would give readers an unbalanced view. However, I think that as long as we have a good variety which includes many general categories (and this goes for articles, too; I'm talking about a much smaller ratio than 1000:1, like maybe 5:1 or 10:1), that websites and Nintendo are good and even useful categories to have, as long as we have content to go in them (which is always available from English Wikipedia for simplification). We're pretty much on the same page (so to speak) on this one, Freshstart. --Cromwellt|talk 23:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was using the cats out of laziness, which was probably a bad idea. My main point is that the articles gorilla, bonobo, orangutan, gibbon, marmoset, tamarin, lemur, ape, great ape, lesser ape, and even opposable thumb, for goodness' sake, etc. don't exist (and primate was created only '01:41, 8 February 2006', and chimpanzee is only about one day older--'03:51, 7 February 2006'), yet Game Boys, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, Game Boy Micro, and Nintendo DS, DO, and have for a long time. To me the balance of articles is WAY off. Freshstart 09:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There's no harm in it, someone might need it someday. I think we do need some sort of project to help improve our 'core' articles though. Archer7 17:10, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Simple English Dictionary

(Kept. -- Netoholic @ 21:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Comment: I see this also as (if really necessary) a future section on SEWikt or perhaps an identification on each entry there. That way we follow precedent and logic, avoiding the inclusion here of dictionary entries, part of what wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not last time I checked. As the talk page for that article shows, there is far from a concensus on changing the policy which excludes dictionary entries, so until there is it should stay that way. I admit there has been some support for the idea of including articles on words with simple explanations, but these comments did not take into account the existence of SEWikt as a useful entity because at the time of the comments it was not. --Cromwellt|talk 23:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When it is a viable alternative for Simple Wikipedia editors to use for as much info about BE, VOA-E, etc. exists, I will gladly reconsider my vote. I generally support avoiding duplication, but I am not big on avoiding 'future, potential' duplication. Freshstart 09:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Funny you should mention that, Blockinblox. I thought the same way, so I created a page with just that information, even before I put it up for deletion. Unfortunately, I can't find it now, which means either it was deleted as worthless or I forgot to save before I got off the computer (sometimes my internet is unreliable). I hope that means that your vote changes to a plain old "delete" once one of us does that. --Cromwellt|talk 03:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Besiktas JK

(Kept. -- Netoholic @ 21:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]

March 2006

Babylonia
Why do you think it might be a copyvio? Blockinblox 17:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There's an omitted comment in there. It's copied from the Catholic Bible or something. The text doesn't even make much sense. Archer7 21:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Caterpillar Tractor Company

(Deleted. Archer7 16:58, 28 March 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Jaws-Project

(Deleted by Netoholic. Archer7 08:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Actually, if it's not self-promotion, it's copyvio[3][4]. Freshstart 04:26, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unibond Premier

(Deleted by Netoholic. Archer7 08:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

April 2006

World news
This page is rarely updated, and reflects a focus away from core articles and towards current events/pop culture. The main wikis handle this already, Simple English doesn't need to. -- Netoholic @ 20:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There isn't, but we could link to EN Wikinews. Archer7 14:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Is anyone going to work on a Simple Wikinews, if no-one has ever shown any interest here? I've changed my mind about linking to Wikinews, I think it might actually be best just to delete. Archer7 13:25, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It seems useless, since the focus here is to make an encyclopedia which could be easily translated into different languages. --User:LBMixPro<talk|to|me> 21:31, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - "World News" is needless in this wiki(because there are Original version and Original version Wikinews). so have to delete this page. -- Korean alpha for knowledge 13:59, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Type I Degenrative Super AIDS
NN band--7 hits, no allmusic.com listing, Internet-only distribution. Doesn't meet EN's WP:MUSIC criteria. Freshstart 17:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Category:economy
Redundant with Category:economics Freshstart 00:18, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
History of the United States
Changing to straight delete because US doesn't link to it, and US Hist appears sufficiently covered in the main article, with some room for growth there if it isn't. Freshstart 03:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, US covers it quite well. Any further votes or comments? Archer7 13:48, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well if the United States article already covers it, we can delete, and if that section grows, we can split it off to recreate this page. I'm with you on that. --Cromwellt|talk 21:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Centennial Senior Public School

(Speedily deleted - obvious testing. Archer7 15:05, 6 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

This school doesn't seem notable enough for this wiki. The article has not even stated where it is located and focuses on vanity-related aspects. It seems to me doubtful that it would have an article on the English Wikipedia, but I definitely don't think Simple English needs it. --Keitei 03:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Everybody Loves Raymond

(Kept, no comments for over 1 month. Archer7 15:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of modern weapons

