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May 2021
[edit]- Italy at the 2015 IAAF World Relays: nominated at AfD; notified Kasper2006 (talk · contribs) 16:44, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Not every country at every event needs a separate article. We have Italy at the World Athletics Relays, and we have 2015 IAAF World Relays (with subarticles aplenty already). Italy didn't really do anything special at these championships, and these are a lot less important or popular than the actual athletics World Championships (or the Olympics obviously).
- Sir Thomas Minshull Stockdale: nominated at AfD; notified Historyman93 (talk · contribs) 13:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. One source (Burke's) listing all British nobiity (and which is very closely paraphrased here), and one source from long before the birth of the subject. Looking for more sources[1][2] doesn't give the impression of any notability for this baronet, at best he gets mentioned a bit in articles about his daughter[3] who would be a more likely subject for an article.
- 2021 United Wiffleball National Championship: nominated at AfD; notified Mdpoliticsandmedia (talk · contribs) 14:46, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No independent, reliable sourcing for this tournament, lacks notability.
- 2020 United Wiffleball National Championship: nominated at AfD; notified Mdpoliticsandmedia (talk · contribs) 07:23, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Jad Allah Al-Qurani: nominated at AfD; notified Muhammad236 (talk · contribs) 08:40, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: There seem to be no good, secondary sources about this person. The film they refer to was about a Jewish boy, and it looks as if some "conspiracy theory" or similar is doing the rounds on some fora about this being in fact based on some until then unknown Arab(?) boy who converted "millions" of people. Seems like a fringe theory which doesn't belong on enwiki, but perhaps it is true and I just haven't found the right sources?
- Andrew & Alaina Mack: nominated at AfD; notified Christian Trautenberg (talk · contribs) 14:14, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: An impressive 29 references, and claims of global recognition and a number one in specialized German charts. However, the sources are mostly self-published, or blogs, or other minor or unreliable sources, nothing that actually seems to give notability. I can't find any evidence that they topped any charts, and the very, very limited hits I get when searching for the album[6] indicates that this hasn't made much of an impact. Searching for the duo[7] gives equally poor results.
- Shahid Malik (journalist): nominated at AfD; notified Atifk.butt (talk · contribs) 08:02, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:BIO. Lack of good independent sources about him (a book review from a book reading club, and some opinion pieces on a website, aren't sufficient).
- 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 57 kg: nominated at AfD; notified Pehlivanmeydani (talk · contribs) 08:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: There doesn't seem to be enough notability for the individual events at this U23 championship to have separate articles. There will be some routine coverage (hopefully), but that's about it (e.g. for this event, all I could find was this). An article about the championship, listing the medalists per event, seems more than enough.
- Kwessely/Applied Spectral Imaging: nominated at RfD; Target: Applied Spectral Imaging (notified); notified Kwessely (talk · contribs) 09:19, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Unlikely redirect, remnant of a wrong pagemove which should have been speedied at the time.
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top sprinters: nominated at AfD; notified Phikia (talk · contribs) 09:45, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: A very detailed, long list of statistics based on primary sources and databases. The actual topic (who were the top sprinters of tournament X or of team X at the Olympics) doesn't seem to have received significant attention from reliable, independent sources though. Fails WP:LISTN.
- 2009 Flipper Trophy: nominated at AfD; notified VilsonF5 (talk · contribs) 07:49, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Ascension has some 800 inhabitants. This is basically a small village tournament, which can perhaps have one article for the total history of it. Individual articles for each year are completely unnecessary. Fails WP:N.
- Live in Buenos Aires: The Dangerous Tour: nominated at AfD; notified Skinnybobtrianglepantz (talk · contribs) 11:07, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: I know this was just closed at AfD as "merge", but, well, there is absolutely nothing here to merge, and it isn't worthy of a redirect, as this completely unsourced, and there is not a single reliable source for this either["Live in Buenos Aires: The Dangerous Tour" -wikipedia]. This is from an editor who has nearly all his work either deleted or draftified for the same reason; fancruft. Please reconsider this (I haven't taken it to WP:DRV, as the previous AfD was closed correctly based on the votes, it's just that the result shouldn't happen per our policies). @Meatsgains, Pahiy, DagosNavy, Suonii180, and Premeditated Chaos: (all participants in the previous AfD)
- 1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup Squads: nominated at AfD; notified Silverdragon3002 (talk · contribs) 07:35, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Very incomplete, and what is there is sourced to an unreliable site, indianfootball.de[8]. Another site used in this article, 11v11.com, gives a list of players for India in 1993 (not specifically for this tournament, but for the year) which is very different from the one we have here[9]. So the one team we have is unreliably sourced, and the other ones are missing.
- Vikas Patil: nominated at AfD; notified Darshanpatil5567 (talk · contribs) 08:27, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Sources may look good at first sight, but are in fact some form of press releases / promo pieces written by Darshan Patil, who shares his name with the subject and his full name with the author of this article. There seems to be a distinct lack of reliable, independent sources about this local politician.
- Latarian Milton: nominated at AfD; notified BlackAmerican (talk · contribs) 13:29, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: A poorly sourced article about a young adult who did stupid stuff when he was a minor. I had moved it to draft and discussed it with the article creator on my talk page, but they prefer to have it AfD'ed instead. Something like "biographymask", the first source, is absolutely terrible and should probably be blacklisted (the same goes for "celebritygossip", source 5, whihc is very similar and seems equally computer-generated bullshit). The remainder are mostly "funny" articles from long ago, when the subject was a child, plus a bunch of unreliable sites (geni and so on) and copyvio links (youtube). In any case, per WP:BLPCRIME and general "do no harm" principles, we shouldn't have articles on such minors who have become the subject of media and internet fun and did some stupid stuff, but who aren't actually notable otherwise. And we certainly shouldn't have them with unverified claims about his current supposed jail sentence or criminal activities, as some of these "sources" claim. If anyone wants to G10 speedy it as an attack page instead of having a full AfD, be my guest.
- Emiland: nominated at AfD; notified Rza835 (talk · contribs) 13:52, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails our notability guideline. Sources are puff pieces or company statements. Claims in article text are hard to decipher, claim of having 17000 employees (for a fashion brand with 10 shops?) seems unlikely. Searching for other usable sources produced no good results.
June 2021
[edit]- Grandiose Digital Media: nominated at AfD; notified EdwardMill (talk · contribs) 14:17, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: One of those dreadful articles which have at first glance numerous decent sources, but which turn out to be all paid for or user-generated ones. Nothing about the actual company (like, I don't know, some customers, campaigns, ...), only hollow words. An example of the typical methods by which these sources are created and these articles produced: the 6th source is an "interview" with CIOLookIndia from January 2021[10] which strangely uses the exact same wording as the first source, an "article" in the Mirror Review from December 2020[11], e.g. the whole "Being in the persuasion business" paragraph, followed by the exact same complete "Consequently, as the clients" paragraph.
- Mother Chantal SABS: nominated at AfD; notified Friendswithsaints (talk · contribs) 13:59, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability in the article or found online. Multiple search terms are possible, but the result are largely primary or unreliable sources (e.g. like this).
- 'Free HK' traffic lights: nominated at AfD; notified Hubble-3 (talk · contribs) 14:53, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: After this was proposed for deletion for lack of notability, more sources were added, but these seem to be a Twitter post, and then two sources (one a column) which don't even mention (let alone give significant attention to) this specific traffic light retrofit. Which only seems to reinforce the strong impression that this is some very minor aspect of the general protests, nothing more.
- Midas english school: nominated at AfD; notified Indianheros (talk · contribs) 14:45, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found in article or online.
- 2018 U21 WMF World Cup: nominated at AfD; notified Amara94 (talk · contribs) 10:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. As evidenced by the reply by the article creator on Talk:2018 U21 WMF World Cup when explaining why they removed the Prod...
- Mayank Kataria: nominated at AfD; notified Michaelkopf (talk · contribs) 10:41, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: I had proposed this article for deletion with the reasoning "I can't find evidence of notability in reliable, independent sources, and I can't find any evidence that e.g. the claim of "working with Tomorrowland" or with Jake Paul is based on reality. "The Prod was removed with the rather outlandish statement "Removed deletion proposal, facts stated here are true and can be verified through the website and LinkedIn of the subject in question. Certain other facts stated here are under a confidentiality agreement, the details of which may not be released to the public but headlines are allowable."So basically the article creator confirmed that the statements in the article are unverifiable, which makes this for our purposes an unacceptable article (if you remove all unverifiable stuff, you have the biography of a non-notable person).
- Feast of the Gods (Epic Poem): nominated at AfD; notified Sandro-gi (talk · contribs) 10:46, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability at all for this self-published new poem. No speedy deletion criterion exists for this, sadly, so at AfD we are!
- Diesel Loco Shed, Krishnarajapuram: nominated at AfD; notified Area 51 Machan (talk · contribs) 07:34, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found.
- Diesel Loco Shed, Ludhiana: nominated at AfD; notified Area 51 Machan (talk · contribs) 07:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found.
- Tasha Pointer/College Statistical Totals: nominated at AfD; notified Sphilbrick (talk · contribs) 15:25, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Despite the lengthy introduction to this page, it is a subpage, which isn't allowed on enwiki. It should be changed to a template, or directly incorporated in the main article.
- George Cuppage: nominated at AfD; notified Bashereyre (talk · contribs) 14:17, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability could be found. The first sources lists very briefly a George Cuppage who was 16 in 1715, so unclear whether this is the same person. I couldn't find Cuppage in the second source, and in the third source he gets one line. Searching online produced nothing else at all. Searching even further gave some very brief entries for a George Cuppaidge, which seems to be the same person, but even then there isn't enough to meet our notability guidelines.
- Maureen Mbondiah: nominated at AfD; notified Nenerue (talk · contribs) 16:04, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Uk businesswoman who seems to be completely unknown in the UK, even though some "articles" in foreign media give a different impression. You get e.g. things like this, a glowing article about her at the occasion of her nomination for the "prestigious" CEO Care Professional Awards. Bizarrely, the existence of this prestigious award is not even mentioned anywhere,at all, but in this article[12]. Which makes the award and the source meaningless. The same goes for things like "EAWA Philanthropist of the year".
- Midfield quartet: nominated at AfD; notified Footwiks (talk · contribs) 14:24, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Contrary to what the article claims, a "midfield quartet" is just the 4 players making up the midfield in e.g. a 4-4-2 or a 5-4-1 (can also be in other sports of course). Which is just a dictionary definition.[13] No reason to create a novel definition for something rather mundane.
July 2021
[edit]- List of masculine Latin nouns of the 1st declension: nominated at AfD; notified Cesium 133 (talk · contribs) 07:55, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:NOT. This probably belongs at some sister project (as I already raised on the talk page in 2009...), but which one? I don't know if Wiktionary hosts such lists. But Wikipedia is not the place for such grammatical lists.
- List of Filling Station In Ghana: nominated at AfD; notified Jwale2 (talk · contribs) 07:48, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTDIR, we are not a directory of all filling stations, or anything similar, in any country.
- List of UK Admiralty Charts, 1967: nominated at AfD; notified Kognos (talk · contribs) 09:09, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: This is a tough one. A list of admiralty charts may well be a good subject for an article, and a lot of work has gone into this one. However, there is nothing special about the 1967 situation, catalogues were produced each year it seems and the choice for the 1967 one is completely random. Simply moving this to List of UK Admiralty Charts would be wrong though, as it is a very outdated snapshot only. While this is at AfD, perhaps draftifying would be the best solution, and there let people turn it into a general list instead of this specific one? No idea if someone would be interested in this work, but simply keeping it in the mainspace as is, isn't a good idea either.
- Comikey: nominated at AfD; notified Nuope (talk · contribs) 16:00, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability, all sources are press releases.
- Shanee moret: nominated at AfD; notified RoanokeVirginia (talk · contribs) 11:21, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Something iffy here. This important influencer has almost no Internet results (61 distinct Google hits[14]??), and the sources... Well, the Stevenson University text from July 2020[15] can be found exactly the same, but from another LinkedIn "influencer", from January 2020[16]. Looking at the other sources: the first has a very short quote from her, the second doesn't even mention her but shows an image from her Linkedin page, which leaves us with only source three (a podcast) and four (an article from "Working Mother" which reads like a puff piece more than actual journalism). Her companies like Medsnake Media don't seem to be really notable either[17]. Growth Academy is harder to search for, as that name is used by many different things, but it doesn't look good either[18]. Basically, for an influencer, she has a large number of followers, but apparently very little actual impact, making this read more like an ad for a non notable person than an actual article on a notable influencer.
- Belligerents in the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict: nominated at AfD; notified Mausebru (talk · contribs) 07:39, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:OR / WP:SYNTH. Combining a group of conflicts with different origins and coalitions into one list as if people take sides in this "proxy conflict" and not e.g. fight against IS terrorism, or make money from delivering arms without care for which side they are supporting. Many of the entries here are unsourced or "allegedly" or "according to a charity" or similar, and don't necessarily give an accurate indication of the positions of the groups in the conflict. And with the complete lack of prose, this page also violates WP:NOT.
- John H. Morgan (Pilot): nominated at AfD; notified Bluecountrymutt (talk · contribs) 15:41, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: While this biography is amply referenced, it looks as if none of the source are at the same time indepth and reliable. The source with the most content is probably Honorstates, which is basically a wiki. The oral history source is a primary source, and has little about the pilot anyway. The third important source is the Stardust studios, again not a reliable source.
- Keken clan: nominated at AfD; notified Hind ji (talk · contribs) 13:19, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: None of the sources in the article (original or current) mention the "Keken", and I can only find a few unreliable sources for the term. It seems to be just a different spelling for the Kaikan, hence my redirect to Kingdom of Kaikan earlier. As this gets contested, I thought it best to bring this to AfD. If this is not the same as the Kaikan, then good sources need to be presented or it should be deleted.
- Ahmed Bullock: nominated at AfD; notified Masssly (talk · contribs) 10:21, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. Very few reliable, independent sources, and those mention him in passing.[19][20] (Oh, and obviously not 19th-century).
- Chakowili: nominated at AfD; notified Masssly (talk · contribs) 12:44, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Very minimal aspect of a specific warrior dance. Only source (two given sources are the same) is a MA thesis, not a WP:RS (per WP:SCHOLARSHIP). No other sources could be found (apart from the same author giving a summary of his thesis in "Ethnomusicology Review")[21], no books discuss or mention this[22]. I redirected it to Kambon-waa, but this was objected against by the creator of both these articles. I have no objection to a "redirect" outcome for this AfD, I list if here per the WP:BEFORE indication for controversial redirects.
August 2021
[edit]- Caden Tolentino: nominated at AfD; notified UncleTupelo1 (talk · contribs) 12:42, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Meets the too lax standards of WP:NFOOTY technically, but clearly fails the more generally accepted WP:GNG/WP:BIO standards. Not a single reliable, independent source (so not associated with the University or the football league) has given any significant attention to this young player so far (i.e. anything beyong mentioning his name or including him in a statistics database). May well become notable in the future, but not yet.
- ALAFAA KARIBOYE-IGBO: nominated at AfD; notified Fredooroy (talk · contribs) 10:43, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Attempted hoax? This person was added to List of Nigerian billionaires by net worth, but removed as vandalism[23]. Meanwhile, the inclusion of this person in that Wikipedia list is used as evidence that he is wealthy in news articles[24]: "Oil Money is ranked as No.3 among richest Nigerians in 2021 and has also featured prominently on Wikipedia’s Nigerian billionaires’ list for 2020 and 2021." Bizarrely, for someone supposed to be one of the richest Nigerians in 2020, there seem to be no news articles about him from before May 2021 or thereabouts. His "business career" is "Oil Money Records", described as a British record label: there are no traces of this in any British sources it seems, and I can't find any evidence of major hit records or somethin similar. Whether these news outlets were duped by this "billionaire", or are simply completely unreliable, is unclear, but this looks to be a series of big claims based on absolutely nothing, and not something we should repeat here.
- Edacheri Central LP school: nominated at AfD; notified Soul321 (talk · contribs) 12:58, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability.
- 13 Rajab: nominated at AfD; notified Championmin (talk · contribs) 15:46, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: We already have articles for January 12 and so on. Do we want the same for other calendars (in this case, the Islamic calendar)? And if so, should it be restricted to "Islamic" events (births, deaths, ...) or should all events be recalculated to this calendar? My first reaction would be to delete this article, but this community discussion can decide this better (and better now, when only one such article has been created, than after more work has been done).
September 2021
[edit]- WJEA-LD: nominated at AfD; notified Scoty6776 (talk · contribs) 14:48, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't find a single source which gives any significant attention to this TV channel, only some (few) database listings. Both the old name or the new name draw a blank. No news stories at all even mention this channel. Perhaps there is some list where this can be redirected to, otherwise deletion seems the best option.
- Youth Institute of Technology: nominated at AfD; notified BilalCheemaKhan (talk · contribs) 07:38, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this school. Previous AFD was before the school even existed, so no longer relevant.
- Kamlesh Uniyal: nominated at AfD; notified Himanshusharma55 (talk · contribs) 08:47, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Not an elected politician but a party official without the necessary notability.
- Pedimental sculptures in Canada: nominated at AfD; notified Lockley (talk · contribs) 14:40, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: The topic of this list doesn't seem to have been the topic of attention in reliable sources as a group. If no one outside Wikipedia has been interested enough in pedimental sculptures in Canada to write at some length about it, then we shouldn't be the first to do so. Many of these aren't individually notable either (e.g. this or this or many others), making this a novel grouping of non notable features of notable buildings. We wouldn't (I hope) make similar list for e.g. "Buildings using the Corinthian order in Canada" or "Domed buildings of Canada", there is no reason to treat these differently.
- Loch Urigull: nominated at AfD; notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 14:23, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? Completely unverifiable, the sources given are copies of Wikipedia.
- Draft:Main Page: nominated at MfD; notified 2601:192:8801:6970:7528:FC77:29BD:F9D4 (talk · contribs) 07:11, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Unnecessary duplicate. Perhaps time to salt this (and only unsalt it when an actual effort for a redesign is happening here)?
- 1879 Swarthmore Garnet Tide football team: nominated at AfD; notified MisterCake (talk · contribs) 09:01, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: A "season" which consists of one game against a team from the same state (no, from the same county even), for which no result is known (but which is given as a 0-0 tie in the body and as a tie in the infobox?). No indication of any notability.
- User:Jalla07/sandbox: nominated at MfD; notified Jalla07 (talk · contribs) 07:53, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: We don't give medical advice, not even in userspace sandboxes.
- Kepaksian Sekala Brak Kuno: nominated at AfD; notified The cinnamon (talk · contribs) 09:35, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: There seem to be no reliable sources for "Kepaksian Sekala Brak Kuno"[25], and very few sources in general[26]. The article is also barely comprehensible. It seems to be part of a series of new similar articles by one or two(?) brand new editors, User:The cinnamon and User:Anaya Fayola Amijaya, including Draft:Sekala Brak, Kepaksian Sekala Brak and Draft:Islam in Lampung (2): while these are not included in this AfD, they may help in deciding what best to do here (deleting, draftifying, redirecting, ...). But without better sources, I propose simple deletion as the best solution.
- Bom Hyon Sunim: nominated at AfD; notified DrMushEa (talk · contribs) 08:01, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
October 2021
[edit]- Novak Velimirov Mrdak: nominated at AfD; notified 216.174.64.132 (talk · contribs) 12:49, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? Completely unverifiable, not in two sources provided as far as I can tell. The "reference", a Serbian wiki article, is unsourced. Google gives extremely few results (Latin and Cyrillic searches done), none of them usable.
- Just Another War in Space: nominated at RfD; Target: List of real-time strategy video games (notified); notified BOZ (talk · contribs) 14:00, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Not mentioned at target, and extremely obscure so probably shouldn't be included there (and thus should not exist as a redirect either)
- Draft:5up: nominated at MfD; notified MrComedy27 (talk · contribs) 16:19, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Serious BLP issues. I moved the article to draft to get it out of searches, but even so; the article starts with the "real name" of 5up, but this bit of information is unverifiable. Then we have things like "He was raised as a young child by his older brother" which is not in the source (the source states "5up has one older brother and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona."). Which casts doubt on other information in the article which isn't in the source either. Best to simply delete this as too much of a BLP violation.
- Scott Oates: nominated at AfD; notified WikiEditor139 (talk · contribs) 15:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. He has played two games in the Danish 3rd division[28], has a world ranking from ca. #1500, and hasn't received the necessary attention from independent WP:RS to have an article here (yet).
- Bello Bako Dambatta: nominated at AfD; notified Bduke (talk · contribs) 08:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Lack of notability. Sources in article include one extremely passing mention (dailytrust), an unreliable site (answers.com, basically a wiki), and BLERF, a who's who of Nigeria, which boasts on their about page[29] of "the biographical information of over one million distinguished Nigerians": this info is collected by people sending their CV to the site (e.g. at the bottom of Dambatta's page, "“Please send your updated CV to: info@blerf.org” – Editor"). There are no Google News sources[30] and just 41 regular Google sources[31] where this article is the best I could find.
- Robinson baronets of Newby (1660): nominated at AfD; notified Charles Matthews (talk · contribs) 12:18, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to Metcalfe Robinson, the first and only person ever to have this minor title, but this was objected against by the article creator, User:Charles Matthews, for reasons they can best explain. Both the article at AfD and the target are very short, and 99% of the info in the baronets article was already present in the target anyway. There seems to be no good argument to have two separate articles here, and as the baronetcy is an aspect of the person (and not the other way around), redirecting the title to the person is the logical solution.
- Dr. Rahmat Ali Wagan: nominated at AfD; notified Pope sindhi (talk · contribs) 16:20, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability in article or online. Article already deleted as A7 speedy but recreated, perhaps better to have a full AfD.
- Deso Kalvin: nominated at AfD; notified Shirt58 (talk · contribs) 07:30, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:GNG. No evidence of actual notability. The Seychelles are a minor cricket country, and playing for the national team doesn't seem to generate the necessary coverage to meet WP:GNG. Listed as part of the team[32] but no significant coverage, and other sources are only databases or lists, nothing really substantial about him[33].
November 2021
[edit]- Defence Christian Network: nominated at AfD; notified Bermicourt (talk · contribs) 12:01, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Total lack of notability, no significant attention in reliable, independent sources. The sources given are either not independent or significant (their own website, the UK government, the "charitycommission" or "christiansingovernment"), or unknown (what is "Contact"? Their own magazine, someone else's? Unverifiable as written). Looking for better sources gives nothing in Gbooks (logical for a recent organisation) or GNews (much more worrying, a notable organisation in the UK should have some GNews results surely), and very few other hits (only 45!). Article also gives no idea about why the network would be a notable organisation.
- Elizabeth of Sully: nominated at AfD; notified Mychele Trempetich (talk · contribs) 13:01, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Only passing mentions, apparently died young (21 years old?) and had little time to make an impact. Could be redirected to her father.
- Melora Conway: nominated at AfD; notified Saratoga Sam (talk · contribs) 17:20, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: A meticulously, thoroughly researched article, but no indication of why she is notable after all. It looks as if all references here are just passing mentions, and looking for other sources didn't present me with anything better. Her roles are either very minor, or in very minor productions. Perhaps I missed the few sources here which are really about her instead of just mentioning her: in that case, please indicate here which reliable, independent sources give the necessary significant attention.
- Coat of arms of Calderdale: nominated at AfD; notified R.carroll (talk · contribs) 08:15, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Total lack of notability.
- Hubert Sevenich: nominated at AfD; notified Shearonink (talk · contribs) 08:21, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. Sources are an unreliable blog (Stuyfssportverhalen), a database, and one very short obituary and its reprint[34].
- Coat of arms of Klieck: nominated at AfD; notified Czalex (talk · contribs) 08:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this coat of arms for a smallish town (11000 inhabitants).
- MichaelDabhi: nominated at AfD; notified HirajiBhikhaji (talk · contribs) 09:14, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No actual evidence of notability: sources are press releases, puff pieces, or sites of dubious reliability. Article has been salted at Michael Dabhi, but that was a while ago and the current version has more recent sourcing.
- List of Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council: nominated at AfD; notified Sahil193319 (talk · contribs) 16:54, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: For months, an editor has insisted that this must be a stand-alone article, despite the "list" consisting of just one person, the page having an incorrect title, and the topic (even if the list would later become an actual list of multiple people) being of very limited notability. Everything that needs to be said is at Maharashtra_Legislative_Council#Deputy_Chairperson, this was redirected (despite the incorrect title) as a courtesy solution, but apparently this isn't acceptable. So, delete and salt then.
- MVP Colony bus station: nominated at AfD; notified IM3847 (talk · contribs) 16:59, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this bus station.
- Mengly J. Quach Foundation: nominated at AfD; notified Sopheak Hong (talk · contribs) 10:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found. Redirect rejected by article creator: a redirect to Mengly J. Quach Education (which seems to be of limited notability as well) or to Mengly Jandy Quach seems to be warranted, but there isn't enough independent sourcing available here for a stand-alone article.
- Ashionye Ogene: nominated at AfD; notified Patiencebako (talk · contribs) 16:31, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: While there are some sources by him, or sources by his employer, and one source mentioning him, there are no good sources about him (in the article or online). Fails WP:BIO.
December 2021
[edit]- Zoey Albert: nominated at AfD; notified Sarinlon (talk · contribs) 15:56, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Total lack of notability, e.g. her role on "La suerte de Loli" was in one episode only, and received no attention. Of the 5 sources, only IMDb (which is user-generated and thus does nothing to establish notability) is about her, the other 4 don't even mention her(!). Looking for better sources produces nothing usable at all.
- Polina Kempf: nominated at AfD; notified Seephope (talk · contribs) 14:32, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. ProD was removed because she won a gold medal at the European Games, however these were not the European Championships for Waterpolo, but a junior event (as described in our article: "The aquatic sports are only open to junior-level competitors"). Searching for news reports about her (Latin or Cyrillic) only gives passing mentions, not enough to establish notability.
- Diesel Loco Shed, New Katni: nominated at AfD; notified JJking56 (talk · contribs) 12:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found.
- Diesel Loco Shed, Ratlam: nominated at AfD; notified Jaywardhan009 (talk · contribs) 12:07, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence could be found to establish notability here.
- Diesel Loco Shed, Pune: nominated at AfD; notified Golu7276 (talk · contribs) 12:08, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication (in article or online) why this would be a notable subject.
- Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam: nominated at AfD; notified JJking56 (talk · contribs) 12:09, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence seems to be available to indicate that this is actually a notable subject for an article.
- Diesel Loco Shed, Itarsi: nominated at AfD; notified JJking56 (talk · contribs) 13:36, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability in the article or as far as I could find online[35][36]. Some passing mentions and some non-independent sources, but no significant independent attention for this loco shed.
- USS APL-42: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 08:50, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication why this (and probably many similar ones) would be notable. The three awards were given to millions of people and (as in this case) vessels, the two sources are basically (good) fan sites, and looking for other sources gave nothing that indicated any notability.[37]. This nomination is only for this page, as other similar ships may have some notability individually: but probably all of these need to be looked at.
- USS APL-32: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 09:39, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability. The awards were handed out by the millions, the sources are (good) fan sites, and nothing better could be found online[38]. ProD was removed because "too soon" (?), so an AfD it is.
- USS APL-29: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 09:42, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Another one of these non notable ships, sourced to fan sites and with "awards" which were given out by the millions. Nothing better could be found online[39], so I nominated it for prod deletion, but for some reason this was reverted as "too soon", which is not really a helpful reason (the ship won't suddenly become notable in the next few days, and the article creator already moved on to other articles).
- Alpine skiing at the 2012 Arctic Winter Games: nominated at AfD; notified Kaffe42 (talk · contribs) 15:41, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: There doesn't seem to be the necessary notability to have individual articles for specific sports at these small, regional, junior games. I checked alpine skiing, dene, and table tennis, and it looks as if these have not been the subject of the necessary independent coverage, with even many gold medal winners not getting real attention.
- 2021 Uppsala suicide incident: nominated at AfD; notified Candolopee (talk · contribs) 14:30, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:NOTNEWS. A tragic event, but no lasting coverage or enduring notability for this unusual but minor incident ("minor" for everyone but the directly involved, just like e.g. thousands of car crashes every day). Got some international attention when it happened due to the combination of "unusual" and "Abba", but such human interest articles come and go swiftly.
- Angela Martin (priest): nominated at AfD; notified Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk · contribs) 14:33, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found. Despite the recentness and this happening in England, this got no coverage in independent sources[40][41].
- Charles Dewé: nominated at AfD; notified AssociateAffiliate (talk · contribs) 11:19, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No reliable, independent indepth sources to establish that this player meets WP:GNG. Sources are either statistics databases, educational institutions about their alumni, or very short mentions in the London Gazette. Actual independent sources giving some real attention to this cricket player seem to be missing, which means that while he meets the low standards of WP:NCRIC (played two first class games for the University cricket team), he fails the standard which these cricket rules try to codify, i.e. actually meeting the WP:GNG. Also no evidence of notability as an educator or as an officer.
