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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Theresa knott (talk | contribs) at 13:15, 24 April 2003 (can the software be ammended so that repaceing a .jpg with a .png doesn't require an entry on this page?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


Add links to unwanted page titles to the list below so one of the Wikipedia:Administrators can find them and check whether or not they should be deleted. Please review Wikipedia policy on permanent deletion of pages before adding to this page.

Please sign any suggestion for deletion (use four tildes, ~~~~, to sign with your user name and the current date).

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  • page titles of stubs that at least have a decent definition and might in the future become articles. There's no reason to delete those - see Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub
  • pages that need editing - see Wikipedia:Pages needing attention
  • pages that can easily and sensibly be redirected to another page. E.g., a page called Hume can be redirected to David Hume; presidant (a misspelling) can be redirected to president; etc. Even misspellings can be caught by search engines and provide Wikipedia perfectly relevant traffic!
  • pages in the wrong namespace (for example, user pages in the main namespace), can be redirected and should not be deleted if there are still old links to them.
  • subpages in your own user space, use Wikipedia:Personal subpages to be deleted

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  • As a general rule, don't delete pages you nominate for deletion. Let someone else do it.
  • Simply deleting a page does not automatically delete its talk page or any subpages. Please delete these pages first, and then the main page. Also, if you delete a page, remove it from this list as well.
  • If another solution has been found for some of these pages than deletion, leave them listed for a short while, so the original poster can see why it wasn't deleted, and what did happen to it. This will prevent reposting of the same item.

See also:

  • Ryan Lackey - reads like self-advertising. -- Zoe
    • agreed Ping
    • yup -- Tarquin 09:52 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)
    • I think merge with HavenCo and shorten a bit. As one of the few permanent residents of Sealand, he does at least have some interest factor. Oh, I added that he dropped out of MIT - an online allegation previously mysteriously omitted... ;-) Martin 18:08 Apr 20, 2003 (UTC)
    • I don't think you can argue for deletion on grounds of lack-of-importance. The self-promotion aspect can be addressed with editing, not deletion. -- Tim Starling 07:26 Apr 22, 2003 (UTC)
  • HEMANT KUMAR- new user created encyclopedia page rather than user page quercus robur 22:41 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)
    • It's a redirect to his user page. This is acceptable under Wikipedia T&C's. -- goatasaur
      • Perhaps that policy should only apply to users who have made usefull contributions? -- Infrogmation
  • Anibal Verón is an orphan article about an innocent bystander. Although his death is tragic, is he historically significant. Kingturtle 02:01 Apr 16, 2003 (UTC)
IMO harmless; leave it. -- Infrogmation 08:11 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
His name gets 955 hits on Google (mostly in Spanish), and another 160 as "Veron". He's considered a martyr by some, and there is an Argentine worker's movement named after him, which facts I've added to the text. --Infrogmation 17:34 Apr 19, 2003 (UTC)
  • cafe and ginger snaps trivial dictionary definitions jimfbleak
    • Cafe seems stubby but inoffensive possible start to a usefull article. IMO leave it. --Infrogmation 19:31 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
    • I can't see any reason to delete either of them. The criterion for deletion is not how long it is, but how long it could conceivably get in the future. Cafe can obviously be expanded, and we have a list of recipes for a reason. -- Tim Starling 07:50 Apr 22, 2003 (UTC)
  • All articles on Laos or related articles by 68.161.238.220 (viewable here) need to be reverted or deleted. -- goatasaur
    • Is this adiquately taken care of now? -- Infrogmation 19:31 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
  • John Mayer, Nick Rhodes, Riverside Park, Tradewater Pirates copyright violation Mintguy 01:44 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
    • I agree, it appears that the original text entered by User:Squigglybee under Nick Rhodes was copied from the cited page, but I have been working steadily on that page for two days, and I assure you it's all my own words. Sorry I didn't catch the copy; I'll revert and finish removing or rewriting the potential copyright violations. Your friendly neighborhood Duran Duran expert, Catherine 03:22 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
    • All copyright violations removed from the Rhodes article. Catherine 06:59 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
    • All copyright violations removed from Tradewater Pirates Riverside Park changed to Riverside Park, Dawson Springs with no copyright violations. Squigglybee 18:50 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)
  • Image:Domek z kart.jpg - seemingly someone's child masquerading as a picture for the encyclopedia. -- Zoe 09:25 Apr 20, 2003 (UTC)
    • remove it from playing card first - who knows, maybe people will like it... Martin
    • I agree with Zoe. Anyway, it's too big, pixel-wise and byte-wise. -- Tim Starling 07:50 Apr 22, 2003 (UTC)
  • List of bibliographies - I started this, and so far I'm the only contributor. There just isn't interest in it, and it's basically just external links only. I thought it was a good idea at the time, but nobody else seems to think so. jaknouse 14:41 Apr 21, 2003 (UTC)
    • Wikipedia is not a link farm. Unless you have plans to add actual content, it should probably go. -- Tim Starling 07:54 Apr 22, 2003 (UTC)

Is there no way that such images can be deleted automatically? It seems to me that if an image is changed from a .jpg to a .png with an otherwise identical file name, then there isn't really any need for a vote or a human to make a judgement. Can the software be ammended? Theresa knott 13:15 Apr 24, 2003 (UTC)

  • Quote Schrödinger cat
    • I would still vote for deletion even if this article wasn't badly titled and consisting entirely of a copyrighted quote in German, because Wikipedia is not a place for source text. Tuf-Kat
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