(Deleted. Archer7 22:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Don't only registered users have the right to vote here? Archer7 17:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I know, unregistered users can comment and can nominate pages for deletion, but cannot vote (or their votes are not counted). Nominations by unregistered users are not counted as votes (and should not be considered when deciding consensus). --Cromwellt|talk 22:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. That is a good point. I hadn't thought of that. I still think it is somewhat useful, but I'm changing my vote. Thanks, Archer7! --Cromwellt|talk 23:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What have you

(Deleted. Archer7 16:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Delete as little used, unverifiable, and nonsensical neologism. Can't find anything on Wikipedia or even Google.--TBCΦtalk? 21:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, though if it doesn't merit an article in the regular Wikipedia, does it merit an article in Simple English Wikipedia? --TBCΦtalk? 22:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hannibal

(Kept. Archer7 16:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

This article seems to be an exact copy from the english wikipedia. --LBMixPro<talk|to|me> 19:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 2006

Tara Gilesbie (deleted by Netoholic @ 14
32, 31 May 2006 (UTC))
A whopping 2 hits, one a blog, the other a note on an EN User talk page notifying the user the article there has been deleted for lack of claims of notability. Freshstart 21:14, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Definitely non-notable, per Freshstart. --Cromwellt|talk|contris 03:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per above. -- Blockinblox 15:36, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no evidence of notability--TBCΦtalk? 04:10, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Zergeisterung (Deleted by User:Angela. Archer7 | talk 15
50, 14 May 2006 (UTC))
Sorry to be so direct, but the term does not exist in German. Its made of a prefix (zer- which usually means to take apart, or apart), a middle part geist (Geist has more or less the meaning of Ghost) and -ung which is used to make nouns. I cannot speak for other wps, but from the point of view of this allegedly being german, this is not the case. -- Eptalon 15:58, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Jesus Code (Deleted. Archer7 | talk 15
50, 14 May 2006 (UTC))
This article tries to deduce some hidden messages in the enlgish language version of the bible. This is basically done by assigning numerical values to different letters, then doing some calculation with that, and then again interpreting the result obtained. Apart form being pseudo-scientific at best, we might also run the risk that someone else has already done a similar thing (and can then sue us for copyvio). -- (Request by Eptalon)
Daniel Brandt

Not notable enough for Simple Wikipedia; backstory involved of politics on the main English Wikipedia; and as written it is an attack article or intended mainly to annoy or harass the subject of the article. Let's nip this in the bud right now before the politics on English Wikipedia spill over here. Delete. Dragomiloff 19:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Normanhurst Boys High School

Wikipedia (at least the SE Wikipedia) should not become a general purpose information directory. -- Netoholic @ 14:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia review and Wikitruth
These pages are on en.wiki as a result of admins not following policy there. There is no need for the politics of one project to spill over onto this project. Naconkantari 14:22, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep No valid reason given for deletion. Newb 20:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, Please note that this user has only made three edits, one of which was on this AfD--TBCΦtalk? 14:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep to both. Both of these are important web sites. They are not on the English Wikipedia because a few administrators did the wrong thing. They are on the English Wikipedia because they are important. Wikitruth thinks that Wikipedia should not delete articles using the "Office Actions" policy. Wikipedia Review thinks that there are many things that are wrong with Wikipedia. It is wrong to think that they are just talking about some bad administrators. However, Wikitruth has mentioned at least 2 administrators who they think have been bad. And Wikipedia Review has mentioned 4 or 5 different administrators. These people try to delete these sites for politics. Deleting them is politics. Keeping them is not. 203.122.215.44 16:09, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep to both. There is no reason why these pages warrant a delete. The only politics that seem to be spilling over is from Naconkantari whos also is a admin on en.wiki and no one else here sems to have a issue with them but him. --71.32.15.193 03:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This user (Sgrayban) is also blocked indefinately on the English Wikipedia. Naconkantari 13:21, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please read the last bit I added. It has been talked about in a major news paper just this week, and has had over 10,000 hits per day for the past week, and is being talked about all over the internet. Bigger than Wikitruth. I also strongly disagree with calling a web site run by the Wikipedia cabal as a "critic of Wikipedia". Wikitruth is not a critic of Wikipedia. Wikipedia Review, however, is. 203.122.203.145 12:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. I admit that I don't really understand the issues involved, but I don't think we want to play politics on either side right now. It sounds like those pages are pretty much entirely about English Wikipedia, so whether they are notable or not, I don't think they belong here right now. Maybe that's not very logical, but that's my vote. Feel free to try to change my mind, or to vote the other way: that's your right. --Cromwellt|talk|contris 03:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Agree with the nomination. Don't let the politics of English Wikipedia spill over to this project. Dragomiloff 19:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 2006

Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion
Created by User:Foursrtings, but I can't understand a word of it. I've asked the user to please summarise what he would like us to do for him, but his message claims that he had his head crushed in a plane crash and now only sleeps once every 4-5 days, so I do hold some suspicion that it may be rubbish... Archer7 | talk 12:24, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Rachel Sutherland - deleted by me, User:Archer7.
Non-notable, other than having notable relatives--IMDb has just three minor credits, and almost all google hits are for family members where she is mentioned as an aside. Notability is not inherited--I'm a descendant of the Pulitzer and Newbery prize-winning author en:Esther Forbes, but that doesn't mean I am notable. Freshstart 21:16, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Good point, non-notable Freshstart. :D Just kidding. Whether or not you're notable enough for an article here, you're a notable user and admin, Freshstart! --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 19:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Archer7 | talk 20:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Psy guy 02:36, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Lucas Prata - deleted by me, User:Archer7.
From Freshstart's comment, he argues "has only released one album/isn't on EN and goodness knows if a singer isn't even notable enuf for EN...." -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. While we don't have to eliminate everything that English Wikipedia eliminates, the notability of this person is very limited. Might be worth bringing back if he became very popular, released another album, was mentioned by someone famous, etc., etc. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 20:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I found this page in English wikipedia: Lucas Prata. They deleted this page at least 5 times. I think we may also delete this page. --Bhadani 16:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Archer7 | talk 20:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Psy guy 02:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Elonka Dunin -- Kept. Archer7 | talk
This is a vanity page, written by the subject of the page. --Cromwellt|talk 03:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Useless Comment. Angela couldn't get her article deleted when she tried, apparently. I'd still keep this one though. Archer7 | talk 15:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 2006

Methodical society

I came across this and it seems like it's an excerpt of an interview! Besides, it's unencyclopedic and 100kb long. This should go...-- Tdxiang 09:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Briefly looked at it. We better remove it, might even be a copyvio of sorts. -- Eptalon 14:58, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Down's syndrome

Article is a straight copy from en (50k text). Various missing templates, and images. In my opinion, recreating from scratch would be faster than simplifying. Therefore I think the current copy should go -- Eptalon 20:19, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cut out a great deal. That article needs more simplifying and extending now. not deletion. -- Eptalon 21:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. We just need expansion. Keep.-- Tdxiang 09:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Quick resolution - move to transwiki space and work from there, as I should have done to begin with, as in effect, this is a translation. Triona 10:50, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Forever

Transwiki to SEWikitionary as it is dictionary style.-- Tdxiang 10:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Receipt

Speedy delete as it is unencyclopedic and is dictionary-style.-- Tdxiang 08:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Measure

Speedy delete as it is unencyclopedic and is dictionary-style.-- Tdxiang 08:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Javelin throw

Speedy delete. Unencyclopedic and nonsense. Example:If you hit a lion or a velociraptor with a javelin and didn't kill it, it would probably eat you and your family.-- Tdxiang 07:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan-Afghan Relations

This article, also created by User:82.0.159.73, is non-encyclopedic and appears to present a biased viewpoint. The last section, "THE FOUNDER OF PAKISTAN ON ABOUT PAK-AFGHAN-ISTAN", appears to be an entire quote and seems to be more suited for Wikisource Wikiquote. - Tangotango 16:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan-Afghanistan Border is a Settled Issue

Non-encyclopedic, non-NPOV. - Tangotango 16:01, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Bears

Non-notable band, possible vanity. I vote delete.-- Tdxiang 08:11, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Intellectual property

This article was copied from English Wikipedia and my vote here is delete for this non-core article.-- Tdxiang 07:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost and related

We are WAY too small for this sort of thing to have any real value. I doubt very much that it we will be committed to keeping it updated at all. Even Wikipedia:Announcements hasn't been updated in months. -- Netoholic @ 16:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Instrument of Surrender

To me this looks like the final text that led to the split of east and west pakistan into Pakistan and Bangladesh. The text may have its merit here, though I consider it ill classified (most people would not look for it there). Move (perhaps to 'history of Pakistan/Bangladesh?). And finally, i think it classifies as unsimple. -- Eptalon 09:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mixed

Mixed seems unencyclopedic. More like a dictionary article. I vote delete.-- Tdxiang 10:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Peugeot 605

Is it useful? -- aflm (talk) 01:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fairly non-notable, would take a lot of work to make useful. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 20:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At time to short. Expand or delete. --Nrainer 19:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to exapnd a little. I also added a picture. More should be done. --Bhadani 13:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