- Lilly Bollekens: nominated at AfD; notified Uldis s (talk · contribs) 21:09, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that she received any significant coverage in non-database reliable sources. I found one newspaper article where one result is given (as "Mevr. Bollekens"), nothing else.
January 2022
[edit]- Holger Mühlbauer: nominated at AfD; notified Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs) 11:21, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Sources aren't independent (press releases, publisher or employer, ...), and looking for other sources only gives e.g. pieces where he is quoted[42] (a quote taken directly from the press release it seems, compare with this) or mentioned in passing[43]. Some of the sources one can find are for a namesake, a painter and graphic artist. In any case, neither regular Google[44] nor Google News[45] provide any independent sources about the subject, so he fails WP:GNG.
- List of prime ministers of New Zealand by date of birth: nominated at AfD; notified ...And Five (talk · contribs) 14:14, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Renominating this one separately. Completely unsourced WP:LISTCRUFT, not a notable aspect of the group of people (date of birth is important for individuals, and the prime ministers are notable as a group; but date of birth is not important as a group). Subsections like "born on the same date" are quite indicative of the "encyclopedic" level of this. Perhaps add a "PMs with the same starsign" grouping as well? The monarch, GG, or PM at the time of birth are not even important enough to be mentioned in someone's individual biography, but they are important enough to be subsections in this list? The year of birth is included in List of prime ministers of New Zealand, people are free to male all calculations, lists, ... from this information: that doesn't mean that it belongs in an encyclopedia of course.
- Operation Grenade (game): nominated at AfD; notified Guinness323 (talk · contribs) 16:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Only sources listed in the article are published by the same company as the one that made the game, so are not independent. Other reviews are claimed to exist, but nothing is known about their length, independence, reliability, ... Looking for sources beyond the highly specialized magazines gave no usable results[46][47].
- USS LSM-422: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 08:25, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. The awards are generic ones, handed out by the thousands, and were not awarded especially to this ship. That a military ship was used in military actions is not a claim to notability, nor that it was used by different countries (or else many thousands of military airplanes would be notable as well I suppose?). The sources are either not independent, or not reliable (like the mypaper.pchome.com blog, or the postenavalemilitaire forum), or not really indepth. Nothing remarkable about this and many hundreds similar ships.
- Aminoff Entropy definition of Human Happiness and Suffering: nominated at AfD; notified Torchstye (talk · contribs) 14:04, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: The first two sources in the article are by the creator of this theory, and the third source[48] doesn't seem to mention Aminoff at all. This definition seems to be only used in publications by Aminoff [49]. Google Scholar reinforces the image that this definition has not been picked up by many others[50]. The other articles around this editor (Aminoff Suffering Syndrome and Bechor Zvi Aminoff) need some care for puffery and so on as well, but these at least seem to have some notability.
- USS LSM-479: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 14:29, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability. Deprodded on the basis of an unaccepted essay, but similar ships have already been deleted at AfD because there isn't the necessary sourcing available to actually meet the WP:GNG. Awards are generic ones, not given for any specific reason to this ship individually: and sources are either not independent or not significant.
- Radio Mosoj Chaski: nominated at AfD; notified Outdoor-Bro (talk · contribs) 14:49, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is a notable radio station. First source is a map, second source doesn't seem to mention the station, third one is a fanzine. Looking for better sources gave nothing in Google News and very little in general[51], the best are some religious sources supporting the station, or a missionary doing voluntary work at the station. Nothing that meets WP:GNG though.
- USS LSM-316: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 15:27, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any actual notability (meeting some very liberal, unaccepted essay isn't sufficient). Awards are meaningless as they were distributed by the thousands for "being there", nothing more. Sources are not independent or not reliable and indepth. A run of the mill ship which had nothing remarkable in its career. Military equipment being sold from one country to another happens literally all the time.
- USS LSM-110: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 15:33, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Run-of-the-mill ship, just like lots of military equipment used consecutively by a few countries, but nothing remarkable. The awards are generic ones, given for "being there", and the sources are not sufficient to meet the WP:GNG. Some unaccepted military essay tries to claim that all commissioned ships are notable, but this is not an accepted (or acceptable) guideline.
- USS LSM-355: nominated at AfD; notified DeltaSquad833 (talk · contribs) 15:34, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Run-of-the-mill ship, just like lots of military equipment used consecutively by a few countries, but nothing remarkable. The awards are generic ones, given for "being there", and the sources are not sufficient to meet the WP:GNG. Some unaccepted military essay tries to claim that all commissioned ships are notable, but this is not an accepted (or acceptable) guideline.
- Jonathan Dawson (footballer): nominated at AfD; notified BigDom (talk · contribs) 10:12, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Albanians in New York City: nominated at RfD; Target: Demographics of New York City (notified); notified Honeybear1995 (talk · contribs) 09:05, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Target has no information at all about Albanians
- Portal:Kazakhstan: nominated at MfD; notified Honeybear1995 (talk · contribs) 09:12, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: 5 Near empty portals created by newish editor, add no value. Also nominated are:*Portal:Albania*Portal:Las Vegas*Portal:Miami*Portal:Romani people
- Uhujimfura Jean Claude: nominated at AfD; notified Proyezu (talk · contribs) 10:14, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Sources mention him, but aren't about him; they are about his company and the talent show organised by them. I thus redirected this page to the company Kikac Music, but was reverted by the article creator. Suggest redirecting again.
- Alice Walker (fencer): nominated at AfD; notified Lugnuts (talk · contribs) 15:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found. A redirect to Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's foil was reverted, so an AfD can decide what to do. The only source we have is the very short bio at Olympedia[52]. Looking for more information didn't reveal a single source. At the time Walker was active, women's fencing was hardly a popular sport, and it looks as if she got little to no attention. I'm happy to change my position if better sources are presented! Fram (talk) 15:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- KANTO – National Agent Data: nominated at AfD; notified Saarik (talk · contribs) 17:14, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found for this. Can perhaps be redirected to National Library of Finland if people think that is useful? Otherwise deletion seems best.
- Stations with no exit: nominated at AfD; notified Essexman03 (talk · contribs) 17:14, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this list topic is in any way notable as a group.
- Bkay Photos: nominated at AfD; notified Robertjamal12 (talk · contribs) 16:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Has some claims to notability, but when one takes a closer look, this photographer seems to lack notability, with sources which seem to be produced by the photographer and not by actual journalists (e.g. this one and this one), which explains why they are largely absent from net results[53] and completely absent from Google News[54].
- List of abandoned properties in Hayden, Arizona: nominated at AfD; notified Marine 69-71 (talk · contribs) 08:16, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:CFORK of Hayden, Arizona, created because "The contents on the article: Hayden, Arizona was written by me and a certain user has continued to remove some of it. " (quoted from the talk page). To be more precise, the contents were removed repeatedly by two different editors, and instead of trying to discuss this at the talk page (or using dispute resolution), the creator decided to make this separate article to be able to show their pictures anyway. No reason to have a separate article for this, this belongs in the main article on Hayden, or doesn't belong on Wikipedia at all.
- Ivar Virgin: nominated at AfD; notified SuperSkaterDude45 (talk · contribs) 14:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I proposed this article because "No evidence of notability. The single source is an extremely inclusive list of people with very short, stenographic "biographies", and hardly an indication of notability (looking at other entries, I see a lot of "apothecary", "reserve lieutenant", "veterinary", "engineer", ...)." The Prod was removed with the addition of "more references and an entire document about his biography that should establish a form of notability". However, these sources are:*A biography of his father, which just mentions Ivar as his son. Worse, the source for that document is ... Swedish Wikipedia. So an unreliable source which isn't about Ivar. *A book which mentions Ivar on one line as a sub-lieutenant, with about 30 superiors in that regiment alone. As further reading is added a magazine from what looks to be a veterans association for a batallion, describing one of their former chefs. This is not an independent source but an organisation describing their own history, just like many company, club, ... member magazines do. All in all, there isn't enough here to establish notability.
- Daria Podtelejnikova: nominated at AfD; notified Владимир Бежкрабчжян (talk · contribs) 09:02, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found. I redirected to Danish Figure Skating Championships(which she won by default as the only competitor), but article creator reverted. Article has no indepth sources, and searching online only reveals more databases and similar sources[55], and no Google News hits.
- Maxwell Burns: nominated at AfD; notified Rosser1954 (talk · contribs) 12:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Non notable member of a notable family: he died when he was less than 3 years old, and as his his father was dead by the time he was born, it isn't as if he was the inspiration for notable works either. Probably some of the other articles about family members need to be looked at as well (e.g. Elizabeth Riddell Burns). Suggestions for the best redirect target are welcome.
- Dahlia Salah: nominated at AfD; notified VampireKilla (talk · contribs) 10:44, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks the notability required to have an article. While she meets the very lax indicators of WP:NFOOTY by having played for a national team, NFOOTY / NSPORTS explicitly state that they only give a presumption of notability, and that in the end WP:GNG must be met. The only non-database source whioh gives some attention to her is an interview by the Gibraltar FA, which isn't an independent source of course.
- Goldmines Telefilms Pvt Ltd: nominated at AfD; notified Success think (talk · contribs) 10:58, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Repeatedly recreated by multiple editors over the last few months. Time to decide whether it is notable and can have an article (at a better title), or not notable and then new versions can be G4 deleted and title variations salted. See Draft:Goldmines Picture, Goldmines Telefilms Pvt. Ltd, Draft:Goldmines Telefilms Pvt. Ltd., and Goldmines Telefilms (perhaps others as well?).
- The Bombay Tribune: nominated at AfD; notified Wildauteur (talk · contribs) 15:22, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? I first draftified this to give the editor a chance to make clear what it is about, but they put it back with minimal improvements, and I still can't find out what they really try to describe here. There is very little evidence for any Bombay Tribune, never mind one that is "market leaders in terms of circulation", even though it is only a supplement: "Bombay Tribune[1] is a free supplement of The Bombay Tribune".
- List of rowing blades – Club oars: nominated at AfD; notified Evrik (talk · contribs) 08:15, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced (tagged since 2011) gallery with no indication of notability for the topic as a group (individual oars will be verifiable, but that isn't sufficient to have an article here). Only external link is a hobby website, not the kind of source that establishes notability either.
- School and university: nominated at RfD; Target: List of rowing blades – School and university (notified); notified Evrik (talk · contribs) 14:52, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Not the most logical target for this term. "School" seems like a much more likely redirect target.
- Kapshi (gamer): nominated at AfD; notified Mr Kazi Tuhin (talk · contribs) 13:31, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, just some passing mentions in articles giving the names in a team. Doesn't seem to have received the necessary significant attention in reliable sources.
- Misscatylove: nominated at AfD; notified Lavren2002 (talk · contribs) 14:43, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found, mostly primary sources (Twitter, Soundcloud), blogs, or short mentions.
- DragonLords: nominated at AfD; notified BOZ (talk · contribs) 09:03, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability, one review in a specialized magazine isn't enough. No obvious redirect target.
- List of VFA/VFL wooden spoons: nominated at AfD; notified Aspirex (talk · contribs) 08:14, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is a notable list topic (individual entries may have gotten a mention), i.e. that the VFA or VFL wooden spoon is a topic that on its own has gotten significant attention from reliable independent sources.
- Draft:Michael Ninomiya: nominated at MfD; notified John MC70 (talk · contribs) 09:40, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BLPCRIME. I moved this to draft space to get it out of the mainspace until this is decided, and because at first glance it already contained blatantly incorrect information ("for the murder" instead of "for the attempted murder" is quite a huge difference). Person is not really well-known before this, and he is accused, not convicted, so per BLPCRIME we probably shouldn't have an article on him.
- Tyler Star: nominated at AfD; notified NabéTrath (talk · contribs) 08:58, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems to lack the necessary notability. Sources are a local radio station they cooperated with to stage an event, and the "California Herald" which doesn't seem like a very reliable source, more a place for amateur journalists to post or repost stuff. I couldn't find better sources online.
- Michael Ninomiya: nominated at AfD; notified John MC70 (talk · contribs) 09:30, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BLPCRIME. An article solely created because the person is alleged (not convicted) to have attempted to murder his son (not actually murder him, as the article claims).
- Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (denomination): nominated at AfD; notified Daniel Silva Mendanha (talk · contribs) 15:27, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. I can find more about the "Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church" which formed in Canada in the 1970s[56] or about individual churches with this name, than about this small splinter group. Most sources are primary or not reliable (conservapedia!). I presume this is the same denomination as the one here, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, but a new discussion after all this time won't hurt.
February 2022
[edit]- M&M Desexualization Controversy: nominated at AfD; notified MangaMaster21 (talk · contribs) 08:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. Not every flash-in-the-pan "controversy" or talk show host stupidity needs an article here.
- Ironbottom Sound: The Guadacanal Campaign: nominated at RfD; Target: Ironbottom Sound (board game) (notified); notified BOZ (talk · contribs) 08:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete, unlikely redirect, considering the typo included (Guadacanal instead of Guadalcanal).
- Guadacanal Resort: nominated at AfD; notified Phenss (talk · contribs) 13:21, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This unsourced "suburb" article seems from the few available sources online to simply be a holiday resort, and at the wrong title to boot (should be "Guadalcanal", not "Guadacanal").
- Ulferd Bruseker: nominated at AfD; notified Lugnuts (talk · contribs) 10:31, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:GNG. No evidence found of any notability, is just included in some databases. I checked Delpher.nl (large database of Dutch newspapers) both for Ulferd Bruseker and for Frits Bruseker, and found nothing that would add notability. Looking for Bruseker worstelen (Dutch for wrestling) gave some Brusekers in result lists (but no further information), but their initials were "M Bruseker", "W Bruseker", so apparently not about the one we have an article on. Other articles like this again mentions him (as participating in the Olympic wrestling event), but again without any further information. Similar here. The most extensive result I could find was a very short review of his Olympic 1st round defeat, here. This article by the way contradicts our Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight article, switching the results and opponents of Bruseker and his compatriot Van Moppes. I have no idea if our article is right, or if the review from the day is right. But our article is confirmed by this (one line about Bruseker), so I guess the "best" article I found so far is not trustworthy... I haven't found any article that actually gives any further information about Bruseker, but I may have missed it. I had redirected the article to Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight, which seems like the logical solution here, but was reverted.
- Ó Fathaigh: nominated at AfD; notified Legis (talk · contribs) 16:32, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This seems to be either a hoax or a bunch of very hard to verify WP:OR with a few reliable bits thrown in to make it look believable. For example, the forefather "Fathadh mac Aonghus", is not to be found in Google Books and doesn't seem to appear in reliable sources in Google otherwise[57]. "Cormac Ó Fathaigh" is said to be the first with the surname, but again all traces of such a person are missing[58][59]. The episode with "Uilic de Burgo": equally unverifiable. The sources used in the article either don't support the article, or are copies of Wikipedia. Note that the name O Fathaigh obviously exists, and some information about it can be found from reliable sources, e.g. here. But that doesn't excuse the existence of an article which seems 90% made up around these few facts.If this is indeed largely a hoax or unverifiable, then a number of other articles will need to be looked at as well (e.g. Fathadh mac Aonghus and Tadhg an tSleibhe Ó Fathaigh exist here since 2009, but are completely unverifiable).
- George Traut Austin: nominated at AfD; notified Godsy (talk · contribs) 10:34, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: While I can somewhat understand having redirects to wiktionary (as dicdefs are out of scope, but can be useful for jargon), why would we redirect for biographies? Either a person is notable, and should have an article here; or they aren't notable, but then we shouldn't outsource to a different site with different standards. This seems like a backdoor mechanism to have biographies of people included without having to care about our policies. It also obscures what would otherwise be redlinks iff the person is notable.
- Mr. Poop: nominated at AfD; notified Silent-Rains (talk · contribs) 10:47, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. Typical "amusing" or "human interest" story which gets some attention for a very short while (in this case, some days in July 2019) but has no lasting notability.
- Fathadh mac Aonghus: nominated at AfD; notified Fergananim (talk · contribs) 13:31, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Userfied in 2009 after the first AfD, and then moved back to mainspace without real improvements. Based on one mention in a 1843 source[60] basically, which very shortly mentions a Fathadh, son of Aengus. Lacks verifiability and notability.
- Tadhg an tSleibhe Ó Fathaigh: nominated at AfD; notified Fergananim (talk · contribs) 13:49, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unverifiable. There are some references to people nicknamed "Tadhg an tSleibhe", though it is not clear what they have to do with the subject of this article. There doesn't seem to be any source for a "Tadhg an tSleibhe Ó Fathaigh". Sources used in the article, e.g. the first one, have at first glance some connection to the general topic, but when looking more closely don't seem to mention our Tadhg at all. Suorce 2 has some Tadhgs, but not this one it seems. Source 3 is an unpublished manuscript, seemingly from the 20th century, and is not a reliable source. Source 4 doesn't concern itself with a Tadhg. The same goes for Source 5. The book "The Surnames of Ireland" doesn't mention any Tadhg[61]. And I haven't been able to find any sources (apart from Wikipedia mirrors and rip-offs) which mention "Tadhg an tSleibhe Ó Fathaigh". At best a non notable figure, or an article that belongs at a completely different title if this is about some notable person who is known by another name. But looking for other combinations doesn't yield anything either, e.g. this.
- Henry Harvin: nominated at AfD; notified Botu Yadav (talk · contribs) 16:36, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Typical article which looks well-sourced at first, but which is rather problematic. The sources seem to be added randomly to sentences, e.g. the line about "Henry Harvin became first Educational Technology Company that provided cources on Agile and Bitcoin" is sourced to two links which don't mention this fact at all. All the sources, and most of what I can find online, are of the "5 companies which offer the best courses on subject X" type with texts clearly supplied by the company (and probably paid for inclusion in the "article" as well), not sources about the company written from a neutral or journalistic perspective. These kind of articles really are a plague and we should probably put a lot of these sources simply on the blacklist, but until then deleting them one by one is the way to go.
- List of athletes who won a golden medal on five consecutive winter Olympics: nominated at AfD; notified Ad Huikeshoven (talk · contribs) 11:29, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A "list" of one is not a list, but a "cutesy" way to highlight an achievement which is already included in many Olympic lists and other pages on enwiki.
- P.K. Sukumaran: nominated at AfD; notified Zuhairali (talk · contribs) 10:30, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't find any evidence of notability, and the second source in the article doesn't seem to mention him, which is a bit alarming. Perhaps others have more luck in finding good sources for doctor Sukumaran, all I could find were sources for a namesake who leads a workers union.
- The man & The angel: nominated at AfD; notified Maest1 (talk · contribs) 14:32, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- Geoffrey Cradock-Watson: nominated at AfD; notified AssociateAffiliate (talk · contribs) 11:44, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Turning directories and databases into prose doesn't make someone notable. This directory[63] is the main source, the remainder is a cricket database and very short, official mentions in the London Gazette (a primary source basically, and nothing in depth). No other or better sources seem to be available for the subject. Fails WP:GNG.
- Party foul: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/party foul (notified); notified Tinton5 (talk · contribs) 10:17, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete. WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia." Not every word combination found in urban dictionary and Wiktionary should become a soft redirect here: "party foul" isn't really commonly used on enwiki, and the meaning isn't so obscure that an explanation is needed either.
- Cameron ghassemi: nominated at AfD; notified Dianarossok (talk · contribs) 13:44, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Looks to be a promo piece with "journalistic" sources of dubious reliability. The first source, USAWire[64], looks to be a press release / PR piece, with the author working for a PR bureau[65]. The second source, LAProgressive[66] isn't any better. The author, "Seja Desai", doesn't seem to exist, and her picture[67] is a cropped part of a generic "Asian beauty" image[68] taken in Iran[69]. The final source, Forbes[70] is nearly identical to the first one, and has no author at all. Looking for better sources gave me only this, yet another PRwire message. All in all, seems to be someone keen to promote themselves and savvy enough to find places which look at first legitimate but are actually just empty shells, rehashing PR messages. Fails WP:N.
- George Traut Austin: nominated at RfD; Target: wikispecies:George Traut Austin (notified); notified Godsy (talk · contribs) 15:08, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: While I can somewhat understand having redirects to wiktionary (as dicdefs are out of scope, but can be useful for jargon), why would we redirect for biographies? Either a person is notable, and should have an article here; or they aren't notable, but then we shouldn't outsource to a different site with different standards. This seems like a backdoor mechanism to have biographies of people included without having to care about our policies. It also obscures what would otherwise be redlinks iff the person is notable.Also nominated for the same reason are all other similar pages:*Hermann Heinrich Hacker*John S. Dugdale*Leif Aarvik*Paul Aellen*Roberto Pace*David John Lawrence AgassizFram (talk) 15:08, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Jai Singh Sadana: nominated at RfD; Target: SpiceXpress (notified); notified Meltedtoast (talk · contribs) 13:37, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Not mentioned at target, and not in any way notable enough to be included there. In fact, his role there isn't even verifiable[71], the Medium.com source in the original article (before it was turned into a redirect) is not a reliable source, and no official or reliable sources seem to confirm his role.
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Francophonie: nominated at AfD; notified SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk · contribs) 11:31, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear why a comparison of military ranks based on membership of a language-based organisation (without this being a military organisation or even being indicative of French being a major language in the country) would be a good topic for a list, and not just a random grouping of two unrelated characteristics. There are many other similar articles created over the last few days; I have now only nominated these for the Francophonie, but if deleted then probably other AfDs for the Anglophone and Hispanic countries are needed as well (and any others that might exist on the same basis). Also nominated are:*Comparative air force officer ranks of the Francophonie*Comparative navy enlisted ranks of the Francophonie*Comparative navy officer ranks of the Francophonie*Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Francophonie*Comparative army officer ranks of the Francophonie
- Krakover Jose: nominated at AfD; notified Enlazador de mundos (talk · contribs) 11:55, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Very limited notability (a few reports of when his family donated a plaque to a museum) and rather strong but unsupported claims in this biography (one of the first European pioneers in Argentine photography? No, decades later than e.g. Alexander Witcomb, and flashing with magnesium had been known even longer). Not one source in Google Books even mentions him as far as I can tell (e.g. the book "Photography in Argentina"[72] doesn't mention him, even though it has attention for the actual pioneers like Panunzi and Witcomb. If enough sources are found to keep this, it needs a complete rewrite to make it neutral and factual: as it stands, it seems to fail WP:GNG to me.
- Wrubens Dupalus: nominated at AfD; notified Gri3720 (talk · contribs) 17:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:GNG. Lack of significant coverage in independent sources (all I could find were databases or things like the facebook page of his club). The "national" team for this French "collectivity" with some 35,000 inhabitants is not FIFA-recognised. But in the end, the most important aspect is that there just isn't any real coverage of this person[73][74]
- John Ramirez (Inventor): nominated at AfD; notified ENieves1 (talk · contribs) 08:09, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Not notable. One article from the local newspaper, no further interest found online.
- Gold Ninja Video: nominated at AfD; notified LabRat1020 (talk · contribs) 08:40, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. There is the one interview from "grumpire", but otherwise there is very little to be found in general[75], and absolutely nothing from Google News[76]. Grumpire doesn't seem to be an especially noteworthy source either, more a blog (the Gold Ninja Video interview, from 26 January, is apparently the most recent post on the site[77]).
- Phillip Kakuru: nominated at AfD; notified Ericmuh (talk · contribs) 13:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Paid for article[78]) where the three recent sources have all signs of being rehashed press releases / paid for "articles" as well, seeing that they all came within days of each other and all contained the same bizarre mistakes like "he moved to South Africa in early 2000s which had just gained independence"[79] vs. "during the early 2000s he moved to South Africa which had just gained independence"[80] vs. "the opportunities that existed in South Africa in 2000 after it had just attained its independence."[81]. Very few actually independent sources about him seem to exist[82].
- Elbert Barr: nominated at AfD; notified Adamtt9 (talk · contribs) 12:58, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hasn't received any significant coverage, only mentioned in databases or in passing in results. Being allowed to play once because many actual pro players withdrew is not sufficient when the actual coverage is missing.
March 2022
[edit]- Set out: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/set out (notified); notified Q28 (talk · contribs) 08:54, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- Wikipedia:EK: nominated at RfD; Target: User:Q28/Edit Keeper (notified); notified Q28 (talk · contribs) 13:42, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Editor shouldn't use Wikipedia (i.e. official, community-approved looking) shortcuts to brand new pages in their own user space.
- Rollout: The Game of the Risk-Takers: nominated at AfD; notified BOZ (talk · contribs) 08:21, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, a single review in a highly specialized magazine. Even the broader internet, which has plenty of sites for this kind of topic, has very little attention for this one, i.e. 22 Google hits[83]. Nothing in Google Books.
- Smart Grade Company: nominated at AfD; notified BangsMetala (talk · contribs) 14:31, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? I can find no evidence of a company called "Smart Grade Company" or even just "Smart Grade" in Jamshedpur or Seoul, never mind one with a $1.5 billion revenue. Perhaps I'm missing all sources, perhaps I miss just a few sources and this is a remarkably low profile company to be this big...
- Murder One (film): nominated at AfD; notified FilmandTVFan28 (talk · contribs) 16:34, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A movie with "one" review at RottenTomatoes, and a "reception" from a wordpress page. The movie exists, but the best I could find were a few lines here, other sources are more like this one or this one. Not enough to show notability.
- Remy De Ketelaere: nominated at AfD; notified Kostodo (talk · contribs) 08:21, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence could be found of meeting WP:GNG at all.
- Randolph Lablache: nominated at AfD; notified Geschichte (talk · contribs) 08:24, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Has played for the national team, but this hasn't apparently generated any significant coverage at all. One of these cases were the "presumed" notability of WP:NSPORTS seems to be too optimistic, and "actual", required notability is missing.
- 1959-60 Cornwall Combination: nominated at AfD; notified Jose the Tender Engine (talk · contribs) 16:18, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Season article for a competition at the 12th (if I see it correctly) level of the English football pyramid. Information is woefully incomplete but basically correct (see this primary source, but that doesn't mean that this is a notable subject of course.
- Ifeanyi David Nduka: nominated at AfD; notified Geregen2 (talk · contribs) 16:22, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, doesn't seem to have received any significant attention from independent sources. On a side note, I can imagine quite a few players now getting a chance to play in Russia but a total lack of attention for doing so (or worse for them, getting negative attention).
- Cnick: nominated at AfD; notified Saliner (talk · contribs) 10:52, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability: apart perhaps from the Georgian journal article (which is in itself a rather strange and gushing text), the others are just rehashed press releases (e.g. the Interesting Engineering article copies whole bits straight from the Cnick Teslaring homepage), not actual independent, journalistic bits. Other sources one can find are of the same ilk (e.g. this interview is just a free promo piece, not an actual interview or a sign of a newspaper or magazine having true interest in the company.
- List of countries by electricity price: nominated at AfD; notified Afus199620 (talk · contribs) 15:22, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: The electricity price constantly fluctuates (and isn't necessarily the same for a whole country either). A list of the price in countries at a random date is not a notable subject, and a list which is restricted to just 34 countries isn't really optimal either.
- Johan of Limburg Hohenlimburg Broich, probst of Werden: nominated at AfD; notified VanlmugH (talk · contribs) 16:16, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Very unclear notability. This article seems to be based on research of primary sources, and a self-published book. I wasn't able to find better sources, but perhaps a different combination of search terms will give better results (I tried it with Hohenlimburg Broich probst Werden).
- List of United States federal judges who died in active service: nominated at AfD; notified BD2412 (talk · contribs) 08:17, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A fairly common occurrence, and not a defining characteristic of these judges or something that made them (more) notable. Basically, a random pairing of two characteristics. (On a side-note, we shouldn't have mainspace articles with big red errors and "to do " sections in them, that's why we have draft space and user sandboxes). Nominated are all three lists:*List of United States federal judges who died in active service (1789–1919)*List of United States federal judges who died in active service (1920–1969)*List of United States federal judges who died in active service (1970–present)Fram (talk) 08:17, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Chaise a Bureau: nominated at AfD; notified ID230SSS9 (talk · contribs) 12:09, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unverifiable. I can find one reference which mentions a "chaise à bureau" from the Rococo, but without any indication that this is a specific type as described here. Unsourced for nearly 15 years as well, so perhaps time to put this to rest.
- Template:Charles: nominated at TfD; notified TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) 16:30, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A nearly endless template of names which may or may not have the same origin as "Charles" (some do, some like Carey (surname) apparently don't, some like Lina have many origins and could thus carry many similar templates, some aren't even "real" names but only pseudonyms like Karloff (name)). Disambiguation pages are meant to distinguish between people with the same or very similar names, so it makes sense that the disambig Caryl has a see also for e.g. Caryll and vice versa; but burying these in a massive list together with Giancarlo, Chip, Lotte and Sharlene will not help for this in any way.
- Miss Muslimah World 2021: nominated at AfD; notified Muhammad fardhan rizqullah (talk · contribs) 15:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I can find no evidence that this is a notable event, but perhaps there are good Arabic, Farsi or other language sources for this?
- Krrish Ladoiya: nominated at AfD; notified Krishan Ladoiya Nohar (talk · contribs) 10:06, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: More than 30 sources, but it seems as if there a no actual reliable, independent, significant ones among them. A badly written piece from "Timebulletin" is the only thing on Google News trying to look like a real news article, but looks to be just a fake promo piece instead. The site is blacklisted on enwiki (hence no link here), which is indicative of its value for us.
- Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom: nominated at AfD; notified Another Believer (talk · contribs) 11:51, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:NORG. We now have more than 150 articles on Portland restaurants and bars, but not all of them seem to be really notable. This one fails the WP:AUD (audience) test, as the sources are all local, and most of them not very indepth either (the 15 March 2022 "closing" article is the exception, it is local but is an actual article instead of a short, gushing promo mention like this).
- Tulsa Derby: nominated at AfD; notified Dozer28 (talk · contribs) 16:25, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Extremely premature. Two teams who will play against each other in an official competition for the first time next month, that's it. Not a notable rivalry at the moment.
- Caste2caste sale: nominated at AfD; notified Samadhaan (talk · contribs) 14:59, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability whatsoever. Not a single link apart from the Amazon page[84].
- List of Lambda Upsilon Lambda chapters: nominated at AfD; notified DovahDuck (talk · contribs) 14:35, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: While Lambda Upsilon Lambda in itself is notable, there is no reason to have a list of all non-notable chapters of this group, we are not a directory. Fails WP:LISTN.
- Attack on Belgorod: nominated at AfD; notified Elijahandskip (talk · contribs) 13:15, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. Not every incident in this war needs a separate article, and this one so far is just a minor issue (it may be the start of something major, but then we can create an article once this is established). It's only reported on by Tass, not independently verified, and one or a few shells fired and 4 people injured is not really a lot when seen against the scale of this war.
April 2022
[edit]- Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland): nominated at AfD; notified Sirrontail (talk · contribs) 10:24, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, only been written about in far-left minor publications (note: the Weekly Worker link[85] does not address this group directly), but not in reliable, independent sources. A fringe group with no political results or importance so far, and which has failed to get real attention since the split.
- SmartLynx Airlines Estonia Flight 9001: nominated at AfD; notified Plane'n Boom1 (talk · contribs) 14:24, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. A minor accident (a training flight gone wrong, no casualties) without WP:SUSTAINED coverage.
- Template:Anthony: nominated at TfD; notified TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) 07:18, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Same arguments as for Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 March 30#Template:Charles
- Template:Nicholas: nominated at TfD; notified Nikola Smolenski (talk · contribs) 07:19, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Same arguments as for Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 March 30#Template:Charles
- Shades of Perth Volume 3: nominated at AfD; notified Neophytte (talk · contribs) 12:11, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable release, only a review in a local magazine (x-press), and listing in databases. The whole Shades of Perth series lacks sourcing, and the third one seems to be even more obscure than the other two[86].
- Captain Cooper School: nominated at AfD; notified Btphelps (talk · contribs) 07:27, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, no reliable, independent sources, only sources related to the school or district.
- Solmikrosystems: nominated at RfD; Target: Sun Microsystems (notified); notified Dimitrovja (talk · contribs) 07:31, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This is a translation of the company name, but is not used outside of Wikipedia, and was created (as an article) by a disruptive, and since indef blocked editor.
- Amnon and Tamar story: nominated at AfD; notified Eladkarmel (talk · contribs) 10:45, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: We already have articles for Amnon and for Tamar (daughter of David), which deal almost exclusively with this story. Having a third article for the same subject seems like overkill. I redirected this to Amnon, but on second thoughts a redirect to Tamar (daughter of David) may be better. The article creator thinks it is better as a stand-alone article, so here we are.
- South Park F.C. (1868): nominated at AfD; notified In Vitrio (talk · contribs) 08:53, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A short-lived club for which we have some match reports but nothing actually establishing notability.
- Gladstone Street Pizza: nominated at AfD; notified Another Believer (talk · contribs) 10:02, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:NORG. The sources are either local or trivial, e.g. "GSP has been voted the best pizza in Portland by fans of PBS" turns out to be a list where anyone can add an entry[87]: "Submit your suggestions using the form at the bottom of the page and we’ll add it to the list." and thus has no value at all. The article in the Oregonian is a passing mention[88]. Local articles like this add very little, and this epitomizes why local articles don't count towards notability for companies. Which leaves us with one article from OregonLive, [89]. It hasn't made it into any books according to Google Books, it has very little impact in general, 49 GHits is absolute peanuts for a current North American subject, and GNews are the usual local things[90], many already included in the article.
- Category:PAGES WITH LOGIN REQUIRED REFERENCES OR SOURCES: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified PrimeHunter (talk · contribs) 13:04, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: If this isn't used, it should be deleted. If it is used, it should be moved to a NON-SHOUTING version.
- Mahmoud Elhenidy: nominated at AfD; notified Mahemodkballet (talk · contribs) 10:59, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found, sources (external links) are not independent but organisations he works for or with. Perhaps better sources are available in Egyptian publications, but internationally, or in Germany where he now works, he seems to be hardly known. I can't find evidence of any "Dance de Lagos" in Portugal.
- St Mark's F.C. (Windsor): nominated at AfD; notified In Vitrio (talk · contribs) 12:44, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Short-lived school club which ended up not playing in a notable competition, and which may have had one later international player in their ranks, perhaps (though I couldn't verify this). Lacks reliable, indepth sources about the club
- CYN The Awakening: Orlando: nominated at AfD; notified EddieHerrera20 (talk · contribs) 12:35, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Minor event from a new organization without an article. It got routine announcements and results in the specialized websites, but no actual indepth attention. This is about the only source that gives anything beyond that, which is hardly sufficient to establish notability and maintain an article.
- WAW World Heavyweight Championship: nominated at AfD; notified DJ Nash (talk · contribs) 12:52, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This seems like a very minor title, where it is hard to even be certain what the current name is (apparently, since 2016 it was the "Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship", but it looks to have reverted to the old one now?) or the current title holder (the article cites a 2019 source, but it seems as if it has been held by 2 other wrestlers since). Searching with the current title gives very few news hits[91] and rather few general hits[92] for a type of event which normally generates lots of nearly identical wrestling database and fansite hits. Looking for the shorter title doesn't really give much better results[93][94].
- Elizabeth MacLeod Sturges Leggett: nominated at RfD; Target: Betty Leggett (notified); notified Willthacheerleader18 (talk · contribs) 13:55, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
- List of articles about Cameron Diaz: nominated at AfD; notified Samuelloveslennonstella (talk · contribs) 08:57, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Recently, a number of similar articles have been created, and I'm unclear whether they are a good idea. We already have categories for these, they are not a notable topic as a group, they are not a set index (as described at Wikipedia:Set index articles), and we could have a nearly endless supply of such lists. For this specific example, the articles about Cameron Diaz are already easily found by:*The search bar*The Cameron Diaz article*The Cameron Diaz categoryDo we really need a fourth way to access these? I think we should delete this, but am open to being convinced otherwise.
- Durgāradeshadipati Baba Kaliveer: nominated at AfD; notified Rajja100 (talk · contribs) 12:01, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: It may be a transliteration issue or something else, but I can't find any sources for this Durgāradeshadipati Baba Kaliveer (also when looking separately, "Durgāradeshadipati" "Baba Kaliveer"). The online sources in the article are either unreliable (TheReaderApp) or don't mention this at all (sacred texts.comvedabase.io, and the article as written is very confusing to find out what it is actually about (it reads like some religious story written here as truth), so even if verified would need a complete overhaul to become encyclopedic. But without verification we shouldn't have an article of course.
- Draft:Molan Tbn: nominated at MfD; notified Favour Enom (talk · contribs) 14:49, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Poor duplicate of Seth Fedelin but with a completely different title (so not even useful as a redirect from draftspace).
- Syrian/Lebanese Antiguans and Barbudans: nominated at AfD; notified CROIX (talk · contribs) 11:45, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOT the place for detailed statistics and little or no background. We have no sources which actually discuss this (small) group in depth (and the sources we do have in the article don't seem to work?). A redirect to Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda might be a solution, even though that article doesn't mention the Syrian or Lebanese.
- War Theatre (art): nominated at AfD; notified PsychoticInv (talk · contribs) 12:33, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? The two sources are not correct (ISBN links to other books, title of first one as given don't exist). I can't find references which use "war theatre" with this meaning (as far as meaning can be found in this article). If it exists and is notable, it will need a thorough rewriting.
- List of municipal flags in the Czech Republic: nominated at AfD; notified Alexphangia (talk · contribs) 13:00, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTGALLERY. Fram (talk) 13:00, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Also nominated are the separate pages of flags:*List of municipal flags of Central Bohemian Region*List of municipal flags of Hradec Králové Region*List of municipal flags of Karlovy Vary Region*List of municipal flags of Liberec Region*List of municipal flags of Moravian-Silesian Region*List of municipal flags of Olomouc Region*List of municipal flags of Pardubice Region*List of municipal flags of Plzeň Region*List of municipal flags of South Bohemian Region*List of municipal flags of South Moravian Region*List of municipal flags of Ústí nad Labem Region*List of municipal flags of Vysočina Region*List of municipal flags of Zlín Region
- Thomas Jackson Charlton (physician, born 1895): nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 07:58, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. I can't access the obituary in his local paper, so I don't know if it is family-written or newspaper-written: but the other two sources are passing mentions, and nothing in the article indicates why he would be a notable person. Searching for more information mainly leads me to somewhat more notable namesakes (possibly family), including an Olympic rower, but I see nothing substantial about this person.
- Thomas Jackson Charlton (physician, born 1833): nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 08:39, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, a passing mention in a book and an entry in an apparently unpublished database (Hambrecht 2015)?
- Flags of municipalities of Estonia: nominated at RfD; Target: commons:Flags of municipalities of Estonia (notified); notified SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk · contribs) 09:21, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:SSRT, soft redirects to other projects should normally not be created: "only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects."For the same reason these other recently created Commons redirected are nominated as well;*List of municipal flags of Estonia*List of municipal flags of Central Germany*List of municipal flags of Eastern Germany*List of municipal flags of Northern Germany*List of municipal flags of Southern Germany*List of municipal flags of Western Germany
- Flags of counties of the United States: nominated at AfD; notified Illegitimate Barrister (talk · contribs) 12:02, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTGALLERY, WP:NOTDIRECTORY. The vast majority of these have no source, no context, and aren't even important enough to be discussed in the article on the county itself. Thankfully the list is very incomplete, as the US has more than 3000 counties apparently.
- Thomas Jackson Charlton (physician, born 1805): nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 07:09, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability in sources in article, one sentence in the description of papers, and a passing mention in a bio of his father. No better sources found online. Article gives little reason to believe that much more would be available.
- Ilia Kherodinashvili: nominated at AfD; notified Nia chelidze3 (talk · contribs) 07:43, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't verify the lofty claims ("author of the concept of changing the world"?) or find evidence that he is notable, not with the article title and not with the Georgian version "ილია ხეროდინაშვილის" either.
- Valencia Rush: nominated at AfD; notified ValenciaRush413 (talk · contribs) 07:57, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Mutuke Maternity Clinic: nominated at AfD; notified Jaisondlovu (talk · contribs) 08:19, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this very small hospital.
- Trumpanzee: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Trumpanzee; notified Enix150 (talk · contribs) 08:26, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT, no need to redirect this derogatory neologism.
- Children and Atheism: nominated at AfD; notified Tamingimpala (talk · contribs) 08:46, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. Reviews come from not independent[99] or unreliable sources (a 2020 article on user-published "Medium.com" which discusses a 2022 book?[100]). Nothing on Google News, barely anything on Google in general[101].
- Shoaib Rahman: nominated at AfD; notified Tamingimpala (talk · contribs) 13:56, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: 57 references, and yet it looks as if he isn't actually notable. No GNews hits about him (just posts by him)[102], and some 58 regular GHits[103] are both very low for a current English-language writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur. The sources in the article are in many cases self published, or generic databases, or of dubious independence. Something like this doesn't seem to mention Rahman, or Fadew. Something like this is a worthless source. this is self published by Rahman. This is of very dubious reliability and independence. This is self written. In general, I have trouble here finding the few actual reliable, independent, indepth sources we require to accept biographies.
- Byzantine Reconquisita: nominated at AfD; notified ThePrayz999 (talk · contribs) 09:27, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: While there are sources about a Byzantine Reconquista (not a "Reconquisita" though), these mostly apply to the 10th or 11th century, and none seem to be about a post-1453 reconquista. The Nicol 2002 source doesn't use the term Reconquista, the Simon David Phillips source only mentions an "Iberian reconquista" once, but not the one treated in this article. While the article purports to be about battles from 1453-1492, the quote about the 15,000 to 50,000 Ottoman dead is about the 1522 siege of Rhodes against the Knights Hospitaller, who aren't even mentioned as belligerents in the infobox. So, a hoax or at best a completely misunderstood and mangled retelling of the Nicol source?
- O Beto de Cascais: nominated at AfD; notified OCavaleiroDaDinamarca (talk · contribs) 12:14, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Largely unverifiable. I can't find good info on the iPOP award, he doesn't seem to be included in the first source (Be Art), and so on. His youtube parody exists[104] but is not notable, this is a blog and doesn't mention him (at least not his "beto" nickname, perhaps it is using his real name but no way to match this with any certainty): in either case, the iPOP website[105] used as a source here gives no results for either that other name nor for Beto. And don't get me started on the royal heritage claims...
- Aliyaanwar: nominated at AfD; notified Annuxsing (talk · contribs) 12:19, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability at all could be found. We don't have a speedy deletion criterion for books, so here we are.
May 2022
[edit]- List of people on the postage stamps of Netherlands New Guinea: nominated at AfD; notified Bill Blampied (talk · contribs) 07:21, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Very small, finite list (country as such no longer exists) with no sources showing that this is a topic of direct interest (information extracted from a general stamp catalogue), and with little interest for the biographies of the persons involved (royalty shown on stamps of country they rule, yawn).
- Miles Fenton: nominated at AfD; notified UncleTupelo1 (talk · contribs) 16:26, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. No reliable, independent, indepth sources are available (the Burnley sources in the article are passing mentions only, and looking for better sources gave no results[106]). Something like this is the best I could find, but it is neither substantive nor independent.
- Alex Cox-Ashwood: nominated at AfD; notified UncleTupelo1 (talk · contribs) 16:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability. Barely anything for "Alex" Cox-Ashwood, a few more hits for "Alexandre" Cox-Ashwood, but nothing substantial from independent reliable sources, just databases.
- Reputation of al qunut: nominated at AfD; notified Olaitan2022 (talk · contribs) 12:08, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I don't see a speedy deletion criterion that really fits here, but this article is related to Qunut, but is just a (the?) text of this prayer, without background, and with an incorrect title (hence makes no sense to redirect it to Qunut either). The "BBC" source (homepage) is useless here, and the other source[107] would be unacceptable as a reliable source anyway, but doesn't even mention Qunut, so is hardly any help.
- Parties in the European Council during 2019: nominated at AfD; notified Julio974fr (talk · contribs) 12:17, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: As far as I understand it, there are no "parties" in the European Council. The Council is composed of the heads of state or government: while these usually belong to a party, they represent their country or at least the ruling coalition of their country, and not the various fractions in the European Parliament, of which they aren't members. This page (and the other similar ones) mix two things together, giving the impression that European Council decisions are made based on European Parliament fractions and on the party the head of government belongs to, which is incorrect.
- History of gay men: nominated at AfD; notified Depressedchicano (talk · contribs) 15:24, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: We already have History of homosexuality, there seems to be no reason to have a "history of gay men" (could be a redirect of course). It is very unclear what content is supposed to be included in the one article which doesn't also belong in the other, and we shouldn't have two articles on the same subject.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Portuguese colonies: nominated at AfD; notified Epistemos (talk · contribs) 07:49, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Normally I would tag this for speedy deletion as having no content, but it has existed like this since 2008. 2008! That has to be some kind of record, I hope.
- Francis Myers (CasaGrande): nominated at AfD; notified Thehusband (talk · contribs) 12:14, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lack of notability, article based on primary sources (and even then lots seem unverifiable). Redirect to New Almaden#New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum is a possibility, even though the article title is a very unlikely search term (including the typo in the disambiguation).
- Pre-election pendulum for the 2022 Australian federal election: nominated at AfD; notified Chrisclear (talk · contribs) 12:45, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This seems to be only available from a blog, and not commented upon in reliable sources. Not a notable topic.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Mauritius: nominated at AfD; notified CopperKettle (talk · contribs) 15:04, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: After 13 years, we have "2" of the many people who were shown on stamps of Mauritius (one with a (??) after his name, very encyclopedic), no source (one external link), and no indication that this is in any way notable. Keeping around such crappy articles serves no purpose at all, and redirecting it is no good either as there are no other articles with info on this subject.
- Prince Fahim: nominated at AfD; notified Faheemkintu (talk · contribs) 10:51, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Article makes claims to notability (zzinna awards wins, other awards) but none of these are verifiable, and looking for other sources produced nothing even remotely indicating any actual notability.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Bushire: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 13:16, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced since its inception in 2004, a "list" of 2 items for a "country" which hardly existed, and which never created any stamps (they reused stamps from elsewhere with a print on it stating "Bushire under British Occupation"). No evidence that this is a notable subject.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Vanuatu: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 10:38, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced since 2004, woefully incomplete. Fails WP:LISTN. It has no stamps of Vanuatu, despite the title (and the existence of plenty of stamps from Vanuatu depicting people) , and the list of the New Hebrides is badly incomplete or wrong (e.g. lacks the first stamps of Elisabeth II, but also stamps of Prince Philip, William Wales and William Hodges). No evidence that this is a notable subject, and being looked at on average once every five days[108] shows a total lack of interest among our readers and our editors.
- Vonoprazan/amoxicillin: nominated at AfD; notified Whywhenwhohow (talk · contribs) 07:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- Leandro Frroku: nominated at AfD; notified GRanemos1 (talk · contribs) 08:59, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability for this player.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Haiti: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 10:01, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN, no evidence that this is a notable subject as a group. In addition, unsourced since its inception in 2004, stops for some reason in 1960, and is incomplete even for that period (e.g. missing from the 1950s are Isabella I of Castile and Dumarsais Estimé).
- Pi whole number: nominated at AfD; notified Booklover834 (talk · contribs) 12:28, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Similar to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pi (first 100000 digits) and other such discussions, but worse, as Pi is infinite and the "whole" pi is impossible (so not a good redirect either).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Turkmenistan: nominated at AfD; notified Rzafar (talk · contribs) 15:20, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This is terrible. I have already nominated a number of these "lists of people on postage stamps" articles, including one that had been completely empty since 2008. I thought that was the worst, but I'm afraid that I was mistaken. Since its inception as an unsourced list in 2010, this page has "listed" one person, who appeared on a stamp in 1991. Too bad that the first stamp in Turkmenistan only appeared in ... 1992 (and the first person to appear on a Turkmen stamp was not the founder of Pakistan, duh). Even if this had been a factually correct list, it would fail WP:LISTN as a topic which hasn't received significant attention as a group. As it stands, it is simply a monument to the utter ridiculousness of most of these lists and belies all "but readers want it" claims. Luckily only 24 people (or webscrapers or so) have seen this page in the last 90 days[110].
- List of people on the postage stamps of Antigua and Barbuda: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 07:54, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN, not a notable list subject. Article unsourced since its creation in 2004 (and tagged as such since 2010), ends the list at a random year, and is incomplete even for those years. Due to the list ending abruptly and early, there is not a single entry for the actual country Antigua and Barbuda, only for the earlier separate ones. Extremely limited page views (1 visit every three days). Useless as it stands, and no sources are available to show that it is a notable subject anyway.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Oman: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 13:53, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN, not a notable grouping. Unsourced since its creation in 2004, incomplete (both pre-independence and after), not of interest to readers (21 pageviews in 90 days).
- Vanessa Getty: nominated at AfD; notified Louis Puchner (talk · contribs) 14:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vanessa Getty. Previous discussion was avoided by the article creator by turning it into a G7 deletion, but less than a week later they simply recreate the article (identical? I can't tell). Apparently this doesn't apply for a G4 speedy deletion, which seems like a shortcoming of the system. Anyway, I guess this means that the previous AfD should be reopened, so you may consider this a procedural AfD opening. Previous AfD nomination reason was "Promotional article on a Non notable socialite and philanthropist who lacks in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources thus fails GNG and fails WP:ANYBIO also, the plethora of sources are a mirage to inundate the inexperienced new page reviewer. A before search turns up nothing concrete. They are model too but WP:ENT isn’t met. "
- Alexander Bagrationi (chess): nominated at AfD; notified Jimandjam (talk · contribs) 08:01, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found that he is notable, nothing beyond routine coverage found.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Palau: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 13:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Palau (pop. 18,000) has created in 40 years more than 4000 stamps (about the same as Great Britain did in 180 years), many of them with people. The current completely unsourced list only includes 3, completely at random (e.g. the 1983 set that featured Captain Wilson also showed three other named people, including Lee Boo who is here given for 1990). Nothing was added to the list since its creation in 2004, not even after someone else prod'ded it in 2009. Over the last 90 days, it was seen 13 times. Basically, no one cares to correct and improve it, and no one cares to read it.
- John Jossifakis: nominated at AfD; notified Alikachukwu (talk · contribs) 14:59, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This has some typical "impressive" sources which turn out to be problematic. Things like this from the "Seattle Daily Observer" or this from the "Denver Reporter" are pure promo pieces, for two "newspapers" without a presence on enwiki (bizarre if they were truly newspapers from these cities) and no indication why they, as local publications, would give this person so much glowing attention. Worse perhaps is this from "Worldwineinfocenter", bringing an article that doesn't mention wine even once. But, wow, it is written by "Jennyfer Smith Senior Journalist https://www.afp.com". Now, that is the website of Agence France-Presse, a very reputable news source, so this would be a clear indication of importance. Strange though how the only references I can find for a Jennyfer Smith working for AFP (as a "senior journalist"), are all for articles about Jossifakis: looking back, the "Denver Reporter" article is also written by her! Whether he is notable or not (doubtful), the current article needs to be deleted as a promo piece (but not clear enough to just tag it as G11, some explanation was needed I think). And perhaps some of the sources so nicely presented should be blacklisted as they don't seem to be useful...
- ꑭ: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:ꑭ (notified); notified Benlisquare (talk · contribs) 07:38, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:SSRT and per just ... why? It's a word in a different language, just like there are millions of words.
- Reverie (given name): nominated at AfD; notified Bookworm857158367 (talk · contribs) 08:33, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this given name.
- List of Comunal Documents of Santa Margherita Ligure: nominated at AfD; notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 09:57, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I have no idea at all what the actual purpose of this article is. A municipality of less than 10,000 inhabitants has a number of official documents available for inhabitants, just like most other communities in the world. Why it would be a good idea to have an article that informs us that Santa Margherita Ligure has an "Application for household allowance 2022", a "Request form 1 hour in Blue zone for residents only" or a "Specification for home composting" is unclear. If you need a formal reason, total lack of notability.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Benin: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 10:46, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. For some reason stops in 1969, and despite the claim of being complete until then, it misses e.g. Pierre and Marie Curie (1938) and Churchill, Lincoln and Kennedy (1965). Not improved since 2010, and was viewed by 9 people in the last 90 days, so not a topic of interest for our readers either.
- Michael Blakey (musician): nominated at AfD; notified JessicaBruton (talk · contribs) 11:50, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Deleted a long time ago at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Blakey (music producer), it is now recreated with new sources, but upon closer inspection it seems to be mostly nonsense, puffery, and other unverifiable stuff. He "has sold over 140 million albums" but is linked from not a single one on Wikipedia, and his Discogs page [111] doesn't give the impression that this is true. He was a "Melody Maker Producer of the Year"? Repeated in vanity sources, but not in a single reliable source it seems, and unlikely considering his career as a producer. Should be deleted as a hoax, but isn't obvious enough to get a speedy without explanation I think.
- List of years in Liechtenstein: nominated at AfD; notified Johnson524 (talk · contribs) 07:52, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to History of Liechtenstein, but was reverted. This list is nearly empty, and the few articles it points to are nearly empty as well (and could do with a discussion of their own). E.g. the first one, 2007 in Liechtenstein, just has a joke trivia entry. Perhaps the Template:Years in Liechtenstein could be added at the bottom of the "History" article to help people who really want to access these "years" articles. But for most readers, arriving at this "list of years" article and then the underlying individual years will just be a disappointment instead of something helpful.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Iceland: nominated at AfD; notified Msrasnw (talk · contribs) 12:11, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. A seemingly random list, missing many entries (even the very first one, from 1902, Christian IX). Abandoned since its inception in 2010, with hardly anyone interested in it (25 views in 90 days). Sourced to a general catalogue and the homepage of a stamp dealer for some reason.
- ASEAN countries in sporting events: nominated at AfD; notified BTechTV (talk · contribs) 15:51, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Random intersection of two characteristics: does a country belong to ASEAN and how has that country fared at major sporting events. See WP:NOT, specifically Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Bulgaria: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 08:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Unsourced and abandoned since its creation in 2003, tagged as such since 2010. Apparently Bulgaria has not put any people on postage stamps since the 1930s, if one was to believe this article. Not of any use to readers, and luckily they don't care to read it either (25 pageviews in the last 90 days excluding one very anomalous spike).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Uruguay: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 08:36, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Largely abandoned, incorrect (e.g. the first stamp for Suarez is given as 1896, while it appeared in 1881), incomplete.
- Esher Leopold F.C.: nominated at AfD; notified In Vitrio (talk · contribs) 09:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to 1881–82 FA Cup, as all this club did was lose in a first round match in the FA Cup (playing the FA cup was no mark of distinction, all clubs could enter and many were supposed to play but never showed up anyway). No evidence that this is a notable organization, fails WP:NORG, only has routine coverage.
- German trawler V 206 Otto Bröhan: nominated at AfD; notified Mjroots (talk · contribs) 12:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, just a name among many in some lists, and a standard entry in Lloyd's which doesn't indicate any notability. No actual reliable, indepth sources about this ship apparently. Perhaps there is a good redirect target?
- St Wystan's School: nominated at AfD; notified CharlieEdits (talk · contribs) 16:27, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to Repton School, but was reverted. It is a non-notable primary school which is part of the Repton School group.
- List of people on the postage stamps of South Korea: nominated at AfD; notified Yoshidas (talk · contribs) 08:40, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Largely abandoned since its creation in 2007, one source for one entry (not working any longer), not of interest to our readers (19 pageviews in the last 90 days), just like the vast majority of similar lists
- List of people on the postage stamps of Liechtenstein: nominated at AfD; notified Kges1901 (talk · contribs) 08:11, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Incomplete (no idea which years it supposedly covers, but e.g. 1980 stamps are missing), abandoned, unsourced since creation in 2015, and unread (18 pageviews in the last 90 days).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Cambodia: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 08:14, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Very incomplete, abandoned, unsourced since creation in 2004, and mostly unread (some 30 pageviews in the last 90 days before the Proposed deletion).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Chad: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 08:15, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Even the 1960s part, which looks filled, is very incomplete (e.g. the long series of Mexico 68 gold medal winners is lacking, and the many people on airmail stamps from the period). Largely abandoned since its creation in 2007, except some minor additions in 2013. Not of interest to our readers either, judging from the pageviews.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Lebanon: nominated at AfD; notified Eclecticology (talk · contribs) 08:26, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Unsourced (one source doesn't work and doesn't seem like a reliable source anyway), incomplete (e.g. has a stamp from 2001, but misses the Elias Abu Chabake stamp from the same year), and unloved (26 pageviews over the last 90 days).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Bermuda: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 08:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Unsourced, very short list, which isn't even complete for the years it covers (e.g. Churchill 1966 or Princess Anne 1973 are missing). With 18 pageviews in the last 90 days, again one of these lists with no interest from either editors or readers.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Nigeria: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 08:29, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Unsourced since 2003, abandoned since 2010, incomplete even for the years supposedly covered (e.g. 1937, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother).
- Zokie of Planet Ruby: nominated at AfD; notified VictorRocks (talk · contribs) 10:54, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Not notable yet, one source is a mere mention. Might well become notable once it materializes, but this is too soon.
June 2022
[edit]- Dr. K. Sudhakar: nominated at AfD; notified Arionmc (talk · contribs) 09:39, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Repeatedly recreated and draftified with different titles. Perhaps best to finish this once and for all through AfD then. Fails WP:N; no evidence found that this is a notable person, just some passing mentions.
- List of people on the postage stamps of the Cook Islands: nominated at AfD; notified Eclecticology (talk · contribs) 12:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: abandoned and extremely incomplete (in case you wonder: the Cook Islands still produce stamps, and have put many people on their stamps since, er, 1949). A disservice to the few readers of this article.