I think it was a test. -- aflm (talk) 22:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete -- I think it was a test too. 62.56.116.90 22:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC) (Sorry, that was me. I got logged out. Billz 22:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Keep. This is about a recent movie which people may be interested in. Gives some info, using fairly simple English. Can be improved/extended, but that goes for 90% of our content. Also, I don't have the aversion to modern pop references that Freshstart has. I think this deserves to stay. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 20:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Simple English Dictionary

This is the second time I am placing this renomination here, because it was previously deleted out-of-process by Netoholic. This page was kept amid a mixed reaction four months ago when I nominated it for deletion the first time. I am now renominating it for these five reasons: 1) I have copied all relevant information (including abbreviations, sources, and external links) to Wikipedia:Word list abbreviations, so there is nothing there of value which is not somewhere else more appropriate; 2) it has been four months since the previous nomination for deletion (plenty of time for things to change); 3) the Simple English Wiktionary is well on its way and has taken over the functions of that page; 4) consensus states (see Wikipedia:Simple talk#Project direction and Wikipedia talk:Simple English Wikipedia) that we should link to the Simple English Wiktionary, which basically makes this list obsolete; and 5) the list has not grown or even been modified since 04:29, 23 December 2005 (not counting vandalism or the deletion tag addition and removal), not even during or after the previous discussion here on RfD. If someone who voted keep had started adding to the list, I could understand keeping it in the hopes that it might become useful someday, but since no one has, this shows that the page is not going anywhere, and it is useless in its current form. As mentioned earlier, it has also been superseded by Simple English Wiktionary. It was an idea that was started but never got very far, and then another idea took its place. I think we should put it out of its misery. --Cromwellt|talk|contris 00:31, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: This nomination must go through due process and discussion before a final decision is made. It is inappropriate to delete this nomination request without said due process. Additionally, since Netoholic seems to have a vested interest in keeping this page, I request that another administrator make the final decision on this request, on grounds of a possible conflict of interest. --Cromwellt|talk|contris 00:31, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In other words, redirect.-- Tdxiang 11:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are at least two problems with redirecting: First, the name has absolutely nothing to do with the abbreviations, so a redirect would be misguided in that sense, and would confuse any reader who ran across it. Besides, whether the abbreviations came from there or not, they are not in any way related to that page. Second, the page title is very easily confused with SEWikt. That is a reason not to leave it as it is, but it is also a reason not to redirect to the page on abbreviations, since that will only add to the confusion. If we keep the page at all, it should only be a direct reference to the Simple English Wiktionary (over 700 entries and counting!), with perhaps a note on the talk page regarding the page's short and abortive history as a sub-project here. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 01:24, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't mind tagging it for historical interest so long as there was a link to the new page. Archer7 - talk 12:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Living people

Do we need it? -- aflm (talk) 21:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
At our current volume, all edits should be able to be checked by at least two people, and I think it is important to keep all articles patrolled, not just a subset. Freshstart
The main justification for it from Jimbo was to add extra RC/NP 'patrolling' to living people (IE those who can sue)--"With our ever-increasing prominence, it is becoming more and more likely that questionable, unsourced information may sneak into articles, despite all of our goodwill and vigilance. Flagging all articles pertaining to living people will mean that our editors can keep a closer watch on these articles, check new articles more closely as they are created, and help to avoid potential problems.". I don't think any subset of articles here should merit 'extra' attention. Freshstart 17:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the explanation, Freshstart. Now your comment makes perfect sense. I agree with you that for now all edits should be patrolled (have we thought about implementing RC Patrolled edits?), but I think this category is worthwhile anyway. --Cromwellt|talk 20:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Don't use patrolled edits, RC patrollers can miss things, it's best if edits are checked several times. Archer7 | talk 10:14, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. On the contrary, on Wikipedia, Jimbo is in a similar position to God, and we do have to do everything he says. He is our benevolent dictator, and his word is law. However, since his comment applied to the English Wikipedia as far as I can tell, it doesn't apply here necessarily. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 19:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I believe we have just as much right to disagree with him unless he is in God mode.

Muslim women

Of course, the perception of gender roles in Islamic states is different than the one in non-Islamic states. The perception of what behaviour a women should have insuch societies is certainly interesting. However, as it is now, it does not at all fit this article. Therefore I would opt for a deletion or a moving of the article content elsewhere. Eptalon 19:58, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All Football clubs

September 2006

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Removed the section which advertised a book for sale. Billz (Talk) 21:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Dude

Spam and nonsense, talks about birth of SpongeBob. Delete.-- Tdxiang@ 10:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

426px-DSC 4563mod.jpg

Empty page, with self link. Makes no sense in keeping it, though.-- Tdxiang@ 10:10, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fabo Catoom

A series of hoax articles created by anon ip. Obviously nonsense as evidenced by lines such as "Fabo was voted the world's greatest musician at the age of one". Also nominating:

--TBCΦtalk? 20:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]