- Hiura-ike Dam: nominated at AfD; notified Nirmaljoshi (talk · contribs) 11:41, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this small dam is a notable subject. Just like roads, bridges, ... dams aren't automatically notable, and while many will be discussed in independent sources (as major constructions with a profound impact on the landscape), other ones like this (which basically create a pond, nothing more) will be largely ignored and fail WP:N.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Saint Kitts: nominated at AfD; notified Rkb1809 (talk · contribs) 08:14, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: abandoned, unsourced since its creation, unread (less than 1 visitor every two days).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Fiji: nominated at AfD; notified Rkb1809 (talk · contribs) 08:15, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: sourced to a general stamp catalogue (not a source which gives attention to the specific topic of people), abandoned since 2011 (ends in 2005), hardly ever read (1 pageview every 4 days or so).
- Lucas Kirnon: nominated at AfD; notified Zanoni (talk · contribs) 13:38, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of actual notability at the moment. Montserrat is an extremely small nation, and playing for their national team is the equivalent of playing for a team of the best 11 players from some village basically. There is no good sourcing available for Kirnon, just passing mentions (or the usual databases and primary sources of course). May obviously become notable later in his career.
- Daenerys (given name): nominated at AfD; notified Bookworm857158367 (talk · contribs) 14:30, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Page has been merged to Game of Thrones#Cultural influence, but redirect to their is objected against. I believe it makes more sense to discuss these names which are always discussed in the context of "they're popular because of GoT" either at the general Games of Thrones article, or at a (as yet not existant) spin-off article for the cultural influence of Games of Thrones (comparable to e.g. Cultural influence of Star Trek). The same applies to the nearly identical Khaleesi (given name).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Gibraltar: nominated at AfD; notified St220 (talk · contribs) 12:55, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: unsourced since creation in 2009, few additions done since then are haphazard (incomplete), and not of interest to readers (some 20 visits in the 90 days before the Prod).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Guatemala: nominated at AfD; notified Bill Blampied (talk · contribs) 13:04, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: abandoned list, unsourced since its creation in 2013, not of interest to our readers (less than 1 pageview per day).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Greece: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 13:07, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: unsourced since its creation in 2004, abandoned, little interest to readers (less than 1 pageview per day).
- Alabi Oyinkansola: nominated at AfD; notified Jamiebuba (talk · contribs) 10:40, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Previously deleted in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oyinkansola Alabi. Sources here are dubious, seem to be promo pieces instead of true independent sources (often hard to tell whether the gushing prose and unverified claims of importance from the subject are independent but poor journalism, or just paid-for pieces). The Forbes one is written by Alabi, who is a member of their "business council", which sounds a lot more impressive than it is; it basically is a paid-for club of smallish CEOs who want more visibility and a nice title (it's "invitation only", but you can invite yourself it seems). The article seems to be copied from somewhere else, judging from the stray "ref" numbers throughout it, so may be a copyvio or recreation of a deleted article. There is very little to be found about her[112][113].
- Louis Sharp: nominated at AfD; notified ConcordeAAIB (talk · contribs) 07:31, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: All sources are either databases or primary sources, i.e. in this case sources by the organisers of the races or the sport, not independent sourcing. He may well become notable, but this seems a case of WP:TOOSOON.
- Ethics of Cloning: Human reproductive cloning from Shia view point: nominated at AfD; notified MAKAMURE (talk · contribs) 07:49, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Was prod'ded with the rationale "No evidence found of notability (for the book as well as the author) per WP:NBOOK, WP:GNG, or WP:ACADEMIC. " Article creator has been blocked for sockpuppetry, and many of their articles are up for deletion for a variety of reasons. Best to check this one as well.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Gabon: nominated at AfD; notified Eclecticology (talk · contribs) 08:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Additionally, this article is since its creation in 2003 mainly unsourced (one stamp is sourced to a random webshop stamp dealer), ends in 1996 or thereabouts, and has mainly served as a time sink for minor cleanup over the years, without actual improvements or readers (before the Prod, it had about one pageview every 3 days...).
- Omar Sakr: nominated at AfD; notified 99teko (talk · contribs) 10:32, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. One interview listed in article, nothing more found, doesn't seem to have had an impact.
- Catherine Coffey: nominated at AfD; notified Kerrieburn (talk · contribs) 12:33, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear what she is actually notable for. Sources are not independent (local Catholic church diocese describing their origin) and hardly indepth. Findagrave is an unreliable source, her death notice in the newspaper[114] indicates that the people then didn't think anything special of her either, with just a little bit more attention for her funeral[115]. Could at most be a redirect to the article on the diocese if one line about her is added there; but just being the first to teach catholicism in one small (at the time) city (and then perhaps just to her own children, as said here) is not much of a claim to fame.
- Prison Cross for Gallantry: nominated at AfD; notified ISUtahraptor (talk · contribs) 13:09, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this never awarded medal. Two of the four sources don't even mention it[116][117], and the others are a database[118] and another short mention[119] in sources of unclear reliability. A redirect to Orders, decorations, and medals of Rhodesia may be an alternative to deletion.
- Laurie Spicer-Bourdon: nominated at AfD; notified Tamariki (talk · contribs) 16:12, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Mayor Max I: nominated at AfD; notified IAmSeamonkey (talk · contribs) 06:36, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to Mayor Max II for lack of notability, but was reverted because somehow the "official" mayor max site establishes that notability. While "2" got probably enough attention to warrant an article, I don't see the same for "1" and a mention or short paragraph in the "2" article seems sufficient, so I again propose redirecting this.
- Gavin Turner: nominated at AfD; notified Das osmnezz (talk · contribs) 06:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found, only passing mentions or posts from related sources (like "Black and Red United"). Prod was removed because he "meets WP:NFOOTBALL", but NFOOTBALL is no longer an accepted guideline, players need to show significant coverage, not just having played.
- Dr. ajay prakash: nominated at AfD; notified Simplemahashivrat (talk · contribs) 08:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, minor politician (not a member of an assembly, but a member of party committees only, as far as I can tell)
- Alexandre Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Valois: nominated at AfD; notified Unlimitedlead (talk · contribs) 07:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: He died aged 2. Can be a redirect to his father or mother, but no reason to have a separate article for this notability-lacking person whose only claim to fame is his family.
- Victoire of France (1556): nominated at AfD; notified Unlimitedlead (talk · contribs) 07:25, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No idea why we would have a separate article for a child who died less than 2 months old. Should be a redirect to either of the parents.
- 2017 Oklahoma vs Kansas football game: nominated at AfD; notified Deci922 (talk · contribs) 07:30, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced article about an unremarkable game which didn't have lasting notability (just like all such games, there are of course match reports and other sources from the time it happened). Lacks notability.
- William Moore (author): nominated at AfD; notified Cyekii209 (talk · contribs) 08:43, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Dorea Academy: nominated at AfD; notified Dilbert22ph (talk · contribs) 08:49, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found for this school[124][125].
- List of fatal dog attacks in the United States (2014): nominated at AfD; notified Onetwothreeip (talk · contribs) 09:02, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A lot of people die from external causes every year, and these deaths are often reported in local or regional newspapers, whether they are dog attacks, house fires, car accidents, tornadoes, ... It is not clear why the dog attacks in one country in one year would warrant a separate list. It's obviously not a rare occurrence. It's verifiable (though no indication if it is in any way complete), but that doesn't make it a notable list topic.
- Khalfan Musabbeh Al Kaabi: nominated at AfD; notified Khaledahmed1992 (talk · contribs) 07:52, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Only sources are the same press release repeated multiple times, and it doesn't confirm any of the facts in the article. Perhaps he is notable and the article is just poorly written, but it looks as if there is no notability yet, just some promotion.
- UNTV Hataw Balita Pilipinas: nominated at AfD; notified Kulasperes (talk · contribs) 07:57, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication found of any notability for this program
- Caroline Cherotich: nominated at AfD; notified Tipkorir (talk · contribs) 08:01, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, nothing in GNews and very little in Google in general, and sources in article are one source not about her but about the company, one source that doesn't seem to work, and one not independent source.
- BIST (title): nominated at AfD; notified Ajblakeney (talk · contribs) 08:26, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Neologism proposed by The Root (magazine)[126] but which has not gained any traction in the two years since.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Kenya: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 10:00, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also: unsourced since its creation in 2005, very incomplete (even for the years supposedly covered, e.g. 1981 Lady Di or 1989 Henri Dunant), and not of interest to readers (one visitor every few days).
- List of people on the postage stamps of Paraguay: nominated at AfD; notified Bill Blampied (talk · contribs) 07:28, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Same issues as the many dozens of similar lists already deleted over the last months, but main issue is the lack of sources specifically about the list topic as a group (there are sources about specific stamp issues, and about Paraguayan stamps in general, but not sources discussing the topic of people on stamps of Paraguay in general). As usual, this list is largely abandoned and is just being edited as parts of general maintenance; the "year" links which follow each name go to Wikimedia Commons (in itself a poor choice which violated the WP:MOS): but the target pages are deleted at Commons... (some even never existed, like this one). The Vanity Fair source has nothing at all about a Paraguayan stamp, hardly surprising.
- List of current Worcester Tornadoes players: nominated at RfD; Target: Worcester Tornadoes (notified); notified Redsox04 (talk · contribs) 08:59, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: The team disbanded in 2012, so there haven't been any "current" players in 10 years...
- Pauline Preterism: nominated at AfD; notified Transformium (talk · contribs) 07:17, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A description "pauline preterism" which isn't in use anywhere reliable, sourced to 2 self-published books (Liwanag and Hollett) and other primary or unreliable sources. Probably better not to merge or redirect this neologism / WP:OR either.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Nicaragua: nominated at AfD; notified Jamespeterka (talk · contribs) 07:16, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Also same issues as most of these lists, many of them already deleted. Incomplete, largely abandoned since 2007, not of interest to readers.
- Ayn Cates Sullivan: nominated at AfD; notified Troutroute (talk · contribs) 09:54, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:N. Has won many awards, none of them notable. Has written many books, none of them notable. Looking for sources gives me in GNews one press release, and one lengthy interview with "Total Prestige Magazine"[127], which is a shady publication which seems to have a habit of giving excessively praiseful attention to otherwise completely unknown people. E.g. the cover of the issue before the Sullivan issue was for "Trevor Perkin", CEO of "HDM Coatings". Complete lack of all notability or "prestige"[128], not the kind of CEO any actual, real luxury magazine would put on their cover or give a lengthy interview. This has all the hallmarks of a paid for publication to give people exposure and fake notability, not a genuine reliable source giving voluntary attention to a notable person. The 79 Google hits for Ayn Cates Sullivan[129] are extremely low for a supposedly bestselling American fiction author with many books and awards. Looking for her original name doesn't help[130]. She is a self-published author who has won some very minor awards (niche awards from organisations which give out many dozens of similar awards), which have not gotten any attention in the press.
- Abellio, Ellesmere Port: nominated at AfD; notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 08:16, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Completely unverifiable. Sourced only to maps, where I can't find it anyway, and looking for info from actual sources only gives me a company called Abellio in Ellesmere, not a neighborhood. There is e.g. not a single source linking Abellio and Banbury Green[131], but then again there is no source for a Banbury Green in Ellesmere Port as well[132]. Given that the same author also was responsible for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loch Urigull, it may be time to think about sanctions if my misgivings about this Abellio turn out to be true. I don't t think it is a case of trolling or vandalism, just a WP:CIR issue (see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Comunal Documents of Santa Margherita Ligure and the article behind it).
- Conton: nominated at RfD; Target: Contern (notified); notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 08:21, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that the small Luxembourgian village of Contern actually has an English name, as claimed in that article and when creating this redirect.
- Bocce (Locality): nominated at RfD; Target: Geography of Santa Margherita Ligure (notified); notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 08:30, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Completely unverifiable that such a locality exists. It supposedly is the namesake of the "Monte delle Bocce", for which there is one, unreliable, source[133], and which isn't mentioned in any book[134]. Either such a locality doesn't exist, or it is extremely, extremely minor and thus very unlikely to be a useful search term anyway. The target article also has no further information on the locality.
- PaoLUL: nominated at AfD; notified WinterMilton (talk · contribs) 14:08, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability in article or online, just one mention in GNews[135], very few mentions of him in general[136].
- YMCA May Building (Huntington, West Virginia): nominated at AfD; notified WalkingRadiance (talk · contribs) 16:08, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails all our notability guidelines. We don't have a speedy deletion criterion for buildings, otherwise this would be a clear candidate.
- Border of Santa Margherita Ligure: nominated at RfD; Target: Geography of Santa Margherita Ligure (notified); notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 10:22, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Redirect to empty section, useless
- Street Design of Santa Margherita: nominated at RfD; Target: Geography of Santa Margherita Ligure (notified); notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 10:24, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unlikely redirect to empty section of dubious notability
- Blackslough Wood: nominated at AfD; notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 10:49, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is a hamlet, this indicates it is a forest. Other sources are maps like this or this which don't support the hamlet claims either (and certainly in the second case wouldn't be a reliable source anyway). This one at least has the name, but no indication that it is anything but a small forest. This and this unreliable source again does nothing to support the claims. Nothing better found online. And creator has a history of producing articles based on thin air (writing a whole article about a random name on a map or in a list).
- John Hais Hardee Jr.: nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 13:00, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Seems to be part of an attempt to write a family history, where some members are notable, some borderline, and some like this one have no actual claim to notability. Perhaps an article on the Hardee family would be better, with this then as a redirect, but as a standalone article it just doesn't make the cut. Sources are primary or involved (written by family members), and looking for better sources gave no useful results.
- Auf dem Weg durch diese Nacht: nominated at AfD; notified Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs) 09:54, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this song is in any way notable. Most sources in the article are primary sources about the book, not about the song: only the first two sources are actually about the song, but the first one (evangeliums.net) is a database, and the second is the website of the songwriters' band. Looking for better sources produced very few results, none of them indicating actual notability.[137][138][139][140]
- Jesus Christus, Menschensohn: nominated at AfD; notified Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs) 14:45, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability: while this short text has been included in some religious song books, it doesn't seem to have received any actual attention from reliable, independent sources. Sources in article are databases, or lists of contents: only source with some further text is the "Werkhilfe zum Singheft", which is more of an educational/technical guide on how to perform it. Trying to find actual sources about the song turns out to be fruitless. Nothing in GNews[141] or GBooks[142] (the one source is by Schlegel so doesn't count), and the 25 regular hits[143] produce nothing useful not already in the article. A redirect to Helmut Schlegel may be a good alternative for deletion.
- Church of Singapore: nominated at AfD; notified Josephsolomon92 (talk · contribs) 09:22, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability. This is not the older, more notable organization "Catholic Church of Singapore", nor any of the other ones (Anglican, Pentecostal, Charismatic) which are also called "Church of Singapore". Sources in article are all primary, and I couldn't find other ones (but this may be due to the confusion in names), e.g. using the Chinese name in GNews gave hits[144], but these turn out to be for the Catholic Church of Singapore[145][146].
- Francis Orville Libby: nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 12:37, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found that he was in any way notable. The company, perhaps, in which case this could be a redirect. No good sources for Francis Orville Libby, I can't even find him or the company in the first source given[147], the second source is a passing mention[148], third source is a passing mention again[149]. No better sources found online (GBooks and Google).
- Jose Augusto Losada Benítez: nominated at AfD; notified Shahin (talk · contribs) 07:52, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, not a head coach or manager but the physical coach only.
- List of undocumented x86 instructions: nominated at AfD; notified Punpcklbw (talk · contribs) 10:16, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thomas Southcott (died 1657): nominated at AfD; notified LutherBen78 (talk · contribs) 13:26, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:N / WP:V? For starters, is it Southcott, Southcote, or Southcot? The first source mentions a "captain Southcot", in passing, without first name or dates or any further information, so isn't useful here. The second source doesn't seem to include anyone named Southcot (in any variation). I have not been able to find a source that verifies the existence of Southcot(e)(t) Island. Finally, the third source, not linked in the article but available online[150], has a chapter on the Southcote family, but doesn't mention a Thomas (not on page 399, not in the index). Looking for other sources gives e.g. this about the baronetcy, which doesn't mention Thomas or his role in the creation of it. This is the only thing which perhaps verifies the bare existence of this Thomas, but he is said here to have died in 1639.
July 2022
[edit]- Holden All-Australian: nominated at AfD; notified Thelickedspoon (talk · contribs) 11:01, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: An unofficial, hardly used term = a total lack of notability. No better sources found, just some passing mentions.
- Arabella Suttie: nominated at AfD; notified Victuallers (talk · contribs) 09:01, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, only independent source, Vavel.com, is an unreliable source where basically anyone can write articles (in this case, a student), and is not sufficient to establish notability anyway. I could find some passing mentions, but nothing substantial from an independent, reliable source.
- Cyril Bagnost: nominated at AfD; notified Das osmnezz (talk · contribs) 10:35, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I could find no evidence of this player meeting our notability guidelines. The sources in the article are either primary (from his club, and a page from a sports agent) or unreliable (a blog), and looking for better sources online gave no results. Perhaps there are better sources from Singapore (where he won the title), but I was unable to find these. The remainder of his clubs were all at lower levels of their countries league system.
- Petro De Smedt: nominated at AfD; notified Objectivesea (talk · contribs) 14:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found that he is notable. Nothing in GNews, very few libraries hold copies of his work. GBooks has his works but nothing substantial about jim in other books. He has written a lot, but has received very little attention for it[151].
- Jitendra Kumar Social Activist: nominated at AfD; notified Vrishti17 (talk · contribs) 08:57, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Typical "well-sourced" puff piece filled with "journalism" provided by the subject or his company. Sources in the article include Global Kashmir.net (which have the honesty to label the text an advertisement), and the exact same text from e.g. Times of Malwa or Bollywoodmascot or Voice of Hindu. Other sources like APN News are equally unreliable.
- Paraiso Ko'y Ikaw (2022 TV series): nominated at AfD; notified Darwin.estrada29 (talk · contribs) 10:45, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, all GNews sources are about the 2014 series.
- Thursday Night Hockey: nominated at AfD; notified NHLFan2023 (talk · contribs) 10:34, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: So, Thursday night hockey is showing hockey games ... on a Thursday! As opposed to showing hockey games on another day. And this "notable" distinction is supported with sources like this (mentions Thursday once) or this (doesn't even mention Thursday) or this (again, no mention of Thursday), or this (you guessed it). Oh, and this, again not even mentioning Thursday.
- 2022 Hoover Dam explosion: nominated at AfD; notified Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk · contribs) 11:29, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. A routine event, with no real consequences.
- Autopix: nominated at AfD; notified Lucky Namrd (talk · contribs) 09:10, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability. Sources seem to be added randomly, e.g. "In 2018, 3sixtyfactory project was joined by Adam Finch." is sourced to this from 2011 which mentions nothing about any of this, and "In 2022, 3sixtyfactory merged with Autopix as one company. Autopix offers free training in technology and innovation, to people facing financial hardship in the Philippines." is sourced to this book from 2013 which again has no information on autopix or 3sixtyfactory or Bakke, never mind about what happened in the Philippines in 2022 obviously. While I can't access the 2022 version of the book used as source 2, the 2013 version again doesn't mention either the prof or his software. Looking for better sources only produced primary sources.
- Trip (Band UK): nominated at AfD; notified NedRifle (talk · contribs) 10:16, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability. They have contributed one song to a soundtrack, but no reliable independent source seems to have written about them, just passing mentions, unreliable sources, databases... We don't even have an article for the soundtrack as a whole, so a redirect target doesn't seem to be available.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Liberia: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 14:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN. Additionally, unsourced since its creation in 2004, ends for some reason in 1974, less than 1 pageview per day so not of great interest to our readers also. Same issues as with the many dozens of similar articles already deleted.
- Jamie Alvord: nominated at AfD; notified Fanofcycling (talk · contribs) 07:26, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of WP:Notability. Many sources in article, but vast majority are not independent (sites of the sport organisations, most of them passing mentions anyway), and the others are a blog, and passing mentions in race results. No substantial coverage in reliable, independent sources could be found.
- School Yard Boy(album: nominated at AfD; notified RichyRanger (talk · contribs) 08:47, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Album is not notable, and claims in it are unverifiable (I couldn't e.g. find a trace of the album or the singles at Billboard, and the claim that "Gang Gand" peaked at 125 in the Billboard Global 200, when that song has received next to no attention at all[152], is highly unlikely.
- NITTE International School: nominated at AfD; notified BBSTOP (talk · contribs) 08:31, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Sources are either not independent, or don't mention the school at all (e.g. this one or this one, which is about the Nitte University, not this school. Found no other indication that this is a notable school.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Malawi: nominated at AfD; notified Stan Shebs (talk · contribs) 15:33, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- Gravity chess: nominated at AfD; notified Oeoi (talk · contribs) 15:49, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: There is a thing called "gravity chess", as explained in this article. However, the game described in this article (and in the images) is not that version, but some new version which doesn't have any reliable sources to support it. If an article for the "real" gravity chess should exist, then WP:TNT comes into play; better to start from scratch than to start from an article which from the very start was about the "wrong" version.
August 2022
[edit]- List of people on the postage stamps of Spain: nominated at AfD; notified Vilartatim (talk · contribs) 08:06, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
- Fwrd Axis News: nominated at AfD; notified BackGramma (talk · contribs) 16:04, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability for this site. Sources are either affiliated with the site and their partners, or not about the site. No better sources found with an online search.
- Nate Hertweck: nominated at AfD; notified Guac Is Extra Delicious (talk · contribs) 10:44, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- R/fuckcars: nominated at AfD; notified Fpmfpm (talk · contribs) 13:47, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: The CNet article is substantial, but the remainder are very passing mentions and Gnews didn't give any better results. Doesn't seem notable, perhaps can be redirected somewhere, but unclear what (if anything) would be a useful target.
- Cones Lake: nominated at AfD; notified KyleGorczynski (talk · contribs) 12:34, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: It's a name on an old map, and everything else here seems to WP:OR, nothing verifiable by reliable sources.
- Saba national soccer team: nominated at AfD; notified Gri3720 (talk · contribs) 10:56, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Short version: it doesn't have one. Saba is an island with less than 2,000 inhabitants, and doesn't even have one actual full size soccer pitch. They aren't a member of any soccer organization. They don't have a local competition. But from time to time, the, well, village team played matches against a neighbouring small island (population just over 3,000 people). Lacks notability or even real existence (it isn't even a "nation" so the term "national team" is rather loosely applied here).
- List of dams in Fukui Prefecture: nominated at AfD; notified MSGJ (talk · contribs) 12:21, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Violates Wikipedia:Wikidata#Appropriate usage in articles, "Wikidata should not be linked to within the body of the article except in the manner of hidden comment(s) as to mentioning the Q-number." This list is nothing but a series of Wikidata links, not meaningfully editable here, and resulting in meaningless refs like "GEOnet Names Server, Wikidata Q1194038". A move to draft to give the article creator the chance to turn it into an acceptable list was reverted. Substituting the individual rows gives no useful results at first sight either.
- List of Deputy Chief Minister of Madhesh Province: nominated at AfD; notified Ojibwe Kerry (talk · contribs) 11:25, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A list of one is not a list worth having, and the title is incorrect so a redirect isn't useful either.
- List of chief ministers of Madhesh Province: nominated at AfD; notified Ojibwe Kerry (talk · contribs) 13:50, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: What's the point of a list of 1? Including statistics (well, the 1 person is top and bottom of the list), and an extra list of the living examples (still the same 1 person). Was redirected, but apparently this was not acceptable either. I don't care if it gets redirected (somewhat unlikely search term) or deleted, but as a separate article it is completely meaningless.
- List of people on the postage stamps of Ukraine: nominated at AfD; notified Lux-fiat (talk · contribs) 08:24, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- Lothian Demain Nicholson: nominated at AfD; notified DrSchaub (talk · contribs) 11:23, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found, only passing mentions.
- MAP (health technology and life science): nominated at AfD; notified WAAPHC (talk · contribs) 09:51, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No actual evidence of notability for the Australian company MAP Biotech. I couldn't find good independent sources about them (searching for "MAP Biotech" or for "MAP" "Bloch-Jorgensen").
- McMahon-Levesque Era: nominated at AfD; notified Fixer88 (talk · contribs) 10:27, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems way premature or lacks notability. This "era", which started two weeks ago, has no Google News sources (this is the only one, and it is from 2014!), and very few hits in general. We have [https://sportsobsessive.com/wrestling/wrestling-shows/weekly-tv/monday-night-raw-review-mcmahon-levesque-era-begins-at-msg/ this, and, er, that's it[155].
- Captain Reuben Prince House: nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 10:34, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Total lack of notability (or is it known under a different name?). I couldn't find better sources, and of the sources currently in the article, source 2, 3, 4 and 6 don't even mention the house. 1 and 5 is the same source used twice, and I can't find a reference to the house in it either (without a page number it's hard to be sure).
- Weesperstraat 113–117: nominated at AfD; notified Danielsltt (talk · contribs) 14:24, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of any notability found.
September 2022
[edit]- Lightning strikes of 2022: nominated at AfD; notified Elijahandskip (talk · contribs) 08:52, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A list of rather random, mainly non-notable examples of common events. While, according to the lead, about 2,000 people each year die of lightning, 7 of the 10 first entries don't even have that impact and just have some injuries. Inclusion criteria for this list don't seem to exist, and even restricting it to strikes resulting in deaths would create a very long list. The most recent entry, "A lightning bolt hit an elderly man causing heart arrythmia." is rather typical of the whole, where probably only the second entry (Congo, 26 deaths) could truly be a notable event beyond the WP:NOTNEWS cycle. Basically a list of trivial news stories with one common (in both meanings) element.
- Category:Surnames of East Prussian origin: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Aarp65 (talk · contribs) 09:21, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I have my doubts about many of these "surnames by culture" categories (and most entries in them), but let's start by this one. The two entries are sourced to this, which is a wiki, not a reliable source. East Prussia existed roughly from 1773 to 1945, there is no evidence that these surnames are from there or then (most surnames are older than that). The cat is a member of the cat Category:Old-Prussian language, but that language became extinct in the early 18th century, or 50 years or so before East Prussia was founded. Basically, it is an unreliably sourced mess (just like most cats in this tree).
- Typhoon Vongfong (old): nominated at RfD; Target: List of storms named Vongfong (notified); notified Chlod (talk · contribs) 06:48, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No idea what the intention was here, but Typhoon Vongfong (old) should be moved back to Typhoon Vongfong, and what is now at Typhoon Vongfong either deleted or merged if people want to have the history for some reason.
- Work management: nominated at RfD; Target: ja:ワークマネジメント (notified); notified Mocha c jp (talk · contribs) 07:45, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete. Per Wikipedia:Soft redirects, "Soft redirects to non-English language editions of Wikipedia should be avoided because they are generally unhelpful to English-language readers. "
- Amelia van Oosterwijck: nominated at AfD; notified SuperJew (talk · contribs) 11:28, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, i.e. no independent, reliable sources giving significant attention to her. Nothing substantial in Google News[156] (two hits from her club, so not independent, and 3 truly passing mentions (name in list). The 77 Google hits gave no better results, the only thing I could find was this local story[157], the remainder are wiki-based sites, stats, and other similar stuff which doesn't give any notability.
- Camilla Lattorff: nominated at AfD; notified DB1985 (talk · contribs) 06:57, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability (note that playing for a national team, especially one as minor as this, doesn't give "automatic" notability: indepth sources are needed, and are missing here completely: nothing in GNews, barely anything otherwise).
- Draft:Almir Ćulum: nominated at MfD; notified Johny Fleet (talk · contribs) 12:23, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Biography of a WP:BLP who hasn't been convicted but is only about supposed criminal activities. Not unsourced, so not a speedy candidate, but no chance of making this BLP-compliant.
- Mia Rinderer: nominated at AfD; notified DB1985 (talk · contribs) 10:00, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found for any notability, even in a Lichtensteiner newspaper she gets one passing mention only[158], other Google hits[159] are also statistics and passing mentions only.
- Timeline of governance and policy studies 2020–present: nominated at AfD; notified Prototyperspective (talk · contribs) 13:39, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Normally our "timelines" work as a chronological link to articles dealing with the subjects of the timeline. This though is a list of primary sources, a rather specialized bibliography, and isn't a notable subject on its own nor a navigational tool to articles about the individual entries. Fails WP:N and WP:NOT.
- List of Grey's Anatomy home video releases: nominated at AfD; notified Wbm1058 (talk · contribs) 16:06, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Prod removed because there are other similar lists, which doesn't address the actual issue of course (but may indicate that some of these other lists need looking at as well). Sourced to commercial DVD seller sites, and looking for something better for at random season 13 gives nothing useful.
- Pranav Pandya (AWGP): nominated at AfD; notified Contributor008 (talk · contribs) 07:55, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Thanks to the stupid WP:DRAFTOBJECT rule, seriously problematic articles can only be draftified once, and then need an AfD or some lame problem tags. First award, fake. The UK parliament doesn't give this award, some obscure private organisation does. Second award, probably fake, no actual evidence for this and unlikely that NASA would give awards for being a "reformer of Indian culture". Third Award, some "Federation of Indian Association" would have named him "Hindu of the Year". This claim is repeated on many pages[160]. Strangely, this award seems not to have been given to anyone else, ever[161]AfD is not cleanup, but how untrustworthy and dubious does an article have to be before draftifying or WP:TNT is the only solution?
- Toasting fork: nominated at AfD; notified Andrew Davidson (talk · contribs) 09:49, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Basically a WP:DICDEF with an added WP:NOTGALLERY. Would be better as a redirect to Fork#Types_of_fork, but this has been reverted so needs discussion here.
- AMi Exploration Program: nominated at AfD; notified Mihai Amaran (talk · contribs) 13:15, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks all notability so far. Sources are not independent, looking for better sources only produces pr pieces, articles reads more like a sales pitch for the cryptocurrency "tokens".
- List of SB Stars starting quarterbacks: nominated at AfD; notified LaneFrost00 (talk · contribs) 15:52, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems hugely premature to have statistics page for a team which has played all of 14 games so far.
- SB Stars statistics: nominated at AfD; notified LaneFrost00 (talk · contribs) 16:00, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Premature to have a separate list of statistics for this team which has played all of 14 games so far. Fails WP:NOTSTATS, is completely unsourced, and lacks notability.
- The People's Championship v1.0: nominated at AfD; notified LaneFrost00 (talk · contribs) 12:41, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this one to the season article, but was reverted. The sources for it are all primary, the actual article title yields zero hits, and even turning it into two terms only gives a press release[162]. An immense amount of statistics (an endless series of "Records established" for a first game ever), and all of this for the final game of a 4-team competition.
- Kherson Oblast (Russia): nominated at AfD; notified PLATEL (talk · contribs) 14:20, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I don't think it is a good idea to have two articles about the same region, one for each country which claims the territory. Have one article which describes the situation, in this case Kherson Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, instead of two. WP:FORK issues. Also nominated for the same reasons: Zaporozhye Oblast (Russia)
October 2022
[edit]- Pokémon Journeys: the Series (YouTube): nominated at AfD; notified Krish1604 (talk · contribs) 07:51, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This is, as far as I can tell, the regular Pokémon Journeys: The Series series, but for India it is shown on a youtube channel? No idea why this needs a separate article, and the disambiguator makes it an unlikely search term so a redirect seems like a bad idea as well. We don't create separate articles for every language a TV series is dubbed in.
- Mahan Air Flight 81: nominated at AfD; notified FacetsOfNonStickPans (talk · contribs) 13:10, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. Nothing really happened, which made the news the day it didn't happen, but has no lasting impact.
- Crimes surrounding Golconda Diamonds: nominated at AfD; notified Omer123hussain (talk · contribs) 11:15, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:INDISCRIMINATE grouping. Diamonds get stolen, but that they are also Golconda diamonds is not really relevant (no one sets out to specifically steal Golconda diamonds and not other ones, do they?).
- List of United States tornadoes from April to June 1954: nominated at AfD; notified CapeVerdeWave (talk · contribs) 09:39, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:INDISCRIMINATE. A list of minor to very minor, very common events. Lists of major tornado outbreaks, with deaths or massive damage, are a good topic for lists. But there is no reason why this collection of minimal events would be any more notable than a list of car crashes, house fires, ... See e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lightning strikes of 2022 for a similar list of recorded but minor events being deleted recently.
- Lucy (1787 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 07:21, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, just primary sources, passing mentions, or databases (which aren't significant coverage). Nothing in the article indicates why this would be a notable ship either.
- Craig McCartney: nominated at AfD; notified ScottishFootballObseasive (talk · contribs) 13:48, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability. The sources currently in the article are some sportsfan database[163], a match report that mentions a McCartney (this one)[164], some name mentions on a personal website of a Livingston fan[165], and finally a reliable source, the Glasgow Evening Times, which, er, doesn't even mention McCartney[166]. Looking for better sources than this sorry bunch didn't yield anything useful.
- 1876 Women's Tennis Tour: nominated at AfD; notified Navops47 (talk · contribs) 15:39, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't seem to find any evidence for a concept like the 1876 women's tennis tour. I don't doubt that these two tournaments existed, but there seems to be nothing that links them; no common organisation, no general classification, nothing. And they don't seem to be grouped as such by later sources either. If true, then this article should either be deleted (as Wikipedia should not be creating such artificial groupings, e.g. the "womens amateur tour" from the first line of the lead section seems to be a new invention from this article as well), or completely reformed and moved to 1876 in women's tennis or something similar. E.g. this source used in the article supports the underlying existence of the 2 tournaments, but not a "Tennis Tour" or "Amateur Tour".
- Paper Boi: nominated at AfD; notified Cluxer25 (talk · contribs) 09:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, no reliable sources actually give any significant attention to Paper Boi.
- Stuart Thorburn: nominated at AfD; notified ScottishFootballObseasive (talk · contribs) 10:05, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found for this lower-leagues player, passing mentions only.
- Greyhound (1791 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 13:41, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, just databases, primary sources, and passing mentions.
- Tahiti national under-23 football team: nominated at AfD; notified MD Hydrogen 123 (talk · contribs) 15:44, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability. They played 5 games in 2015, nothing before or since, and the "current squad" is the team from then. Sources are either databases or not independent (organisers, football association, ...).
- Vere (1790 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 16:06, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: "May have been", "little is known", "it is not clear", "apparently", "it will require original research": not clear why this was ever created, but shouldn't be kept any longer. Lacks all notability, in case it wasn't clear.
- Alexander Blockx: nominated at AfD; notified Adamtt9 (talk · contribs) 08:16, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. Gets passing mentions now as the partner of Bemelmans at his farewell tournament, but no significant attention for him yet.
- Brett Parson: nominated at AfD; notified BostonMensa (talk · contribs) 09:46, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:PERP (and WP:BLPCRIME). Not notable apart from the accusations, and not convicted, so shouldn't have an article.
- Lune (1794 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 12:23, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, with a history which is scraped together from disparate sources and seems to be rather dubious: sailing from Liverpool on 25 March 1798, and arriving in Kingston in May 1799 after buying slaves in Gabon? What, they stayed a year in Africa waiting for slaves? In any case, whether one believes this or not, there is no evidence of notability for this ship.
- Lune (1799 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 12:25, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, a run-of-the-mill whaling ship without any noteworthy history.
- Speech of Rishi Sunak: nominated at AfD; notified Gtgamer79 (talk · contribs) 15:21, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No notability for this future speech, and a much too generic title. Please don't create articles for things which might become notable but are far from certain to be really important (we have very few "speech of" articles, and no obvious precedent that British PM acceptance speeches are obviously notable subjects).
- Germany–Saint Kitts and Nevis relations: nominated at AfD; notified Afus199620 (talk · contribs) 07:36, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this combination, no indepth independent sources.
- Vere (1803 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 07:48, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: We have a name of a ship. That's it. We don't know if it ever sailed, and if so what happened to it. No idea why this was created. If there was an A7 speedy deletion criterion for ships, this would be gone as having no claim to importance or notability whatsoever.
- List of Silesian-language books in standard orthography: nominated at AfD; notified Hyrdlak (talk · contribs) 14:26, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear why we need two lists of books in a minor language written with one or the other system of orthography. We wouldn't allow lists of all books written in other languages, even though individual books are easily referenced of course: but the group is not a notable subject. Also nominated: List of Silesian-language books in Steuer's orthography
November 2022
[edit]- Saville (1778 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 08:50, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, same databases, primary sources and passing mentions as in previous AfDs for similar articles.
- 2022 Italian Winter Throwing Championships: nominated at AfD; notified Kasper2006 (talk · contribs) 11:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, main article for this championship is at AfD as well and an individual year has even less significance. You can see from the pictures at this non independent source how many spectators there were for this minor event.
- J.H. Higdon: nominated at AfD; notified Matthewobrien (talk · contribs) 14:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: There don't seem to be any significant independent secondary sources about him. The 16 sources in the current article include primary sources (census and the like), sources which don't mention Higdon (like TSHA, the book on photographer Glass[167] or the Kansas Historical Society. Looking for further sources provided no useful results either.
- Draft:Andiga the Great: nominated at MfD; notified LikamboisaacK (talk · contribs) 16:49, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax. Both sources don't mention Andiga, there are no sources for "Andiga the Great", "Andiga Vata" or 'Vata Andiga", no sources for Andiga + Mikaya, the sources for Andiga + Lujule are not about this, Andiga + Keliko or Andiga + Kaliko give no results, ... For some reason the speedy hoax tag was removed from this article, but I see no reason to believe that an actual Andiga the Great is mentioned anywhere.
- Gibraltar women's national under-19 football team: nominated at AfD; notified VampireKilla (talk · contribs) 17:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this team which hasn't played a single game so far, and is of very minor importance once it starts playing anyway. Population of Gibraltar = 34,000, this is basically a youth team for a large town. Gibraltar has just 5 women's senior soccer teams, and no U19 competition for women. May be worth a paragraph in the senior team article perhaps, once they start playing regularly.
- Waleed Ehsanul Karim: nominated at AfD; notified Dawoodkarim (talk · contribs) 09:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Doesn't seem to be notable, only gets a few passing mentions as the victim of anti-aircraft artillery. The Prabook entry is more substantial, but that's a wiki, not a reliable source.
- Gereja GMIBM Efrata Modisi: nominated at AfD; notified Babanguyo1999 (talk · contribs) 10:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability for this church, sources are primary or routine.
- List of deputy chief ministers of Chhattisgarh: nominated at AfD; notified Akshay2022 (talk · contribs) 16:41, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: In the recent past, I have nominated such "lists" with just one entry. Apparently, it could be worse. This "list of" consists on no one. "The deputy chief minister of Puducherry is not created since it's become state of India." Why create this "list"???
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Alphabetizing: nominated at MfD; notified HollywoodREDIRECTOR (talk · contribs) 10:05, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: There is no consensus that lists etc. need to be alphabetized, and not e.g. ordered chronologically or otherwise. Having a project to do something which doesn't have consensus and may easily lead to pointless edit warring and so on seems like a bad idea. E.g. one of the guidelines listed here is Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works, which starts with "Items should normally be listed in chronological order of production, earliest first."
- Noble immigration to the United States: nominated at AfD; notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 16:00, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SYNTH / WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Just like other people, nobility migrates as well, to many countries, including the US (though not especially so). A random selection of some examples (including an ambassador, hardly a relevant inclusion) doesn't an article make.
- Michael Beagley: nominated at AfD; notified ScottishFootballObseasive (talk · contribs) 14:30, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found, either passing mentions or sources which aren't independent.
- Levi C. Maaia: nominated at AfD; notified Cinecubano12381 (talk · contribs) 12:17, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Most sources are unreliable, primary, or not independent. There don't seem to be any good sources about him.
- US immigration to the United States: nominated at AfD; notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:44, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No one seems to call this "US immigration to the United States", ever? We shouldn't be creating disambiguations for titles or concepts not described as such anywhere else.
- 37th MIMINO Song Contest: nominated at AfD; notified Ashot Fahradian (talk · contribs) 16:17, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? I can't find a single thing verifying this.
- V.D.U.C Ramjas Primary School, Ballimaran: nominated at AfD; notified NoworNever007 (talk · contribs) 14:15, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability for this school.
- European World Cup champions' curse: nominated at AfD; notified SpyridisioAnnis (talk · contribs) 15:48, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Non notable "curse", only refered to as the "European World Cup champions' curse" in a Reddit post[168], so isn't needed as a redirect either. Already included in Sports-related curses#European World Cup champions' curse anyway, so nothing is lost by deleting this.
- Murder (Turkish law): nominated at AfD; notified Armogamer13 (talk · contribs) 16:29, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: After 11 years, this should be either sourced and if necessary updated, or deleted. As it stands, most editors will not have the possibility to even try to verify this, we don't know if what we have here is correct, or was correct in 2011, or was wrong all the time. Considering that the original author was blocked for socking in 2012, and the sock blocked for making unsourced problematic edits, just AGF'ing this article any longer is not wise.
- Gulf Breeze Library: nominated at AfD; notified LoniKen (talk · contribs) 09:03, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, just routine coverage for this local town library.
- Parasadi Estate: nominated at AfD; notified Thehistorybro (talk · contribs) 11:27, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found for a "Parasadi Estate". The source given states "made their clan centre at Parasadi", nothing more. Similar claim here. There are no sources of you combine "Parasadi" with "Kunal Prasad" (given in the infobox as the location of it)[169]. As it stands, the article is unverifiable.
- Template:Hawthorn best and fairest (AFL Women's): nominated at TfD; notified EpicHawk (talk · contribs) 13:23, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A template with one entry, for a non notable award.
- Doirani railway station: nominated at AfD; notified The Emperor of Byzantium (talk · contribs) 15:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. It is unclear whether the article wants to be about the current line + situation (which the infobox is about) or the old station building (which is located in the same village but quite distant from the new one apparently). Sources added after the prod include a postcard[170], a source which doesn't mention the station[171], a source which has one line about the old station[172], and a blog, Most of the article is generic "history" repeated in countless similar Greek station articles.
- Melvin Soffe: nominated at AfD; notified Lawson Speedway (talk · contribs) 15:58, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Complete lack of notability. Only reference is a self-published book (on lulu.com) written by the creator of this article. And even in that book the info on Soffe wouldn't be sufficient to establish notability. The external link is a forum with again minimal info on Soffe. Google doesn't return anything useful either.
- Hawthorn best and fairest (AFL Women's): nominated at AfD; notified EpicHawk (talk · contribs) 08:49, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks all notability, only mentioned in sources from the club itself and one short paragraph on a specialized website.
- Wikipedia:Wales number: nominated at MfD; notified Eumat114 (talk · contribs) 11:52, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: An unused concept which lead one user to create this page and 26 massive subpages (many of them +100K) listing countless editors for, well, no reason at all really. Trying to create their own version of 6 degrees to Kevin Bacon / Erdős number apparently (even with the shortcut WP:ERDOS), but with a completely meaningless metric (having edited the same page as Jimbo Wales, on a site where everyone can edit any page they want with very few exceptions). Not maintained, not useful.This nom is also for all the subpages, I guess there is little point in tagging them all though? Same sole editor for all of them it seems.
- Liverpool Hero (1798 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 17:08, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, only databases or very short mentions like here.
- List of deputy chief ministers of Madhesh Province: nominated at AfD; notified 2400:1A00:BD20:5DF3:A1E8:8266:BFEE:B3E1 (talk · contribs) 16:42, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A "list" of one. I tried to redirect it, but was reverted, so AfD it is.
- Liver (1786 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 08:34, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No reliable, indepth sources about this ship. All we have are primary sources, databases, and extremely passing mentions (the three references given pay no significant attention to the Liver but just include it in long lists or tables).
- Captain (Sri Lanka Navy): nominated at AfD; notified The Sri Lanka (talk · contribs) 13:08, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I merged and redirected a number of nearly identical articles on ranks in the Sri Lanka Navy to Sri Lanka Navy ranks and insignia. These were reverted as "unreasonable and unconstructive", so we have this discussion. My proposal is to reinstate the redirects and readd the merged content, as the separate articles are very short, very similar stubs where the readers are better served with one comprehensive article without too much repetition. Also nominated for redirection are*Commodore (Sri Lanka)*Rear admiral (Sri Lanka)*Vice admiral (Sri Lanka)*Admiral (Sri Lanka)*Admiral of the Fleet (Sri Lanka)
- Rive-Sud Révolution: nominated at AfD; notified CheckersBoard (talk · contribs) 08:43, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. The only independent source in the article, [173], doesn't even mention the team. Looking for better sources didn't yield good results.
- List of Vice Presidents of the Philippines by Education: nominated at AfD; notified Wikinerd881 (talk · contribs) 08:49, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTDIRECTORY, a cross-categorization of two largely independent characteristics, in a list which gives very little info on their education anyway.
- Philip Austin Brooks: nominated at AfD; notified Proeminente (talk · contribs) 08:51, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any actual notability: sources are all databases or primary sources, and Google News only returns press releases, no actual news reports about him.
- Traditional games of the United States: nominated at AfD; notified GreekApple123 (talk · contribs) 16:19, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:OR mixed list of commercial games, worldwide games, sports, ... which happen to also be played in the US (just like 100s of other games). No idea why some games from the sources were included and some excluded, just reinforces the randomness of the list.
- Clothesline (magazine): nominated at RfD; Target: Rip It Up (Adelaide) (notified); notified Laterthanyouthink (talk · contribs) 09:09, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I removed the mention at the target as the magazine is completely lacking in notability. This also means that this new redirect is not included in the target and should be deleted as well.
- Template:Women prime ministers of Finland: nominated at TfD 12:12, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Unused and unnecessary template.
- 2020–present Eastern Mediterranean crisis: nominated at AfD; notified Oguzkaan76 (talk · contribs) 12:23, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: There doesn't seem to be some crisis that started in 2020, even the one source discusses ongoing issues, not some new crisis (e.g. "Since early 2019 the combined impact of all these factors has been to turn the Eastern Mediterranean crisis into a perfect storm. " shows that the crisis predates 2019, not that it started in 2020). Greece-Turkey tensions are ever ongoing, and the Cyprus situation goes back decades as well.
- Henderson, Kentucky shelter shooting: nominated at AfD; notified Cyanidethistles (talk · contribs) 08:28, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS. A sad event, but nothing with lasting coverage or notability apparently.
- Template:Wdtable row: nominated at TfD; notified RexxS (talk · contribs) 09:28, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: This template is incompatible with Visual Editor. Things like adding or moving rows to a table can't be done in lists which use this template. Comparing List of learned societies in Australia (which uses this template) to List of learned societies in Italy (which doesn't) shows the different behaviour when you e.g. try to add a column between the other columns, or try to add a row between the existing ones, or try to move a row up or down or a column left or right. These issues were brought up last month during Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Wikidata lists. Until they can be solved, the template should either be deleted or disallowed in mainspace. (Note: I seriously dislike Visual Editor and don't use it, but this doesn't mean that we should introduce templates which make editing a lot harder for those of us who do use VE).
- Tables of thermophysical properties of R134a: nominated at AfD; notified Jlefevre76 (talk · contribs) 10:12, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOT the place for pages full of statistics. While such tables for the most common elements may be acceptable, having it for every material out there seems like serious overkill, something better suited for another Wikisite perhaps?
December 2022
[edit]- David Kelsey (Actor): nominated at AfD; notified Snookermaster12 (talk · contribs) 12:14, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: There don't seem to be any significant sources about this actor apart from this local article[174], just passing mentions. Fails our notability guideline.
- United States of Central Asia: nominated at AfD; notified Setswana (talk · contribs) 09:35, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: "United States of Central Asia" seems to be a concept invented by the article creator to write about various efforts and events wrt to the former Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union, and cooperation between them. While such an article may be interesting, it shouldn't be written from a POV of a non-existent "united states" moniker. E.g. the lead, "United States of Central Asia was the part of Central Asia administered by the Soviet Union between 1918 and 1991, when the Central Asian republics declared independence." gives the impression that this is something real, either during the Soviet Union or afterwards, which is clearly false. I'm not sure whether it is best deleted as a POV WP:COATRACK, or instead retitled and rewritten, but it can't stay as it is.
- Valley Christian Academy (Quispamsis, New Brunswick): nominated at AfD; notified B3251 (talk · contribs) 09:04, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found that this is a notable school.
- Stink eye: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/stink eye (notified); notified Tinton5 (talk · contribs) 10:43, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT, no reason why this term would need a Wiktionary redirect
- Escape Village Yumbe: nominated at AfD; notified LikamboisaacK (talk · contribs) 13:26, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Non notable hotel (it is called "village" but it is a hotel).
- List of quadrant routes in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania: nominated at AfD; notified Jmpenzone (talk · contribs) 13:45, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
- Songs of Tiny Devotion: A Family Tribute to Depeche Mode 2010-2022: nominated at AfD; notified Devotee101 (talk · contribs) 11:27, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: 28 references, wow! Only one of them actually seems to be about this record though, the first one, which is their homepage. Not surprising, as this release has received no attention at all[177].
- Caledonia (1811 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 11:35, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability for this ship.
- Olive Branch (1797 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 11:36, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found, and article has no indication of, why this would be a notable ship.
- James (1806 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 11:39, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence or indication of why this would be a notable ship. Note that Inikori, the only substantial non-database source, is not about this ship but a general one.
- Category:Adult comics: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Cattus (talk · contribs) 08:44, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: These two categories (Category:Adult comics) and Category:Children's comics) seem to be rather arbitrary, many comics are intended for both or intended for one and read by the other. In Europe at least, nearly all the comics listed here as for children are read widely by adults, and at least some of the "adult" comics like De Kiekeboes are read very frequently by young children, while most in this category are ready by adolescents. Vice versa, things like Calvin and Hobbes are listed as children's comics, but are probably more popular among adults. Some like Asterix are already included in both, making it rather poor defining characteristics.
- Retrofits of Chuck E. Cheese animatronics: nominated at AfD; notified Slomo321 (talk · contribs) 14:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: A WP:OR grouping of mainly unreliable sources (Youtube, the "Retro Pizza Zone" on tapatalk, a Google Drive spreadsheet(!)) and primary sources (showbizzpizza.com). No evidence that these retrofits are actually a notable topic.
- List of quadrant routes in Adams County, Pennsylvania: nominated at AfD; notified Geoboe84 (talk · contribs) 08:46, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of quadrant routes in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania: there doesn't seem to be a reason to treat the other articles any differently. Nominated are all lists of quadrant routes per county in Pennsylvania:*List of quadrant routes in Adams County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Bucks County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Chester County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Columbia County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Delaware County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Fulton County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in McKean County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Montour County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Potter County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Snyder County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Tioga County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in Union County, Pennsylvania*List of quadrant routes in York County, Pennsylvania
- Readlink: nominated at AfD; notified Partofthemachine (talk · contribs) 16:04, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTMANUAL and fails WP:N, no indepth sources covering this command. If there is a good list where this can be redirected to, that's a possibility as well; it currently isn't included in List of Unix commands, but including it there and redirecting is fine by me.
- Mayor of Calais: nominated at RfD; Target: Mayor of the Calais Staple (notified); notified Boleyn (talk · contribs) 14:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Misleading redirect. While Calais has mayors now, the "Mayor of the Calais Staple" was not a mayor in this sense, nor an actual mayor of the city of Calais, but a kind of leader/judge of the merchants only. People looking for info on the mayor of Calais should not be redirected to a somewhat similarly named 15th century role (of very limited and mainly ceremonial importance anyway).
- John ? (MP for City of York): nominated at AfD; notified Boleyn (talk · contribs) 15:30, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to City of York (UK Parliament constituency)#1265-1660, but was reverted. Nothing is known about this person, not even his surname.
- Cypress (software): nominated at AfD; notified Anand Sathiyaseelan (talk · contribs) 13:45, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability.
- Organoargon chemistry: nominated at AfD; notified Double sharp (talk · contribs) 15:22, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No sources at all even mention "Organoargon chemistry". Nothing on Google Scholar or Google Books, or regular Google. Not surprising, even "organoargon" is hardly in use as a term. Not a notable field of chemistry.
- Canton Ticino football team: nominated at AfD; notified Sheila1988 (talk · contribs) 08:31, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, sources are passing mentions (literally, just being named in a list of other such novelty teams) and one primary source. No better sources found online.
- Albanus Bezuindenhout: nominated at AfD; notified Tooting! carrot 123dicey (talk · contribs) 10:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: Hoax? Completely unverifiable, both at "Bezuindenhout" (a name which doesn't exist) and "Bezuidenhout". The lone source is from 1912, so predates the works it supposedly references, and doesn't contain Bezui(n)denhout anyway. No other source could be found which even mentions this artist.
- 2022 Glen Waverley Suicide: nominated at AfD; notified Mixed Biscuit (talk · contribs) 13:30, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of WP:SUSTAINED coverage, minor sad incident without lasting notability.
January 2023
[edit]- Miss Nicaragua Supranational: nominated at AfD; notified Mayanicaragua (talk · contribs) 16:30, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable pageant, none of the three sources in the article mention Nicaragua, and the current holder gets hardly any Google hits, most from blogs, facebook, ...
- List of 2022-23 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 matches: nominated at AfD; notified SFR Club (talk · contribs) 10:32, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:NOTSTATS / WP:NOTNEWS. These two articles exist next to the season articles (e.g. 2022 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1), which are sufficient. Also nominated for deletion is List of 2022 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 matches.
- Sundanese language in Depok: nominated at AfD; notified Blackman Jr. (talk · contribs) 08:52, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Article about the use of the Sundanese language in Depok, with an infobox claiming that it is a separate language somehow. No evidence that it actually is a separate language, and no evidence that it is a notable subject. There seems to have been some attention to the use of standard Sundanese in school (the section of "Sundanese as local content" seems to deal with this, although the "local content" link leads to a page which doesn't use the term), but none to Depok Sundanese as a language.
- Gunung Karang civilization: nominated at AfD; notified Blackman Jr. (talk · contribs) 09:44, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: While the first source mentions the traces of old civilizations found at Gunung Karang, I can find no evidence of any source (certainly not reliable ones) discussing an actual Gunung Karang civilization. There also is no indication that the prehistoric Pahoman menhirs have any relation to a "Hindu-style royal heritage site".
- Julien Amiel: nominated at AfD; notified EdouardMont (talk · contribs) 11:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. There is one article in Hype magazine, which is shortened without attribution in another source used[178], and the US journal which self-describes as "We bring you the best Premium WordPress Themes that perfect for news, magazine, personal blog, etc." and clearly isn't a reliable source. I haven't found any better sources online, and his feat isn't so remarkable that one could expect such sources to exist (there are dozens of people who surpass his achievement). Fails WP:BIO.
- Survivor BG: Fans vs Favorites: nominated at AfD; notified FreddyBG (talk · contribs) 12:42, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Long list of detailed event descriptions for a reality tv show season, without any independent sources to justify this level of detail. I redirected to Survivor BG#Season 5 which has the major facts about this season, but was reverted, so per WP:AFD the discussion is now here. The proposal is to redirect this, not to delete it.
- Celtic flags: nominated at AfD; notified JessNelson12345 (talk · contribs) 12:45, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable list subject. The flags have nothing in common (the countries do of course), the "official" union flags have no notability nor any evidence that they are official.
- Bloom (1789 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 08:20, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, just one of the thousands of slave ships in a database (plus some primary sources).
- George of Luxembourg: nominated at AfD; notified Mbdfar (talk · contribs) 09:43, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: There don't seem to be any reliable sources about this George of Luxembourg, and even if he would be verifiable, he hardly did anything noteworthy. The source given is a master's thesis, which is normally not accepted as a reliable source. Even then, it names a Jiri, no last name, and doesn't mention the inheritance. He just existed, if we are to believe this source, but isn't notable.
- Lancelot F.C.: nominated at AfD; notified In Vitrio (talk · contribs) 13:21, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable club. No sources actually discuss the football club, all we have is one full match report and passing mentions in an overview of some matches. No better sources found elsewhere.
- Kai O'Keeffe: nominated at AfD; notified EchetusXe (talk · contribs) 08:18, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No notability found online, and one independent source in the article is one line in a local newspaper.
- Brad Smith-Howes: nominated at AfD; notified EchetusXe (talk · contribs) 08:19, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, only independent source is one line in a local newspaper, and nothing better (or much at all) found online.
- Ayo Lekuti: nominated at AfD; notified EchetusXe (talk · contribs) 08:20, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, just databases and sources which aren't independent (e.g. from the team)
- Ruben Wyatt: nominated at AfD; notified EchetusXe (talk · contribs) 08:21, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, no independent indepth reliable sources about the player (just database entries)
- 2021 WUFA World Series: Surrey Stage: nominated at AfD; notified Sherms95 (talk · contribs) 14:21, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Very minor tournament by a new organisation of "unaffiliated" "country" football teams, comparable to CONIFA but much smaller so far. The event got no attention, the documentary got no attention either.
- Draft:Missing Pieces: nominated at MfD; notified FloridaArmy (talk · contribs) 14:48, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a draft, but a list by FloridaArmy "for the community" apparently. Either belongs in their userspace (where I moved it but they don't want it), in projectspace if people besides FloridaArmy see a use for it, or off-wiki if it is only for FloridaArmy.
- Billy Burton: nominated at AfD; notified Lawson Speedway (talk · contribs) 08:33, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability. First reference is a self-published book by the article creator, second are some statistics. No better sources found in GBooks or regular Google[179].
- Category:Public domain characters in the United States: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Di (they-them) (talk · contribs) 08:42, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a defining characteristic of the characters.
- Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2021: nominated at AfD; notified Zcarstvnz (talk · contribs) 11:48, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unreferenced would-be gallery (the most recent "reference" is from 2019, for a 2021 list). Unclear why we need lists for each year, when they are mostly identical anyway and don't even indicate what changed. WP:LISTCRUFT. Other years may need to go as well, but let's start with one and see what happens.
- Stina battle: nominated at AfD; notified Andyvyrha (talk · contribs) 17:01, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: "Sources" are mostly PR pieces masquerading as articles (e.g. the Digital Journal piece). From reading the article and the sources, one would think that Stina Battle is a popular upcoming artist. Bizarrely, there are no Google News results for her[180], and just 22(!) Google hits[181], which is absolutely nothing for a US contemporary artist.
- Argo (1806 Liverpool ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 09:42, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of any notability found.
- Woodman (1804 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 09:44, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability for this ship.
- Clydesdale (1819 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 10:26, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of actual notability, sources are primary or passing mentions. Being the largest vessel of a short-lived company, carrying some passengers of little notability, and basically doing what trade ships do (including, as was very common in these years, colliding with another ship), all amount to not much in the end.
- Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University: nominated at RfD; Target: ru:Ижевский государственный технический университет (notified); notified Oculi (talk · contribs) 15:57, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not helpful for English-language users.
- Belarusian Agricultural Academy: nominated at RfD; Target: be:Беларуская дзяржаўная сельскагаспадарчая акадэмія (notified); notified Oculi (talk · contribs) 15:59, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Please, no soft redirects interlanguage links, only soft redirects to English-language projects (and even then only occasionaly).
- MC Luna Trine: nominated at AfD; notified Uma Uwa Ona (talk · contribs) 09:13, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No independent sources about this non notable artist. The sources given are the typical promo pieces / press releases looking like "real" articles at first glance. No actual, reliable, music magazine or mainstream journalist seems to have given any attention to this artist yet.
- Languages of European leaders: nominated at AfD; notified Thiscouldbeauser (talk · contribs) 10:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Mainly WP:OR for a topic which has received little or no attention as a group. The "no"s are unreferenced and often incorrect (De Croo speaks German, Macron speaks some German) and in many cases a simple yes/no is insufficient (people may be able to read or understand a language, but not comfortable or fluent enough to speak it publicly).
- List of mammals of North America north of Mexico: nominated at AfD; notified Darekk2 (talk · contribs) 08:17, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: We have List of mammals of Canada, List of mammals of the United States, and List of mammals of North America. I don't think this division / grouping adds anything useful.
- List of mayors of Gluckstadt, Mississippi: nominated at AfD; notified Igbo (talk · contribs) 10:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A "list" of one for a very minor function (mayor of a small town of 3,000 people).
- War in Ukraine 2023: nominated at AfD; notified Slatersteven (talk · contribs) 10:35, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A well-intentioned effort, but the war isn't fought on a year-by-year basis, and we already have a series of timelines giving the chronological overview; the current one is Timeline of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: phase 4, and a new one will be created when necessary.
- Murad Jah: nominated at AfD; notified Iamdaniyalakram (talk · contribs) 13:16, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I proposed this article for deletion with the reason "The only article about Murad Jah says nothing about his princely role or his family. And in articles about the family, he is mentioned just once. He isn't notable, and hasn't received attention as the heir to a long-abolished state.". Since then, two articles about the succession were added as sources: [182] and [183]. Neither of them even mentions Murad Jah, making the case for deletion only stronger.
- Template:Wikicsd: nominated at TfD; notified Ilovejames5 (talk · contribs) 09:46, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unused template (I substituted the only use of it first, and doubt anyone else will use it)
- User:Example6: nominated at MfD; notified Example6 (talk · contribs) 09:48, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of why we would need yet another example user. Alt accounts are allowed, but then shouldn't pose as an example user.
- X (System of a Down song): nominated at AfD; notified BoxxyBoy (talk · contribs) 13:55, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication that this is a notable song. Not a real single (promo-only), most sources are passing mentions, unreliable, or links to copyright violating footage on Youtube. My redirect to the album was reverted.
- Constantia (1822 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 13:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this shortlived ship is in any way notable. Ships being wrecked was extremely common at the time, and nothing else seems to indicate a ship that warranted or warrants extra attention.
- Anthony Wayne Van Leer (Officer): nominated at AfD; notified Joplats (talk · contribs) 15:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, the Washington Post obituary is in the local section of obituarues, together with a local elementary school teacher, police officer, .... Other sources aren't independent (his college, his employers, his family, ...).
- Intermediate station: nominated at AfD; notified Bermicourt (talk · contribs) 08:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unnecessary WP:NOTDICDEF. Perhaps quite telling that the links to other types of stations (through station, branch-off station) also don't link to articles about that type of station, but to vaguely related articles which don't really explain these terms anyway. Anyway, not really a necessary or enlightening article, basically (also according to the source used in the artice[184]) intermediate stations are all stations between end stations. Well, yeah, that's quite obvious.
- Draft:Iraqian economic influence in 2023: nominated at MfD; notified محمد بشار نديم (talk · contribs) 17:16, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Article created by ChatGTP or similar tool, with the typical issues: at first glance, it perhaps seems like a well-fleshed out article, but on closer look, it is a very dubious mix of unrelated tidbits and misinterpreted (or copyright-violated) sources. For example, the complete last paragraph of the lead has nothing to do with Iraq but is about the US. The lead line "The goal of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 was to end Saddam Hussein's [1]dictatorial rule and eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD)" is way too close to "U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein."[185] and ignores the "oops, no WMD" issue. "Increasing the progressiveness of payroll taxes, eliminating regressive exemptions, and strengthening tax and customs administration are just a few of the ways Iraq's economic policies aim to diversify government revenue." No, this is a close paraphrase of [186], a preliminary summary of an IMF report with recommendations, not an actual representation of "Iraq's economic policies". This line is followed by "Iraq's economy has been stabilized and reformatted by the Coalition Provisional Authority in accordance with market principles." Well, yes, in 2004, directly after the invasion. It has nothing to do with the previous statement or 2023. Don't get me started at the completely disjointed next sentence... The next section, "the effects of the Federal Reserve's tightening monetary policy on US inflation in 2022" has nothing to do with this article. Further: "Additionally, open-source intelligence methods like basic and advanced Internet search techniques can assist in comprehending the current circumstance and anticipating developments in the foreseeable future": sourced to this 2012 pdf, relevance here: zero. Why the section "the potential economic influence of Iraq in 2023" restarts nearly identical midway through is not clear, it repeats the same nonsense in different words. Overall, it is a typical example of the goodlooking rubbish AI produces, and we should get rid of it.
- Category:Culture of the Alps: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk · contribs) 08:25, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Is there such a thing? There are countries in and around the Alps, and these countries have culture of course, but is there anything which joins the culture of, say, Monaco and Slovenia and sets it apart from non-Alps countries? This nom is also for the three sub-categories of the "in the Alps" variety:*Category:Buddhism in the Alps (a non-defining combination of two distinct characteristics if ever I saw one)*Category:Christianity in the Alps*Category:Religion in the Alps
- Israeli immigration to South Florida: nominated at RfD; Target: Immigration to the United States (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 09:08, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This redirect target (and the other two) has no information at all about the subject (South Florida isn't even mentioned, and while Los Angeles is mentioned, it is not in relation to Israel). Sending readers to articles which contain no info on the topic is not helpful. Also nominated are *Israeli immigration to New York*Israeli immigration to Los Angeles
- The 66 Laws of the Illuminati: nominated at AfD; notified Ibraheem Ahmad Ntakambi (talk · contribs) 14:45, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: An "official" document by the Illuminati? Not really, no, some unknown has self-published this, and it has received very little attention, so isn't notable. The only somewhat interesting source seems to be this, which gives us no information at all about the writer, publisher, ... but just some, I don't know, clickbait? No actual journalism going on here anyway. No reliable sources seem to have given this book any attention and I can't blame them.
- Ctpr: nominated at RfD; Target: Current tennis rankings (notified); notified Qwerty284651 (talk · contribs) 15:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found that "Ctpr" is ever used as a shortcut for "Current tennis rankings"
February 2023
[edit]- 2008 Ehime FC season: nominated at AfD; notified Nameless User (talk · contribs) 09:33, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This was prodded last year for "Fails WP:NSEASONS. Also per WP:NOTDATABASE.", but deprodded without explanation or improvements. The article is in a sorry state since its creation in 2011, created by a long-blocked sockpuppeteer, sourced to a generic page for the league (so basically unsourced), for a second division team without anything tremarkable in this season. Even if we would want an article for this club season, very little is lost by getting rid of this version.
- Athletics at the 1993 Games of the Small States of Europe: nominated at AfD; notified Pietaster (talk · contribs) 08:56, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this list of results for a minor competition with unremarkable results. For example, searching for the winner of the 10.000m, Lahcen Essoussi gives a tiny handful of hits, the best being a non-independent source of the Monegasque Athletics Federation confirming his medals[187] but nothing further about him[188]. If even the winner of an event (plus another medal) is so completely lacking in coverage, then it seems unlikely that this received much coverage beyond routine results reports.
- Woolton (ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 12:41, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected three articles (Woolton (1774 ship), Woolton (1786 ship) and Woolton (1804 ship)) to this article, and User:Martin of Sheffield then merged them. However, neither of the three is notable, and while the second one replaced the lost first one, there seems to be no link with the third one. If the individual ships aren't notable, having a "list" which is just a sequence of three articles isn't any better. There are no sources about "ships called Woolton", it's not a topic of interest as such. Such a list where at least one ship is notable and has its own article may perhaps be useful, but if none of them warrant an article, then a group of articles masquerading as a list is equally unwarranted.
- Louisa (1798 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 09:41, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Redirect to Louisa (ship) was reverted, and article creator prefers AfD discussion over simple redirection. Lacks notability, sources are primary, databases, or passing mentions. The few lines in "History of the Liverpool Privateers" by Williams are the most substantial source we have, which isn't sufficient to support a stand-alone article. Behrendt has nothing about Louisa, and Inikori is a very passing mention. It's just one of the thousands of slave ships in the slave ship database.
- Catherine (1793 ship): nominated at AfD; notified Acad Ronin (talk · contribs) 09:52, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Article was redirected to Catherine (ship), but this was reverted and article creator prefers AfD discussion instead. No evidence of notability, sources are primary or databases and article is a lot of WP:OR parsing of confusing elements in the primary sources. No indication in article or sources that this ship was any more notable than the many thousand similar ones in the slave ship database. Inikori has no info on this ship, Richardson[189] is the only secondary source with some further information, but it is rather minimal anyway and not sufficient to support a stand-alone article.
- Epidemiology of IKBKAP in the United States: nominated at RfD; Target: IKBKAP (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 16:19, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear how the "epidemiology of IKBKAP in the US" is related to "IKBKAP#Familial_Dysautonomia", which is not even IKBKAP itself but in a section "Related conditions", and more importantly has no info about the US specifically.
- UA Day: nominated at AfD; notified Satishbabu-isoc (talk · contribs) 08:26, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of any notability found. Even what looked to be an independent source turns out to be written by the original promotor of this day[190].
- List of United States tornadoes in May 2008: nominated at AfD; notified ChessEric (talk · contribs) 17:32, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This list duplicates three other pages, Tornado outbreak of May 1–2, 2008, List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–15, 2008, and List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak sequence of May 22–31, 2008. It has no actual content, just copies long lists of mainly minor tornadoes from these three pages. Efforts to rationalize this somewhat[191] were reverted. I don't see the point of this duplicative effort. Note that the three events are also at length described in Tornadoes of 2008#May, making this essentially a fifth page about the same events, but with the least information and the most WP:NOTDATABASE content issues.
- List of short live-action films: nominated at AfD; notified 65.93.213.103 (talk · contribs) 08:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: At the moment, this is a random selection of the thousands upon thousands of short live-action films which already have an article (e.g. Category:American silent short films has more than 2,800 entries, most of them live-action). But even with this endless supply of entries, this list still contains many redlinks anyway. Seems like an overly broad topic for a list, either needs splitting in many sublists or deletion as unworkable.
- Otsego County high point: nominated at AfD; notified 420Traveler (talk · contribs) 08:50, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: An unnamed place without reliable sources or even exact measurements?No notability.
- Lizzie Freeman: nominated at AfD; notified Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contribs) 10:48, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, a very short entry on Behind the Voice Actors (kind of an IMDb for voice actors: while reliable, it doesn't add to notability, per WP/RSP) and otherwise only passing mentions: it looks as if no reliable sources have given significant attention to her.
- Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zhejiang (2020): nominated at AfD; notified Ziping53 (talk · contribs) 14:48, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This is basically a repeat of the official statements from the Chinese government, not an article based on reliable, independent sources. I don't think a timeline for this region can be made based on such sources though, as the Chinese government tends to be rather controlling. But it is better not to have an article, than to function as the mouthpiece of a government.
- Danny Burns: nominated at AfD; notified ScottishFootballObseasive (talk · contribs) 14:45, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Player played one game in second division, and all other games way down the league pyramid. Coverage is almost exclusively passing mentions in match reports, with a handful of short local sports articles giving some attention (things like this and this, but nothing really substantial (e.g. covering his career or giving some background) or supra-local.
- Multifandom: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:multifandom (notified); notified LilGoober4u (talk · contribs) 11:40, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guangdong (2021): nominated at AfD; notified Ziping53 (talk · contribs) 10:11, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Per the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zhejiang (2020). AfD reason there was "This is basically a repeat of the official statements from the Chinese government, not an article based on reliable, independent sources. I don't think a timeline for this region can be made based on such sources though, as the Chinese government tends to be rather controlling. But it is better not to have an article, than to function as the mouthpiece of a government."
March 2023
[edit]- Gil Sylva: nominated at AfD; notified NearEMPTiness (talk · contribs) 15:39, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability. He is quoted in a press release[193], the second source is a Linkedin page, and nothing better was found online[194], nothing in Gnews, an extremely passing mention here and a publication here.
- Overmorrow: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/overmorrow (notified); notified Industrial Arthropod (talk · contribs) 15:48, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- Reynard 2KF: nominated at AfD; notified Davism0703 (talk · contribs) 08:16, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Disputed redirect. Sources are a Geocities / Oocities blog and Linkedin, and no better sources found (database entries like this or this). Not a notable car, but a redirect to List of Reynard Motorsport cars seemed a good solution.
- User:Whiskeylore: nominated at MfD; notified Whiskeylore (talk · contribs); notified Adambein (talk · contribs) 08:46, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: User page created by another editor, written in third person.
- List of first women's ice hockey internationals per country: 1987-1999: nominated at AfD; notified Dweisz94 (talk · contribs) 10:52, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This was draftified months ago because "Incomplete, unsourced, of dubious notability as a list topic", but now moved back to mainspace without improvements.
- The Bank of India (1836): nominated at AfD; notified Telekvin (talk · contribs) 15:11, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, and claims in the article don't match the passing mentions ("The bank played a key role in the history of Banking in India" sourced to a list which includes this bank as "stillborn"?) or don't convey any notability (being the 18th something is hardly special).
- Chris Reynolds (Quadrillionaire): nominated at AfD; notified KatoKungLee (talk · contribs) 16:59, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS, short-lived faits-divers without lasting notability. WP:PSEUDO also applies: " If the event itself is not notable enough for an article, and the person was noted only in connection with it, it's very likely that there is no reason to cover that person at all."
- Tourism in Capri: nominated at RfD; Target: wikivoyage:Capri (notified); notified Tamzin (talk · contribs) 10:20, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."An encyclopedic article about tourism in Capri would be possible, with its history, economic impact, ... Linking instead to a tourist guide, only because it is a sister project, is not in line with our policies or aims. And combining a redirect with a "see also" section is just weird.
- Dnieprpetrovskbass independentism: nominated at AfD; notified Dainus36 (talk · contribs) 13:08, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced, unverifiable[195].
- 2022 UEFA Youth League final: nominated at AfD; notified Tomrtn (talk · contribs) 16:02, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to 2021–22 UEFA Youth League, but was reverted. This is just the culmination of the tournament, not a match that in itself is terribly notable (every week, there are soccer matches which get a lot more attention). Coverage in the main article for the event is sufficient for this youth match.
- Athletics at the 2019 European Games – Men's 100 metres: nominated at AfD; notified Almagestas (talk · contribs) 13:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: While this may look like a "real" event at major championships, this basically were the qualifications for something called "Dynamic New Athletics", with further rounds run but somehow not included (e.g. Smelyk won the final in 10.44, and Nascimento won his semi-final in 10.26). These weren't the Olympic Championships but an overall country-vs-country event where the individual distances or events were of only minor importance.
- List of international cricket centuries at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium: nominated at AfD; notified Shane Editor (talk · contribs) 09:36, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTSTATS and no indication that this is a notable subject as a group. Centuries by player, by team, by event, okay, these all make sense (and are comparable to e.g. the same lists we have for football hat tricks). But what has the stadium to do with the century? Is a stadium "better", of higher quality, if it has seen more centuries? Stadiums which have housed more international matches or series will usually have more centuries, sure, and...? Now, people will object that there are even Featured Lists among these. So, let's take a look at one, List of international cricket centuries at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The first 14 sources at the moment are not about centuries, so can be ignored here. The vast majority of the remaining sources are just statistics databases. The others are sources indicating that X or Y scored a century, not sources about the phenomenon of centuries at this stadium. In short, only statistics about this subject are available, it isn't something that is a topic of interest for reliable sources otherwise. Most similar lists have already been deleted in 2021 after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket centuries at Carisbrook and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket centuries at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.Also nominated are:*List of international cricket centuries at the Sydney Cricket Ground*List of international cricket centuries at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at Edgbaston*List of international cricket centuries at Headingley*List of international cricket centuries at Lord's*List of international cricket centuries at Old Trafford*List of international cricket centuries at the Oval*List of international cricket centuries at Trent Bridge*List of international cricket centuries at Arun Jaitley Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at the Eden Gardens*List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at the Wankhede Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at Basin Reserve*List of international cricket centuries at Eden Park*List of international cricket centuries at Lancaster Park*List of international cricket centuries at Gaddafi Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at the National Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at Kingsmead Cricket Ground*List of international cricket centuries at Newlands Cricket Ground*List of international cricket centuries at St George's Park*List of international cricket centuries at the Wanderers Stadium*List of international cricket centuries at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground*List of international cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval*List of international cricket centuries at the Queen's Park Oval*List of international cricket centuries at Sabina Park*List of international cricket centuries at the Harare Sports Club*List of international cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval*List of international cricket centuries at Bellerive Oval*List of international cricket centuries at the Gabba*List of international cricket centuries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Coolabee: nominated at AfD; notified Salmankhan2255 (talk · contribs) 09:08, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Can someone please be done to blacklist all these sources. This is a typical example of a company which seems to have gotten glowing reviews from "reliable" sources in the weeks after it was launched, but which strangely hasn't received any attention otherwise. It isn't normal that you would get 9 or so lengthy reviews in newspapers, but only 39 Google hits in total[196], most of them either autocreated or from the same sources. A typical puff promo piece, and in this case quite easily recognisable, but it still is annoying that we allow these sources instead of just blacklisting them all.
- Uwuntu: nominated at AfD; notified Wikilover126 (talk · contribs) 14:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability. Hardly any attention has been given to this[197], unlike truly notable Linux distributions. Perhaps a redirect, though I don't know where (List of Linux distributions only has distributions with an article, it seems).
- Soyuz-Neon: nominated at AfD; notified Nzeemin (talk · contribs) 15:15, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I couldn't establish notability for this ephemeral computer, neither from a search with the English name nor with the Russian name, so I redirected it to 1801 series CPU where it is mentioned. As this was reverted, AfD it is.
- The Fisherman (1931 film): nominated at AfD; notified Brazilian fan of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (talk · contribs) 08:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this 7 minute film to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography#1931, but was reverted. Nothing but an extremely excessive plot summary, not enough evidence of notability found to warrant a stand-alone article.
- List of United States flash flood emergencies: nominated at AfD; notified Elijahandskip (talk · contribs) 08:57, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A list of twitter posts, with a few other primary sources thrown in. The floods may be notable in some cases, but the "flash flood emergencies" aren't.
- Lent Bumps 2023: nominated at AfD; notified Mrmariomaster (talk · contribs) 14:55, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, source in article isn't independent. Only source in Google News is Varsity, which is a University newspaper. This year's activities don't seem to receive any attention from WP:RS outside the university. Perhaps older years need to be deleted as well if they have the same issues, this AfD though is only for the 2023 edition.
- Joe Wolemonwu: nominated at AfD; notified Tom Klebl (talk · contribs) 12:37, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Impressive article, but upon checking there is very little to be found about him. The main source, this article, reads like a press release and is labeled a "filed contribution". There are no sources at all in Google News and very few in Google in general (searched both with "Joe" and with" Joseph"). This is the only thing I find on Google Scholar, and it hasn't been cited yet by anyone apparently, so WP:NPROF isn't met.
- Eglinton F.C.: nominated at AfD; notified Salty1984 (talk · contribs) 09:22, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Brand-new club at the lowest level of Scottish football, not notable (just some very local coverage, just like nearly every organisation, club, ... in a village will have). Looking for "Sammy Taggart" (the coach) plus "Eglinton" gives all of 8 Google hits[198], looking for "Eglinton FC" gives 31 hits[199] (identical results for FC or F.C.). Perhaps a redirect to Kilwinning#Football, and a short addition there, could be a solution?
- Kikkerspuug: nominated at AfD; notified Snowflakedivertor (talk · contribs) 09:24, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found that this is a notable band.
- List of international cricket centuries at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium: nominated at AfD; notified Shane Editor (talk · contribs) 08:12, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is a notable list topic. While it is verifiable, there are very few sources who pay attention to which stadiums have hosted which centuries, normally the interest is in which player/team made centuries, not where.
- Arrest of Richard Golden: nominated at AfD; notified Jennytacular (talk · contribs) 16:24, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:BLPCRIME, we shouldn't have articles about otherwise non notable persons accused of crimes (but not convicted).
- Windows NT Setup process before Windows Vista: nominated at AfD; notified BrandonXLF (talk · contribs) 14:09, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Isn't this rather close to a WP:NOTHOWTO page? It just describes what happens, where to find things, what keys to use... Not what sets this apart, what is its history, how it was received, ... Basically, it is a "plot summary", a manual, instead of an encyclopedic article. No idea if the latter is feasible here, but even then WP:TNT would be better than trying to turn this into an acceptable article I think.
- Tards: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/tards; notified AKK-700 (talk · contribs) 09:20, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia." A redirect for the plural of an informal version of an insult. No idea why this would belong on Wikipedia
- List of international cricket centuries at Kingsmead Cricket Ground: nominated at AfD; notified Vanished user 2021011855 (talk · contribs) 12:56, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: While the individual entries are of course notable, the list topic as a whole seems to lack notability (WP:LISTN) and is mainly covered by statistical databases only. It isn't an exceptionally rare occurence anyway (74 test centuries in 45 tests): the centuries will individually be covered in match reports and the like, but the group of these centuries by ground is apparently not really of interest. Many similar pages have already been deleted at AfD.
- Cam Lasky: nominated at AfD; notified Cfredricksen (talk · contribs) 14:00, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: All sources are primary, except for one very passing mention. No better sources were found online. Doesn't seem to be notable yet, just very productive.Also nominated is Cam Lasky discography.
- Bryan White (motivational speaker): nominated at AfD; notified Drjmarkov (talk · contribs) 15:43, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I moved this to draft, but was reverted, and we are apparently supposed to then take it to AfD instead of draftifying again (even though AfD is not cleanup). Anyway, I moved it to draft as it is a rather hagiographic piece about a person where the sources show a different picture (though it is not always easy to tell which Ugandan sources are reliable and which may be a government mouth piece, as Uganda isn't the most democratic and free society). Things like this or this or this. It should be moved to draft to first make this a WP:NPOV BLP instead of this one-sided version, and only then be allowed in the mainspace.
- Nora Heggheim: nominated at AfD; notified TheBeanMan123 (talk · contribs) 07:51, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability. Sources in article are database or not independent, and sources online aren't much better. The best seems to be this (found by the editor who removed the prod, thanks), but it is an article about the club, where players are interviewed about it. At the moment, this is a third-division player without the necessary sourcing about her to warrant an article.
- List of General Motors factories (detailed): nominated at AfD; notified JustTheFacts33 (talk · contribs) 10:41, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I don't think we need List of General Motors factories and List of General Motors factories (detailed), just agree on what level of detail appropriate for the main list and stick to that. Having a proliferation of lists for the exact same subject but with different levels of detail is not helpful IMO, it's just a case of Wikipedia:Content forking.
April 2023
[edit]- List of international cricket centuries at the Wankhede Stadium: nominated at AfD; notified Dee03 (talk · contribs) 07:13, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: While the individual entries are of course notable, the list topic as a whole seems to lack notability (WP:LISTN) and is mainly covered by statistical databases only. It isn't an exceptionally rare occurence anyway (41 test centuries in 23 tests): the centuries will individually be covered in match reports and the like, but the group of these centuries by ground is apparently not really of interest. Many similar pages have already been deleted at AfD, the latest was here which also lists earlier similar AfDs.
- History of Kohima: nominated at AfD; notified The Anonymous Earthling (talk · contribs) 07:19, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this unattributed copy back to Kohima#History but was reverted. No need to have a duplicate, nearly identical page for this.
- User:Dotname2469: nominated at MfD; notified Dotname2469 (talk · contribs); notified Masonthetrex127 (talk · contribs) 15:40, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Userpage for editor who last edited in 2011, created by unrelated newish (and rather problematic) editor, with images uploaded by yet other people.
- User:Dareyoutoclicksend/Mammals: nominated at MfD; notified Dareyoutoclicksend (talk · contribs); notified Masonthetrex127 (talk · contribs) 15:43, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Random subpage created by newish and rather problematic editor, for an editor who edited a few times but has disappeared since 2018.
- Aasif Iqbal: nominated at AfD; notified Jitendra Khuntia (talk · contribs) 08:48, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, only statistical pages and match reports. Not to be confused with the Pakistani cricket player Asif Iqbal, who is clearly notable, or the UAE cricketer Asif Iqbal (Emirati cricketer). All I could find were passing mentions[200].
- Cherish Alexander: nominated at AfD; notified Uma Uwa Ona (talk · contribs) 07:45, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Lots of sources, but most of them are closely connected to the subject or are otherwise unreliable or passing mentions. Don't be fooled by the links to the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival (both major ones obviously), the actual "festivals" meant are the Cannes World Film Festival (no importance at all) and the Venice Short Film Festival (ditto). There are also some weird things, like this Cherish Alexander, born in 1982, claiming to be the same as the "Cherish Alexander" who won "Our Little Miss" in 1982[201]. Oh, and despite being brand new, her about page on her website (page called "Journey" there[202]) ends with a link to this Wikipedia page, giving a rather strong impression that this page was created by or on behalf of the artist. In any case, they aren't notable[203] and haven't been picked up by independent news sources.
- RPDR Contestant Progress: nominated at AfD; notified King Survivor (talk · contribs) 07:58, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not an article, fails WP:NOTSTATS. I first thought it was perhaps intended as a template and moved it to draft to give the editor a chance to correct this, but it was moved back to mainspace unchanged.
- Boukari Laouali Chaibou: nominated at AfD; notified Wikipedien28 (talk · contribs) 13:56, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Looks like a lot of puffery and few if any real journalistic articles. To start with the end, he has won the "Prix de la plume étendue", which according to the source[204] is the biggest literary prize in Niger, given each year to the best literary work in Niger. Strangely, his book is a non-fiction law book (hardly a literary work), and the award is completely unknown and not given to anyone else, ever, it seems. Despite the many references, seemingly independent reviews of his bestselling book and all discussing the large impact and popularity he already has, it seems that not much interest exists in him otherwise, giving me at least the impression that these interviews and reviews are paid for or otherwise unreliable and not giving any actual notability.
- Giolla Finna mac Uallacháin/Coulahan: nominated at AfD; notified Fergananim (talk · contribs) 15:24, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Largely unverifiable. We seem to have one source[205] which mentions him in one sentence as the son of a "king" (one of the many, many kings at that time). No reliable sources that he had any descendants, never mind the ones mentioned. If kept, it should be moved to a much better title than this hybrid thing, but I believe it should either be deleted or at best redirected to e.g. List of kings of Síol Anmchadha (strange, how among all the Madudhan/Madadhan there, there suddenly is this one Mac Uallachain who seems to be unmentioned in more recent books).
- The Houlihans of Garrycastle: nominated at AfD; notified FranzSebastianvH (talk · contribs) 19:55, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence for this hoax / WP:OR piece. See the talk page and User talk:Fram#Speedy Deletion nomination of The Houlihans of Garrycastle. for analysis of the sources and why this isn't a WP:V subject. Based on some loose mentions and a trail of breadcrumbs across sources of varying reliability, a whole story is fabricated. No reliable source which actually discusses the Houlihans, Lords of Garrycastle, seems to exist. Something like "Corcran O'Ullaghan, last Lord of Garrycastle (died in the Battle of Aughrim)" is based on thin air. The Barons of Garrycastle were the MacCochlans.
- Our Lady Of Velankanni Church, Shoolagiri: nominated at AfD; notified Aultabulta (talk · contribs) 08:27, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, sources are not independent or not indepth.
- Template:WPBYU invite Bro Brigham: nominated at TfD; notified Jmjosh90 (talk · contribs) 09:18, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not sure about this one. It seems to go against WP:NPOV to have a Wikiproject invitation written from the perspective of a religious figure. I mean, would we be comfortable with an invite which says "Jesus needs you" or something similar? Wikipedia needs you, the project needs you, sure, but not this.
- Telephone in United States history: nominated at AfD; notified Rjensen (talk · contribs) 15:38, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A weird hybrid kind of WP:COATRACK article with basically just one sentence about the history of the telephone in the US (the AT&T issue), and nothing about the role of the telephone in the history of the US (which is what the title awkwardly suggests). The one source is from 1988, but is used to make claims about the "current" situation of women and phones, which is for such rapidly evolving topics (both the use of telephones, and the role of men and women in society) not acceptable. WP:TNT if people believe this title could host an acceptable article, or simply delete if even the title is not really worth keeping (or at most as a redirect).
- Disannexation: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:disannexation (notified); notified 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk · contribs) 15:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- Andorra women's national ice hockey team: nominated at AfD; notified Marc87 (talk · contribs) 16:33, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Neither of the two sources mentions Andorra. I had moved this to draft, but user moved it straight back. No evidence of any notability for this national team of a very minor sport in a very small country.
- List of extinct reptiles in the wild: nominated at AfD; notified CREATOR 763 (talk · contribs) 19:43, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Disputed redirect. Inferior, unsourced article with errors (e.g. why is Erythrolamprus ornatus included?) and commentary which topic-wise duplicates the existing article List of recently extinct reptiles.
- Glenique Frank: nominated at AfD; notified AntonioMartin (talk · contribs) 12:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BLP1E. A very minor "scandal", a non-notable transgender runner causing female finisher #7000 to be ranked female finisher #7001 instead.
May 2023
[edit]- YouTube headquarters massacre: nominated at RfD; Target: YouTube headquarters shooting (notified); notified BlueGuide7551 (talk · contribs) 09:26, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A "massacre" with three wounded people. Redirect created by same editor who used "genocide" as a redirect for some mass shootings, nominated as well.
- 2022 New York City Subway massacre: nominated at RfD; Target: 2022 New York City Subway attack (notified); notified BlueGuide7551 (talk · contribs) 09:29, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A "massacre" without any deaths, term not in use for this event.
- List of vehicles with hidden headlamps: nominated at AfD; notified IceBergYYC (talk · contribs) 09:49, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
- Ankh (film): nominated at AfD; notified Trix18365 (talk · contribs) 12:14, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A typical pumped up film article, winning tons of awards from "film festivals" which no one ever heard of or visits (but which have grand names like the Europe Film Festival" or the "Cannes Film Awards"), "interviews" with standard questions (i.e. no actual interviewer), and in this case one newspaper (HLN) which fell for the "wow, many awards" fake news and wrote an actual article. So, non-notable film without the necessary multiple good sources to establish notability.
- Handmade (Gravity Noir album): nominated at AfD; notified Trix18365 (talk · contribs) 07:13, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Non-notable album, part of a promo-ring of articles about the band (AfD), a movie created by the band producer (AfD), and three other albums by the same band (all long since redirected), all by same editor (with no other interests). Only sources are extremely local coverage (this is from the section "in the neighborhood / Hoboken", this newspaper has next to its general coverage also coverage per municipality or like here sub-municipality) because one of the singles raised money for a good cause. It's a British band, released in the Netherlands and worldwide, but got no attention beyond the village of the producer. Note that the album has no 5-star rating from Allmusic, it has one glowing "user" review who gave it 5 stars, which is meaningless.
- Gothic Classique: nominated at RfD; Target: Classic Gothic (notified); notified SiefkinDR (talk · contribs) 10:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This is a never used hybric of the English Gothic and the French Classique. Gothique Classique is correct (also a redirect), Classic Gothic as well, but this is a very unlikely search term
- The Complete New Zealand Music Charts, 1966-2006 : singles, albums, DVDs, compilations compiled by Dean Scapolo: nominated at AfD; notified Australian Music 1960-1999 (talk · contribs) 09:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I could find no evidence that this is a notable book (or author).
- Ifeanyi David Nduka: nominated at AfD; notified Geregen2 (talk · contribs) 07:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Article deleted after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ifeanyi David Nduka. Now recreated because he has played a game, but still has no independent sources about him, which is the requirement (having played a game is no longer considered sufficient and has been removed from WP:NSPORTS quite a while ago).
- List of rainbow crossings: nominated at AfD; notified Raladic (talk · contribs) 12:18, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: That something is a notable topic, doesn't mean that we need a list of examples of that something. One province (equivalent to a US county) in Belgium alone had 24 of them by late 2022[206], there are many more in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria (multiple cities have more than one of them), ...
- 2023 MLW Wiffle Ball season: nominated at AfD; notified RossGA 19 (talk · contribs) 12:44, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication found that this is a notable season. No sources in the last month for "wiffle ball" MLW[207], for Wiffle + Wildcats[208], and so on (tried it with a few players as well). Very few general sources for even the clubs (see e.g. this search[209]). I have also nominated, for the same reason, the previous season:*2022 MLW Wiffle Ball season
- List of countries by car imports: nominated at AfD; notified Maxeto0910 (talk · contribs) 16:17, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: The list seems to be highly misleading, in that it doesn't just list actual imports, but also transports: e.g. Belgium is high on the list because its ports are a place of entry for e.g. Swedish or Japanese cars which are then moved on towards other countries (with some fraction remaining in Belgium). Note how the value for Belgium on the other list, List of countries by car exports, is nearly identical, and much higher than the value of the actual car production in Belgium. Countries like Belgium (and Canada for that matter) have much more car exports than e.g. Italy or France? Lists sourced only to a Wordpress site, so if we want this, WP:TNT would apply. Also nominated is List of countries by car exports.
- A World Away (Remix): nominated at AfD; notified Lily Lu22 (talk · contribs) 08:03, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Non notable song which "won" awards from "film festivals" which churn out countless awards for whoever pays, but don't have actual screenings, notability, importance, ... Part of a walled garden of articles promoting a musical and the people around it, which should all get some scrutiny: but this one seems to be the worst when it comes to notability (the others were already deleted in the past though, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Chiang). ProD was removed with the addition of sources, but as these were the website of the singer and the Apple music store[210], they didn't help to solve the problem.
- The London Bank of Australia and India: nominated at AfD; notified Telekvin (talk · contribs) 09:01, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Proposed bank which never actually operated (contrary to the claims in the article, which seems largely based on uninformed speculation based on the date and name). I can find no evidence for the following claims in the article; (infobox) the type, industry, date and name of foundation, date defunct, number of locations, products; (article) "winding down of its operations", "was notable", "largely served customers of...", nationality and background of staff, final years (!), and legacy (a "key role in the history of banking in India"???). In reality, we have one source which gives a bit of attention to the bank[211], and the remainder are simple name drops or listings in tables, nothing significant; all these make it clear that the bank was never operational, it collected money to start operations and returned the money when it couldn't start in the end, and thus was never operational. I have no idea where the "facts" in this article have been taken from.
- Minikillers: nominated at AfD; notified Mains Olsen (talk · contribs) 12:38, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:OR. There was one, very obscure short film "The Mini-Killers". The claims about the series of 4 and the tank station use can apparently only be found at a youtube video (in itself probably a copyvio of the copyright owners of the movie) from a channel with 135 subscribers, with as far as I can tell a total lack of reliability. Removing these claims would leave a very short stub about a short film which received hardly any attention. A redirect to Diana Rigg may be a good WP:ATD.
- Delaware Tennis Club Tournament: nominated at AfD; notified Navops47 (talk · contribs) 15:25, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this one-off tournament. Prod removed without improvements and with arguments which don't really address the lack of indepth sourcing. Sources are passing mentions or routine coverage only.
- Noam Shavit: nominated at AfD; notified HonorTheIsland (talk · contribs) 16:19, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Youth player, false claim of winning the Israeli title when he wasn't in the first team this season, sources are databases. Draftified, but moved back by creator without addressing the issues and with false claims of "Perform requested move, see talk page".
- List of Socialist Equality Party election results: nominated at AfD; notified SocDoneLeft (talk · contribs) 13:28, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: These results have not received significant attention from reliable independent sources, which is hardly surprising as they didn't result in any wins or even came close. The article creator posted a number of sources on the talk page, but the only one to even mention results was this local source, though only briefly, about one candidate who got five votes. Fails WP:NLIST.
- Tornado and tornado outbreaks: nominated at RfD; Target: Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (notified); notified Elijahandskip (talk · contribs) 07:12, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Rather unlikely search term with the repeated "tornado"
- World TradeX: nominated at AfD; notified Easybuoy (talk · contribs) 10:36, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Some hype articles from obscure sites (the kind of sites like LA Weekly which seem at first glance legitimate, but seem to be mostly populated by badly rewritten press releases), no actual good sources for this, despite being called the new Amazon or Alibaba... 81 actual Google hits[212] is a rather clear sign that this is so far more a nothingburger than anything else, and a website[213] which starts with "ACCEPTING FULL REGISTRATION FALL 2022PRE REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW FOR APP FIRST ACCESSClick on the icon below" and doesn't have any further information doesn't really give much confidence either.
- Maarten Nagtegaal: nominated at AfD; notified Anonymous99747 (talk · contribs) 13:30, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Completely unverifiable, and not notable if true.
- The Earth is My Prison: nominated at AfD; notified Molekingq (talk · contribs) 13:58, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. The one review is a site where you can pay to get your book reviewed, and nothing better can be found online among the 23 Google Hits[214] and zero Google News hits. Already repeatedly created and moved to draft, time to put an end to this.
June 2023
[edit]- List of blast furnaces: nominated at AfD; notified Nowakki (talk · contribs) 13:05, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:NLIST. Considering that blast furnaces have existed for centuries all across the world, this seems like a completely random choice with no clear inclusion criteria for these individually not notable furnaces. Was there anything special about e.g. the 1905-1907 period in the US that it deserves a separate section?
- List of international cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval: nominated at AfD; notified Vanished user 2021011855 (talk · contribs) 15:33, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Similar to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket centuries at the Wankhede Stadium and other such AfDs, fails WP:NLIST. A fairly common event (80 tests, 187 centuries, that's more than 2 per test: I have trouble thinking of another sport where we would create lists of things which were this common), which explains why it isn't really the subject of significant attention (individual centuries get noted, but the vast vast majority of sources, and the only ones that really seem to care about the list subject as a whole, are statistical databases only). Note that the "further reading" book "100 Not Out: A Century of Cricket on the Adelaide Oval" is not about this topic, but about 100 years of cricket at the ground.
- Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2022: nominated at AfD; notified Zcarstvnz (talk · contribs) 10:31, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2021, same reasoning. Also nominated: *Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2020*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2019*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2018*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2017*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2016*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2015*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2014*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2013*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2012*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2011*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2010*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2009*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2008*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2007*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2006*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2005*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2004*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2003*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2002*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2001*Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2000I've not included the even older ones to keep this somewhat manageable. But further such lists exist for every year from 1901 to 1999 as well...
- Elso: nominated at AfD; notified Hollywoodfilms321 (talk · contribs) 11:00, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks all notability[215][216], would be a speedy candidate if we could speedy delete films...
- Glengall Road (football ground): nominated at AfD; notified TheLostBoy (talk · contribs) 15:32, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Contested redirect. I redirected this to 1885–86 Millwall Rovers F.C. season, as this ground was only used for that season, and most of the article is about the season and not about the utterly unremarkable ground, "a piece of wasteland, which was roughly marked out as a football pitch", anyway. Whatever needs to be said about the ground can easily be included in the season article.
- Zsuzsanna Budapest immigrates to the United States of America: nominated at RfD; Target: Zsuzsanna Budapest (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 08:19, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Random sentence which makes for a very unlikely search term (and in present tense, no idea why). Creator has a penchant for such rather lengthy and unlikely redirect creations (e.g. Epidemiology of Familial Mediterranean fever in the United States of America which links to a section which doesn't mention the US, and where e.g. the first source is about the EU and the other three are general; or Survey sociolinguistics at the University of Delhi, or Perform survey at Taim Ecological Station). Perhaps some tailored topic ban should be considered, but this discussion is solely about this one redirect of course.
- Ethnologue 27th edition: nominated at RfD; Target: Ethnologue (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 12:03, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete, there is no 27th edition (yet), and not really useful as a search term
- De Marchena (Surname): nominated at AfD; notified Talon Briceington (talk · contribs) 12:49, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Part of a larger hoax / self-promotion? While the surname "De Marchena" exists, most of the info in this article seems very dubious, and the same editor (and others) have been pushing De Marchena's and Van Marchena's left and right, without much if any evidence. For this article, I can find no evidence that either of the notable members either existed (Francisco de Marchena) or was called "Van Marchena" (Georg Altner is listed with the surname Van Marchena in the infobox, after an IP added this in late 2022[217]). There is also involvement of User:Freddydemarchena, who added spurious De Marchena's to an article in April 2022[218] (still present in current article), Draft:Freddy De Marchena (was in mainspace, created by same editor as this surname article, who also edited the Georg Altner article). The page Marisol (actress) also used to list unverifiable De Marchena's. All in all, something very fishy, and best to just get rid of this page completely.
- More research is required in social immunity: nominated at RfD; Target: Social immunity (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:12, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unlikely search term, not all sentences in articles should be turned into redirects.
- Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis amassing bioinformatics data: nominated at RfD; Target: Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:13, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Who is ever going to use this as a search term?
- Roberta Marinelli examines seafloor biota: nominated at RfD; Target: Roberta Marinelli (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:15, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: "Name" + "job description". A recipe for a few million redirects, if someone wants to boost their edit count. "Joe Biden rules the USA", "Novak Djokovic plays tennis", ...
- Keren Everett studying Amazon languages: nominated at RfD; Target: Keren Everett (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:25, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Another one of the "Person" "Job" type of unlikely redirects
- Keren Everett's continuing missionary work: nominated at RfD; Target: Keren Everett (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:25, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Summary of a sentence in an article, unlikely search term
- Jewish passing as indigenous American: nominated at RfD; Target: Passing (racial identity) (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:27, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: The article Passing (racial identity) has countless examples of X passing as Y. For some reason "Jewish" is singled out for a redirect.
- Negotiating free trade agreements between the US and other nations involves screen quotas: nominated at RfD; Target: Americanization (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:28, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Complete random sentences from an article rarely make useful redirects
- Two separate Asian giant hornet introductions in North America: nominated at RfD; Target: Asian giant hornet (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:30, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unlikely search term
- Geographic influence of dietary trends on epidemiology of Hashimoto's thyroiditis disorder in US: nominated at RfD; Target: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 14:37, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No info about the US is given, making this lengthy redirect even more pointless
- The ship beautiful: nominated at AfD; notified Ale.ch.geor (talk · contribs) 10:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Nickname for RMS Aquitania. Content fork redirected there by 3 different editors (including me), but article creator keeps restoring their page. Time to put an end to this and make a clear statement that this should remain a redirect.
- Sharia courts can be integrated into the American religious arbitration system: nominated at RfD; Target: Sharia (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:24, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Way too long, impractical redirect for one sentence in the target article
- Generation of hypotheses about possible ecological relations that are not yet known or well understood: nominated at RfD; Target: Ecosystem model (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:27, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Way too long redirect repeating one sentence from the target article (and not really the best sentence to start with, with the "hypotheses / possible / not yet well known or understood" triple repetition)
- Regulation of transvaginal mesh in the United States of America: nominated at RfD; Target: Transvaginal mesh (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:40, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Doesn't seem to be discussed at the target
- Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis offering computing infrastructure: nominated at RfD; Target: Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Why would anyone use the long full name, and then add something they do, as a search or link term?
- American actors rehearse with the director: nominated at RfD; Target: Filmmaking (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:52, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Well yes, they do. Probably not even restricted to American actors, and hardly the only thing they do in filmmaking. Utterly random, unlikely redirect sentence
- United States film directors rehearse: nominated at RfD; Target: Film director (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:54, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Probably, although it isn't even discussed in the target article, and isn't specific to US directors anyway (neither rehearsing nor the target article). All in all a rather random redirect sentence
- Chubbuck technique in United States of America: nominated at RfD; Target: Ivana Chubbuck (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 15:57, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Target has nothing about a technique, and why anyone would search for it specifically in the US is unclear
- Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis amassing metagenomic data: nominated at RfD; Target: Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 16:00, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A third one of these, see also Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis offering computing infrastructure and Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis amassing bioinformatics data both at RfD as well. "Long company name" + "does something uncontroversial" will rarely be a good redirect
- Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis amassing data: nominated at RfD; Target: Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 16:03, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Another one of these...
- Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis mission: nominated at RfD; Target: Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 16:05, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: And the mission needs a separate redirect as well
- Musa Muhammed (entrepreneur): nominated at AfD; notified Sammarkk (talk · contribs) 13:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Spam sources, we really need to blacklist some of these. 17 year old Nigerian "internet entrepreneur" who is famous enough to be featured in Bangladesh[219] with his company "Sam Marketer", which according to their own website "Sam Marketer provides top-notch digital marketing services, including Wikipedia article creation"[220] where they also claim to have worked for Real Madrid! No evidence of this can be found, of course. Typical use of "articles" in "newspapers" where you just pay to get a profile online, making it look as if you are really successful. Nothing reliable could be found to establish that they have received any independent attention.
- Christina Rahm Cook: nominated at AfD; notified Yuyui88 (talk · contribs) 07:45, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks all actual notability, sources are press releases, paid-for articles, passing mentions, not independent, sale listings, ... This may look like an independent good source, but it is the "magazine" from Elysian, a luxury brand which organised the very show they are reporting on, so not an independent source after all.
- Cockhead: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/cockhead (notified); notified Thiscouldbeauser (talk · contribs) 11:53, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia." No idea why this vulgar slang would need to exist as a bluelink on Wikipedia, is this really the kind of thing people would expect to exist?
- Ronan Finke: nominated at RfD; Target: Speedcubing (notified); notified Stanfromireland (talk · contribs) 13:40, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No idea why A7 was rejected and redirecting done instead, considering that this 13-year-old minor is extremely non-notable, being just a name in one or two databases, and getting 3 Google hits in total[221]. Finke is not mentioned at the redirect target, and there is no reason at the moment why they should be. A very poor decision to create this redirect instead of just deleting this. Speedy deletion would be best, but tagging it as such when an admin just rejected my A7 tag would probably be unwise?
- List of audiovisual works related to Spiritist phenomena: nominated at AfD; notified Thiagovscoelho (talk · contribs) 14:25, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A list of ghost movies, in most cases with little or no actual link to Spiritism, just about the same (much older) topics which also formed the basis for Spiritism. WP:OR/WP:COATRACK, apparently translated from Portuguese.
- Bonaire national football team results (unofficial matches): nominated at AfD; notified Svartner (talk · contribs) 07:04, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Basically, a list of friendly matches between neighbouring very small islands (Bonaire has some 20000 inhabitants), not between nations but between parts of the same nation. No evidence of notability.
- The Catholic Bishops' Influence on Eastern European Literature: nominated at AfD; notified Yui11it (talk · contribs) 16:19, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: As far as I can judge, most sources aren't about the influence bishops had. For example, this source only mentions bishops once, about a letter condemning sexual abuse, and doesn't seem to mention "literature" or "literary" at all, but is still used as a reference for their "influence on literary themes". Perhaps an article on Catholic influence on Eastern European literature can be written, but when both the title and the contents need to be checked and rewritten completely, it makes little sense to keep this article instead of just starting from scratch.
- List of international cricket centuries at the Harare Sports Club: nominated at AfD; notified Vanished user 2021011855 (talk · contribs) 09:50, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: For the same reasons as at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket centuries at the Wankhede Stadium, and previous AfDs referenced therein. Fails WP:NLIST, noted in statistical databases only (individual centuries are mentioned in news reports, but the topic of centuries at this ground (or most other grounds) is not the subject of significant non-statistical coverage.
- Category:Immigrants to the Colony of New Zealand: nominated at CfD (CfM); merging to Category:Immigrants to New Zealand; notified Johnpacklambert (talk · contribs) 16:17, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Until very recently, people who migrated to New Zealand were all in the same tree Category:Immigrants to New Zealand and its many subcats. User:Johnpacklambert has created this new cat for the 19th c. migrants, and is depopulating the many subcats of the original global cat by removing people who moved to New Zealand in the 19th c, e.g. here, here and here. The end result of this new division is thus that we have less informative categories on the articles, and less people in the correct New Zealand cat, all for the sake of some pedantry. This should be undone.
- 2024–25 AFC Third level Club Championship: nominated at AfD; notified Tigergod8 (talk · contribs) 12:51, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Way premature. Name of competition, teams, ... are all not known yet. Should again be redirected to Asian Football Confederation#Clubs with one or two lines there about this.
- Bedtime Prompts: nominated at AfD; notified Pallaviprasadgv (talk · contribs) 13:38, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Self-promotion of a non-notable product.
July 2023
[edit]- Jana Seppelt: nominated at AfD; notified Moondragon21 (talk · contribs) 07:18, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No independent sources, lacks notability. The sources are either from organisations she works for, or an article she wrote. Looking for better sources only produced a short list of similar sources, and some passing mentions. Nothing in Google News. Her function of "deputy leader" is an internal job in the party, not a position in a parliament.
- Linintaw District: nominated at RfD; Target: Leninogorsky District (notified); notified Iespecu (talk · contribs) 08:56, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems to be some weird invention, I can't find any actual old or new name of the target district which looks similar to this (making this a plausible typo or such).
- June Pursell: nominated at AfD; notified Dolovis (talk · contribs) 14:17, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't find any actual discussions of her and her work, nor any evidence for the repeated claims that her "voice captivated audiences and earned her a place among the prominent singers of her time.". The other claim, that she "made notable appearances in two films", is not supported by the (unreliable) source IMDb, which gives one uncredited(!) role as a vocalist, and one role as a "singer on the stage". Looking for better sources give ultr-short entries like here or purely passing mentions. She may be notable (though I haven't found the evidence for this), but then this should be based on reliable sources and accurately reflect these sources, not some unreliable sources and some claims not even supported by those.
- Charinya Miyu Kanchanasevee: nominated at AfD; notified Love Pak indon (talk · contribs) 10:20, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BLP1E, some minor coverage for a rather random Guinness record.
- 2023 Wimbledon school incident: nominated at AfD; notified No Swan So Fine (talk · contribs) 14:42, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A car crash without special intentions or an extreme number of casualties? No reason to believe that this would ever pass WP:NOTNEWS and will get WP:SUSTAINED coverage.
August 2023
[edit]- Alexandru Sabalin: nominated at AfD; notified Andrei Anghelov (talk · contribs) 14:56, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Lower level cyclist, no evidence of notability, sources are databases or primary, or a press release about his major win (Tour of Romania, a race for national teams consisting of amateurs and pros from minor teams) with very little information about him. Actual articles about Sabalin seem to be missing or scarce.
- Doing the needful: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:do the needful (notified); notified Skarmory (talk · contribs) 12:32, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete, per WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- To do the needful: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:do the needful (notified); notified Skarmory (talk · contribs) 12:32, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete, per WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- Topia Rameka: nominated at AfD; notified Aubernas (talk · contribs) 08:48, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BLP1E, WP:BLPCRIME. Non-notable person who now had some coverage because of allegations. Coverage before this event was sparse, and wouldn't have warranted an article. To create one now because of allegations goes against WP:BLPCRIME.
- Demean: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:demean (notified); notified Sarangem (talk · contribs) 08:15, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
- Jiandi (disambiguation): nominated at RfD; Target: Yousong (notified); notified Cluster 01 (talk · contribs) 10:07, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
- WISE Cup: nominated at AfD; notified DesktopBaller (talk · contribs) 13:52, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks all notability, only independent source I found was a blog, not a WP:RS. No Google News sources or other similar sources to show that this has received significant attention, and extremely few regular sources[222].
- Anderson baronets of St Ives (1629): nominated at AfD; notified Charles Matthews (talk · contribs) 07:34, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A very short-lived title where neither the baronetcy nor the sole baronet seem to have done anything noteworthy, they just existed, and are noted as such in a few very exhaustive lists of British nobility. 90% of the article is not about the baronet or the baronetcy, but about their extended family. Perhaps a redirect to a list of 17th c. baronetcies or some such would be the best here, and if no good target is found then deletion.
- Jeffrey Trudeau Jr.: nominated at AfD; notified TheElvisBelievingBumbleBee (talk · contribs) 13:35, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I wasn't able to find reliable, independent, indepth sources about him (so not databases, organisators, ...), just routine match coverage. Lacks notability.
- Viera High School incident: nominated at AfD; notified Madutter (talk · contribs) 08:54, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Do we really need an article for every somewhat salacious/scandalous incident which gets some media attention for a few days? WP:NOTNEWS/WP:CRIME intersection.
- Sugar industry of Saint Mary: nominated at AfD; notified CROIX (talk · contribs) 17:03, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: While the sugar industry of Saint Mary may well be a notable subject, this page is a very sprawling, exhaustive bit-by-bit history of some estates, and learns us very little about the actual sugar industry. WP:TNT seems better than trying to remove 90% and rewriting the remainder into a coherent, clear article. I don't think we need things like "1945: The Syndicate Estates decided to let Arthur Hallpike rent a coconut grove on the property in order to promote the growth of coconuts for pig feed.", or the series of irrelevant non-sequiturs "2004: "Our "National Fruit," the Antigua Black Pineapple, is depicted on our coat of arms. It has dark yellow meat that is very sweet and flavorful. The area known as the "Pineapple Belt" runs from Redhill to Bethesda and has volcanic soil all the way to Cades Bay. Pineapples are cultivated from suckers, which mature in 15 to 18 months and continue to bear fruit for around three years. Ten acres are currently farmed at the Government Station.[4] 2005: At Urlings, there is a lovely old manse that is still abandoned and deteriorating. In the past five years, the bell in the picture has been taken (plunderer). The Museum has access to Rev. Reid's family's diaries, which describe his time serving St. Mary's Parish in the Old Road neighborhood in 1859. Antigua's tallest peak, Bogey Peak, which was renamed Mt. Obama shortly after President Obama of the United States was elected, is 1319 feet high." Every entry has such things paraphrased from the source without much care, like "1778 — died in London. Robert Christian's son died in Antigua in 1776. It is thought that he arrived in London from Antigua in the year 1777, and by the year 1778, he was residing in Southampton-street, Strand, in the city of Westminster, where he died. His sister Margaret was married to William Gunthorpe of Antigua, and he had a brother named John who died there long before 1777."
- Ross Island Yacht Club Antarctica: nominated at AfD; notified Germenfer (talk · contribs) 14:30, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A club of some 25 hobbyists without any actual achievements, and without notability from independent sources (the "Antarctic Sun" is the internal newspaper of the US Antarctic program, and this club is just an informal group on one of their bases). As the Antarctic Sun article says, there also is the "first and only" bikers club in Antarctica (though there are no bikes), and so on. As long as it doesn't get this kind of attention from reliable independent sources, it doesn't belong here, but all I can find are blogs, reports from someone from another yachting club, Facebook, Linkedin, ...
- List of MTV 00s music videos: nominated at AfD; notified Cat Manolache (talk · contribs) 07:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No reliable sources discuss the list of videos played on this retro channel.
- List of programs broadcast by GameTV: nominated at AfD; notified Comedyfan74 (talk · contribs) 18:32, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, primary or unreliable sources.
- Abdul Adnan: nominated at AfD; notified Naman-Dhaliwal-ed (talk · contribs) 15:50, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Perhaps others see it differently, but I get the impression that the sources about this actor/businessperson aren't actually independent reliable sources, but press releases / self-penned hagiographies pretending to be real articles. Take e.g. the first source[223], from the Times of India (or something similar), used to source his awards and nominations. All very high praise, but it seems to be impossible to find out for which series or films he actually did receive these awards for? His IMDb entry (given as an external link) is empty...
September 2023
[edit]- VG sun cumbuco: nominated at AfD; notified Rooghu (talk · contribs) 14:54, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Repeatedly rejected at WP:AFC for lack of notability, repeatedly created in mainspace. Time to decide once and for all whether this can stay or not. Article as it stands doesn't even make clear what it is about, and sources are promo pieces.
- Fall 2023 Auburn, Alabama Youth Soccer League: nominated at AfD; notified Yoblyblob (talk · contribs) 15:36, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear why a season for a local youth league would be a notable subject when the league itself doesn't even have an article and the best sources that may be expected are local bits of routine coverage. Fails our notability guideline. Current sources aren't independent.
- Netherlands at the 1976 World Championships in Athletics: nominated at AfD; notified WildCherry06 (talk · contribs) 09:01, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: The "1976 World Championships" only had one event, and all competitors and results are listed there. This article can easily be redirected to 1976 World Championships in Athletics without any loss of information, and the separate "country at this event" articles are hardly notable subjects for this event. I redirecte it while keeping the categories, but was reverted, so AfD can decide the best course of action.
- Zoomer perm: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/zoomer perm (notified); notified Nervelita (talk · contribs) 10:31, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:SSRT, most dicdefs on Wiktionary shouldn't get a soft redirect here.
- How can AI be applied to Deforestation and Climate Change: Nigeria's Contribution to Global Warming: nominated at AfD; notified Ugoji.john (talk · contribs) 10:37, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I tried to warn about this "deforestation in Nigeria" project at WP:ANI recently, at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1137#Another Nigerian project dropping poor articles here, and well, this is what you get. The suggested solution at AI was mass draftification, but per WP:NOTHOWTO, I don't see how this would be served by draftification or how encouraging further creation of such articles would benefit enwiki. Note how most sources in the article are not about Nigeria at all anyway.
- David Larson (casual poker player): nominated at RfD; Target: 2015 World Series of Poker (notified); notified TheElvisBelievingBumbleBee (talk · contribs) 14:14, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete, not mentioned at target
- Timothy Craig Eaton: nominated at AfD; notified Richiepip (talk · contribs) 07:19, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to the article about his father, as it is completely unclear why he should have a separate article, having done nothing of note in his life apparently? He is mentioned in biographies of others or of his family, just like family members often get short mentions in biographies of others, but that's about it, a background "character".
- Lumpenism: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/lumpenism; notified Giresunlu1993 (talk · contribs) 09:33, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:SSRT, most words shouldn't get a redirect to Wiktionary. This one is in my view particularly unhelpful, it leaves one with just as much questions and as little information as before reading the entry. I redirected it to Lumpenproletariat instead, but was reverted.
- Stand-alone list: nominated at RfD; Target: Wikipedia:Notability (notified); notified Buaidh (talk · contribs) 15:48, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No need for this cross-namespace redirect
- List of highest U.S. post offices: nominated at AfD; notified Buaidh (talk · contribs) 15:50, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
- Edwin Mayberry: nominated at AfD; notified Seasider53 (talk · contribs) 06:49, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any Notability, and no obvious redirect target.
- Master ad Vitam: nominated at AfD; notified Jjazz76 (talk · contribs) 07:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This doesn't seem to have received significant attention from independent (non-masonic) sources. Could be a redirect to Scottish_Rite#Degree structure, but doesn't have the notability for a separate article.
- Curse of Bob Short: nominated at AfD; notified PlanetStar (talk · contribs) 08:47, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Either not notable or needs a rename. For example, the ESPN source[224] doesn't even mention Bob Short, while the first source, Defector[225] doesn't mention a "curse". Looking for better sources gave only 6 Google Hits in total[226] (!), which for such a high profile sport in the US is ridiculously low.
- Killing of Jesse Kirby and John Kirby: nominated at AfD; notified Jengod (talk · contribs) 15:08, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:SUSTAINED. They liberated themselves, and were apprehended again, as reported at the time in the newspapers. If this hasn't received significant attention afterwards, it shouldn't be treated any differently than how we treat the many crimes or human interest stories which get some attention in the newspapers nowadays, but which we don't consider suitable for an article here. I couldn't find anything in Google Books, and the article offers no other indication that this is a case which has been discussed afterwards and is more than just a short burst of (mostly identical) news reports. Creator indicates that they "can't find this in any quality secondary sources" but preferred an AfD over Prod to get more eyes on it.
- Manikanta Belde (author): nominated at AfD; notified Sharad Kulkarni (author) (talk · contribs) 16:39, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, sources are databases and press releases.
- List of most popular Colorado-related Wikipedia articles: nominated at RfD; Target: Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Popular pages (notified); notified Buaidh (talk · contribs) 12:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Recent cross-namespace redirect used to include this "page" in the List of Colorado-related lists
- List of airline destinations in Colorado: nominated at RfD; Target: Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America (notified); notified Buaidh (talk · contribs) 12:52, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Cross-namespace redirect to include non-encyclopedic page into encyclopedic lists
- Wikimedians of Colorado User Group: nominated at RfD; Target: Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado (notified); notified Buaidh (talk · contribs) 12:54, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Cross-namespace redirect
- List of Glagolitic manuscripts: nominated at AfD; notified Renamed user 1n2n3n4n5n (talk · contribs) 13:32, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: By far the longest article on enwiki, an endless list of every minor scrap of paper with this script. Either needs very severe pruning to include e.g. only notable manuscripts, or complete scrapping as unwieldy, excessively detailed, WP:INDISCRIMINATE.
- 2023 Battagram cable car incident: nominated at AfD; notified Rai Ali Hassan (talk · contribs) 08:04, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of WP:SUSTAINED notability, a typical WP:NOTNEWS incident with lots of coverage when it happens as it is spectacular.
- List of highest towns in Colorado: nominated at AfD; notified Buaidh (talk · contribs) 10:54, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to List of cities in the United States by elevation as a borderline A10 speedy: the first 80 entries on the list here, are also included in the target list in the top 100. Just adding 20 entries here to the bottom, by doing some WP:SYNTH from primary sources, hoping that none were missed, does not create a viable second article.
- Ejes Gist News: nominated at AfD; notified Omajemite (talk · contribs) 15:03, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, the two sources have identical text, which is logical as they are a press release, not an actual article by a journalist. The site has not been the subject of much attention in general (only 10 Ghits?, some more as Ejesgist apparently).
- List of exoplanets with Bayer designations: nominated at AfD; notified 117daveawesome (talk · contribs) 08:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A random intersection of two characteristics which isn't the subject of study or indepth sources. Exoplanets are "named" after their stars, and the stars may have Bayer designations (which basically means that they are in some of the oldest catalogues). But there is nothing special about this group of exoplanets which would make them a separate subject of study or interest in reliable sources.
- Leach.: nominated at RfD; Target: William Elford Leach (notified); notified Sarangem (talk · contribs) 09:52, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I find no evidence that "Leach." (with the full stop) is used a taxonomic abbreviation for Leach (as it isn't an abbreviation of his name), seems like a mistake?
October 2023
[edit]- List of international cricket centuries at Arun Jaitley Stadium: nominated at AfD; notified Vanished user 2021011855 (talk · contribs) 07:44, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:NOTSTATS and the similar deletions at AFD (e.g. here, here or the many deletions here). Subject has not received significant attention, only from statistical databases or for individual entries but not as a group.
- Edward Pocock, artist: nominated at AfD; notified Leutha (talk · contribs) 10:32, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found, the one source with biographical info is an amateur website, and I can't find any reliable source which gives significant attention to this Edward Pocock(e).
- Sir Gilbert Debenham senior: nominated at RfD; Target: Gilbert Debenham (died 1417) (notified); notified Boleyn (talk · contribs) 11:17, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not the same person, Debenham Senior lived 1404-1481. I already removed the incorrect hatnote from Gilbert Debenham (the "junior")[227], the redirect should go as well.
- Category:Wikipedia outlines: nominated at CfD (CfR); renaming to Category:Outlines; notified The Transhumanist (talk · contribs) 13:47, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Content categories shouldn't begin with "Wikipedia" (this should only be used for Wikipedia administration).
- HD 54475: nominated at RfD; Target: D Puppis (notified); notified 117daveawesome (talk · contribs) 16:00, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A circular redirect to a disambiguation page, should be a redlink instead
- Wrong Road, The (disambiguation): nominated at RfD; Target: The Wrong Road (disambiguation) (notified); notified BD2412 (talk · contribs) 09:11, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Why? Apparently these were created for sorting reasons, but it is not clear when you would ever need to sort a disambiguation page (except perhaps in categories, but there you can add a sortkey to the category). There are a lot of these, this RfD is just for the one, the others can then be done in a next RfD if this one ends in delete. Oh, and in any case these surely aren't "printworthy" redirects? By the way, Wrong Road (disambiguation), The also exists, for the same reason...
- Deranged Trump Syndrome: nominated at AfD; notified Justifycvs (talk · contribs) 08:11, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Perhaps this deserves to be speedy deleted as a G10 attack page, but in any case, a neologism raised by someone in an op-ed, and hardly used in that sense since then, doesn't deserve an article, no matter how you feel about the truth or lack of it behind it.
- Hebraization of Portuguese: nominated at AfD; notified Mario The PS2 Guy (talk · contribs) 08:39, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication that this is a notable subject at all.
- Peter the Sinner: nominated at AfD; notified Robert444444 (talk · contribs) 15:32, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Basically a hoax based around some very flimsy factual details: there is some mention in one or two sources about Mahoma Mofari, alias Pere Cirera, who was burned because of homosexuality. There is apparently though zero evidence that he is known as "Peter the Sinner", that he is venerated anywhere by anyone, or that he has anything to do with the international day against homophobia.
- Colin Street: nominated at AfD; notified Andyman14 (talk · contribs) 09:28, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A street which is verifiable, and mentioned as the location of other things, but which hasn't received significant attention (the street names articles are very passing mentions). Notability is not inherited, a street doesn't get notable because some building on it gets some attention, or an activity happens in a building on the street.
- SATDD: nominated at AfD; notified SkumarIND (talk · contribs) 07:16, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Complete lack of notability, created by editor who invented this and seems to be only interested in self-promotion. Best source for this is Linkedin[228], most of the few other hits for this are unrelated. Article doesn't technically meet any of the speedy criteria, so AfD it is.
- Hibox: nominated at AfD; notified Sparsh1220 (talk · contribs) 10:43, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems all very dubious, both the business plan and the "independent" sources which look like press releases or paid-for articles. The only Google News source[229] is a press release, I find no articles about Hibox plus the names of the founder, the COO or the director. The revenue (for a brand-new company) and number of employees are unverifiable, despite the source attached to it. The headquarters are here said to be in Noida, India, but the sources claim headquarters in London, UK... It all doesn't add up, I don't know if it is a scam or just promotion but in any case doesn't belong on Wikipedia (yet).
- List of fellows of IEEE Computer Society: nominated at AfD; notified Turtlecrown (talk · contribs) 17:42, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: There are more than 1000 such fellows at the moment, not really a small number.[230] (a possibly incomplete list, according to that page). May be better suited for a category for the fellows, but as a list it seems rather impractical and not distinctive or selective enough as an award.
- 𝼛: nominated at AfD; notified The Anome (talk · contribs) 07:22, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: There are about 150,000 Unicode characters. This one is apparently used in a language spoken by some 200 people, and isn't even mentioned in the article on that language. Sources are all primary (from Unicode). No evidence of any notability. No objection to a redirect to Iwaidja language if people feel it should be mentioned there, but otherwise I see no reason to keep this.
November 2023
[edit]- Délvidék football team: nominated at AfD; notified Sheila1988 (talk · contribs) 14:18, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability.
- Capture of Mubariz: nominated at AfD; notified Diabolo4094 (talk · contribs) 20:14, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Largely unverifiable, the sole reference doesn't support most of the claims, and there is already a draft for this which can be expanded if it could be an article after all (but then which is written from a WP:NPOV, not this very one-sided account). WP:TNT if this is notable, permanent deletion if not.
- Epidemiology of Familial Mediterranean fever in the United States of America: nominated at RfD; Target: Familial Mediterranean fever (notified); notified Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) 08:46, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- Pennsylvania Rite: nominated at AfD; notified Hypersite (talk · contribs) 11:20, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't find any sources for the "Pennsylvania Rite", the first source for this brand-new article gives a 404 error[234] and nothing on that site seems to actually support the claims made here. The "Ancient York Rite" seems to be claimed by Rhode Island[235][236] or to be a more general American thing (masonry splits seem to be only matched by communist party splits, in that there are countless minute fractions all claiming to be the only true ones). But in any case there is as far as I can tell no evidence for a so-called Pennsylvania Rite[237][238][239][240].
- List of mayors of the 5 largest cities by state in the United States: nominated at AfD; notified WeaponizingArchitecture (talk · contribs) 12:13, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Random intersection of characteristics. There is nothing that makes this grouping notable or connected, the "5 largest cities" in one state are small villages in another (e.g. 5th largest in Alaska has less than 10,000 inhabitants), and there is nothing special compared to the 6th, 7th, ...
- Party Minister of the NSDAP: nominated at AfD; notified Kecesi (talk · contribs) 13:20, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: I redirected this to Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler, but was reverted by the article creator because (like they said on my user talk page) "The Position still held power and was extremely important within Germany". In reality, the position was nominally held by one person, had no influence whatsoever, and more importantly as a consequence isn't notable enough to warrant a separate page.
- G Square Housing Pvt Ltd: nominated at AfD; notified Ramesh Chattrerjee1998 (talk · contribs) 08:34, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: This article has been draftified multiple times, and moved back to the mainspace without real improvements but with a slightly different title, multiple times now. The main issue is that the sources are all press releases, none of them are independent, and the main editor seems to have a serious WP:COI and the article is far from neutral (e.g. the unsourced "pivotal moment" section). Whether the company is actually notable is hard to tell due to the proliferation of paid-for "articles" in even many of the best Indian news sources, but in that case a WP:TNT scenario would be best, where a neutral editor creates the page based on independent sources.
- Category:Cyber Security by country: nominated at CfD (CfR); renaming to Category:Computer security by country; notified Ainty Painty (talk · contribs) 16:51, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: To match the parent (the three children of this one should have the same change)
- List of minor planets: 624001–625000: nominated at AfD; notified Tom.Reding (talk · contribs) 08:22, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: "Minor planets" are rocks of often less than a kilometre in diametre, of which there is a nearly endless supply, almost none of them (of these higher numbered, smaller ones) in any way notable. We can continue creating pages for them, but why? It's a WP:NOTSTATS violation, a reposting of database entries. I don't know where the cutoff should be (first 100,000? first 500,000?), but we can start by discussing if this one (and by definition future even higher numbered ones) should exist or not.
- Meanings of minor planet names: 623001–624000: nominated at AfD; notified Филипп Романов (talk · contribs) 08:25, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: So, two of these thousand have a name, neither of the two is a notable "minor planet" (both are space rocks of 1km or less in diameter), neither of the two has a name which has gotten any attention (as sometimes happens when a celebrity gets a rock named after them). Note that, while there are 8 references, none of them are about these two. Basically, space trivia.
- Hard Rock Cafe locations: nominated at AfD; notified Djyueng (talk · contribs) 08:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTDIR, we are not the yellow pages or a travel directory.
- Resemble: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:resemble (notified); notified 1033Forest (talk · contribs) 11:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "Please keep in mind that only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- November 2023 Balochistan Security Checkpoint Attack: nominated at AfD; notified Rahim231 (talk · contribs) 16:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Very unclear topic or notability. Draftifying to give the creator a chance to correct this had no result. Basically, we have an infobox and background section about a different event, we have one source which when one actually checks it out doesn't even mention the event, and another source not about this attack at all. So this is an unsourced and due to the lack of concrete info for me unverifiable article. If it can be verified, shown to be notable, and cleaned, fine (that's why I draftified it), but if not it needs to be deleted.
- Template:Dawah: nominated at TfD; notified Sulaymaan114 (talk · contribs) 10:44, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Random selection of Islam-related articles without clear link to Dawah, or without indication why these were chosen and not others.
- World Talent Exchange and Sharing Organization: nominated at AfD; notified Straight0 (talk · contribs) 09:12, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Looks to be either completely non-notable or worse, a hoax. None of the five sources even mentions the organisation (despite one being a press release), and this includes e.g. this Reuters source which has nothing even remotely mentioning this organisation. Searching with the original Korean name gives a whopping 9 results, most of them Wikis or their Facebook page. Looking for "World Talent Exchange and Sharing Organization" isn't any better.I came across this article when looking at what's going on with (the name of) Park Ho-eon/Peter Park, who is listed as a Chairperson of this organisation. Perhaps, if this organisation is really as shady or non-existent as it seems to be, a closer look at everything else related to Park needs to be done, preferably by people who can read Korean and can judge whether the sources and claims are legit or not. But this AfD is only for the "World Talent" etcetera.
- Death of Bernadette Caroline: nominated at AfD; notified Asphonixm (talk · contribs) 09:38, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: A sad story, but no indication that this is actually a notable event with any WP:SUSTAINED coverage, and seems unlikely to get more traction.
- Peter Farley-Moore: nominated at AfD; notified Primm1234 (talk · contribs) 19:13, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hakka Wikipedia: nominated at AfD; notified Ansony89 (talk · contribs) 11:34, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is actually notable, should again be redirected to List of Wikipedias. The Chinese Wikipedia article, where this new version is based on, doesn't list reliable, independent sources either.
- Eastern Min Wikipedia: nominated at AfD; notified Ffabian11 (talk · contribs) 11:36, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is actually notable, should again be redirected to List of Wikipedias. The Chinese Wikipedia article, where this new version is based on, doesn't list reliable, independent sources either.
- Wu Wikipedia: nominated at AfD; notified Nargis 2008~enwiki (talk · contribs) 19:45, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of any notability, no change in sourcing since Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wu Wikipedia, should again be redirected.
- Gan Wikipedia: nominated at AfD; notified NerdyNSK (talk · contribs) 20:44, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Nothing has fundamentally changed since Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gan Wikipedia (2nd nomination), still no independent sourcing, should be redirected again.
- Classical Chinese Wikipedia: nominated at AfD; notified Ericyuen1989 (talk · contribs) 20:45, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, should again be redirected
December 2023
[edit]- File:Blondin & Cirage-comics series.svg: (log) nominated at FfD; notified Haggis MacHaggis (talk · contribs) 19:26, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Source where image is taken from is a copyright-violating repository of downloads of illegal pdf copies of copyrighted comics
- Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/ Indian peafowl: nominated at MfD; notified Mr. Rasel Hasan (talk · contribs) 14:35, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unfinished request for a page that is ineligible in any case, as it isn't a featured article.
- Remembering Phil: nominated at AfD; notified PickleG13 (talk · contribs) 13:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Despite the glowing praise in this article, this film seems to have received no attention from reliable sources at all, with no reviews at all on Rotten Tomatoes, no hits on Google News or Google Books, and the only review given here comes from a WordPress site...
- LGBTQ+ Production of Family: nominated at RfD; Target: LGBT reproduction (notified); notified SoyMilkIsBestMilk (talk · contribs) 14:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Speedy deletion as a recently created, implausible redirect was denied. Unlikely search term, and the pre-redirect contents don't seem to have been used to merge anything, so no need to retain them.
- MOS:VARS: nominated at AfD; notified SMcCandlish (talk · contribs) 16:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Having these cross-namespace redirects is a bad enough relic, but creating a disambiguation page for 5 such redirects which all point to the same page anyway, with a name (MOS:VARS) which is as far as I know not in use anywhere, only helps to clutter the search bar.
- Hibox: nominated at AfD; notified Sparsh1220 (talk · contribs) 09:29, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: After the recent Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hibox, an existing draft was amended and moved to mainspace. The sources still look like the same kind of press releases masquerading as business reporting ("Throughout the day, the students, facing financial challenges, radiated happiness as they received mystery boxes containing a wealth of educational resources"), there still is apparently not a single news source even mentioning the founder Le Van Hai, which one would expect from a neutral source about the company. It still has the same kind of sources which contradict the basic facts in the article as well, e.g. the first source[241] claims it isn't an Indian company but a London-based one which was active elsewhere before it started in India. All in all, very fishy (articlewise and businesswise), much hype and not a lot of substance, almost as if it is some pyramid scheme or scam.
- Gаy: nominated at RfD; Target: Gay (notified); notified Man In M1A1 (talk · contribs) 09:41, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not sure what is happening here, some obscure unicode character hack? Seems like a bad idea to create redirects from similar-looking but basically unused character combinations, but perhaps I'm missing something here?
- Pеdо: nominated at RfD; Target: Pedophilia (notified); notified Man In M1A1 (talk · contribs) 09:43, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Not sure what is happening here, some obscure unicode character hack? Seems like a bad idea to create redirects from similar-looking but basically unused character combinations, but perhaps I'm missing something here? Note, we have a page Pedo which is not the same as this redirect, and which is not nominated for deletion. Note also that the same editor also created the below "gay" redirect...
- Chawar Dynasty: nominated at AfD; notified Dhirendra Singh bundela (talk · contribs) 10:16, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: These two articles needs checking to see whether they are verifiable in reliable sources or not (in which case they need deletion), or just need to be moved to the right title. The Chawar or Chanwar Dynasty seems to be based solely on the works of Raj Kumar, who discusses a "Chamar" dynasty. There are no books about a Chawar Dynasty[242] and one mention of a Chanwar Dynasty[243], but there is one author who has extensively written about a Chamar Dynasty[244]. But one would expect many more sources about a dynasty that apparently ruled "the western part of India and surrounding areas" for 600 years. The articles have some sources which seem to have nothing to do with the subject at all, e.g. Raja Chanwarsen uses this book[245] as a reference? There are no book sources (in Latin script) about a king "Raja Chawarsen"[246], nor for Raja Chamarsen or Raja Chanwarsen. Perhaps some other spelling will give results?
- MOS:VARS: nominated at RfD; Target: Wikipedia:VARS (notified); notified SMcCandlish (talk · contribs) 09:16, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
- Reason: Unlikely search term for the mainspace. While existing old redirects from MOS pseudo-namespace are usually left alone, creating new ones for rarely-used terms (as here, "VARS") should best be avoided.
January 2024
[edit]- Non-Singapore based artistes who had studied in Singapore: nominated at AfD; notified DragTian (talk · contribs) 09:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this intersection of two characteristics is actually a notable topic
- Loyse de Pury: nominated at AfD; notified Willthacheerleader18 (talk · contribs) 15:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- Stephen Jacob Jimbangan: nominated at AfD; notified J4CKKGT (talk · contribs) 09:28, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Deleted last month after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Jacob Jimbangan, still fails WP:NPOL.
- Chong Tze Kiun: nominated at AfD; notified J4CKKGT (talk · contribs) 09:29, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, fails WP:NPOL.
- List of county routes in Nassau County, New York (C76–C99): nominated at AfD; notified Infrastorian (talk · contribs) 11:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A partial list of non notable roads as a subset of a non-notable topic (county routes in Nassau County). These are already listed in List of county routes in Nassau County, New York, having subpages detailing the exact route of the 140 metre long C77 and so on is rather excessive.
- Perry Chhabra: nominated at AfD; notified Sabbir31x (talk · contribs) 16:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Doesn't seem to be notable yet, I found no good sources about her.
- International knifetropolis: nominated at AfD; notified PoisonHK (talk · contribs) 14:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Repeatedly recreated (by same editor) neologism, not in use outside Wikipedia[249].
- Zion, auf, werde licht: nominated at AfD; notified Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs) 08:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability, the sources given are passing mentions or not independent, and no sources seem to have given indepth attention to this hymn.
- Henry Buckley (American Jurist): nominated at AfD; notified Hen buck (talk · contribs) 13:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Either completely non notable, or a hoax (in which case the creator of this autobiography needs to be blocked). The only page really supporting the claims is this, but it looks as if you just have to pay and declare that you are a justice of the peace to get listed there. Other arguments in favour of the "hoax" theory are the other hard to believe claims in the article (this 16 year old is a Colonel and "justice Buckley holds multiple Honorary Doctorates from various institutions."), and the fact that previously, the same editor tried to claim that they were a Cardinal[250]). If people agree that this is a hoax, please speedy delete the page and block the creator.
- Gallery of distinctive unit insignias: nominated at AfD; notified The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk · contribs) 16:11, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTGALLERY. A very long, almost completely unsourced (one insignia has a source) gallery, basically a repeat of Commons:Category:Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) of the United States Army.
- Battles of Kazerum: nominated at AfD; notified Dencoolast33 (talk · contribs) 20:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The only substantial source is this, a family history website of unclear reliability. Other sources at best make a passing mention of some skirmishes in Kazerun and other places, without info on the role of Josef Pousette (not Puosette) or any of the other details found in that one source.The whole "first battle" section, being the most important of the encounters, is sourced to this, which doesn't mention this battle. Perhaps someone can find some better sources to verify the information here, but otherwise we shouldn't have an article on this.
- List of ship decommissionings in 1801: nominated at AfD; notified Joshbaumgartner (talk · contribs) 13:56, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A 'list' of 1 redlinked ship of unknown size or importance, sourced to a website where the full entry reads "AGGERSHUS, cavalry pram (1786-1801)". Unlikely that "ship decommissionings in 1801" is a notable topic on its own, so far we have served the readers this extremely unsatisfactory page for 4 years, time to put an end to it.
- Portal:Albania: nominated at RfD; Target: Portal:Europe (notified); notified Animejapan55 (talk · contribs) 09:09, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Previously deleted at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Albania, now recreated as a redirect to Portal:Europe, which has now and most of the time no info on Albania. I don't think it makes sense to send readers of Albania-articles to a portal which doesn't have info on the country.
- Portal:Romani people: nominated at MfD; notified Animejapan55 (talk · contribs) 09:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Deleted after Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Romani people, now recreated first as an unhelpful redirect, then as an unhelpful portal which justs repeats the main info on Romani people, which people can find much better at the article.
- List of bizarre buildings: nominated at AfD; notified Colonel Warden (talk · contribs) 16:05, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Essentially a WP:OR collection of " buildings which are likely to be considered odd, strange or weird to the average observer. "
- 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' javelin throw: nominated at AfD; notified Habst (talk · contribs) 11:32, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The only independent sourcing are a few sources mentioning the win of Botha (and of the four sources in the article, one is a Wordpress blog about Mandela day, and one is the Italian Athletics Federation, not an independent source but responsible for sending athletes to the championships), no actual coverage of the event as a whole, no WP:SUSTAINED coverage either.
- Portal:Romani people: nominated at RfD; Target: Portal:India (notified); notified Animejapan55 (talk · contribs) 08:14, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Delete. They live mostly in Europe / Turkey, having moved out of India around 1000 CE. Sending people who want to see a Romani people portal to a portal about India is not helpful or very logical.
- Gateway to Southeast Asia: nominated at AfD; notified Haoreima (talk · contribs) 09:31, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Does it make sense to have a "disambiguation" for a marketing term used by countless countries, regions, and cities? Apart from the four places named at the current page, the term is used for or by Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Labuan, Yunnan, Laos, Bangkok, Vietnam, Assam, Taiwan, The Philippines, Guwahati, Hong Kong, Tripura, Mizoram, Binh Duong Province, Indonesia...
- List of Participated Countries Statistics in Mister International: nominated at AfD; notified Rc ramz (talk · contribs) 14:45, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:NOTSTATS and WP:NLIST, these statistics don't seem to have been the subject of much if any attention
- List of football clubs by YouTube subscribers: nominated at AfD; notified CSCRiTiCAL (talk · contribs) 14:48, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this intersection
- List of mountains and hills in Kirkuk: nominated at AfD; notified Kirkukturk3 (talk · contribs) 08:41, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Sourced only to Google searches and unreliable sources (wikis and so on), this list is basically WP:OR. I have repeatedly draftified this to give the creator (and others) the chance to correct this, to no avail.
- ㊙: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/㊙ (notified); notified Enix150 (talk · contribs) 09:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Very unclear why we would have Wiktionary redirects for non-Latin characters (or non-English words for that matter). Seems like a highly unlikely search term on enwiki.
- Manukau Cruising Club Rugby League Club: nominated at AfD; notified Yamis (talk · contribs) 14:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A painstakingly detailed article on an utterly non-notable club, which operated for one season in a low-level competition only. No WP:SUSTAINED coverage, just match reports, padded with lots of speculation, information about the cruising club (but not the rugby club), and so on.
- Niikura Parking Area: nominated at AfD; notified Fixer88 (talk · contribs) 15:12, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of any notability for this run-of-the-mill highway parking area with 1 shop, toilets, and less than 100 parking spots.
- List of associated information technology certifications: nominated at AfD; notified GogoLion (talk · contribs) 09:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Companies provide their own certification, yes, many more than the ones listed here in fact. WP:NOTDIRECTORY, basically a business directory including only one type of business and excluding others because of what recruiters supposedly want.
- Jazz–Nuggets rivalry: nominated at AfD; notified Charlesaaronthompson (talk · contribs) 09:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable rivalry, as evidenced by the used source as well,which concludes "Simply put, to have competed against your "rival" in the playoffs just four times in 35-plus years is pretty weak."
February 2024
[edit]- Sudhanoti: nominated at AfD; notified مشرا (talk · contribs) 08:35, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Largely unverifiable. I can't find references to "Jassi Khan Siddozai", "Sidhnuti"[251], Sudhanoti combined with 1407[252]...The same applies to other creations by same editor or around same topics, e.g. in First Government of Sidhnuti Azad Kashmir on October 4,1947, I checked the first two and the last sources, and neither mentions Sidhnuti or Sudhanoti.
- Amy Zidian: nominated at AfD; notified Kingzwest (talk · contribs) 15:26, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Already deleted 3(!) times at AfD, and nothing new happened since the last 2 AfDs.
- Hümaşah Sultan (daughter of Murad III): nominated at AfD; notified Humaikiski (talk · contribs) 10:56, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Repeatedly created and deleted in the past, with deletion comments like "Note sockmaster's history of incorrect referencing / maybe outright hoaxing." I notice that e.g. the claim about 1648 is sourced to this, but the pdf[253] doesn't mention Humasah or Nakkas. Another book from the bibliography[254] doesn't seem to mention this daughter either. This book mentions a "Hümaşah Sultane", but not as daughter of Murad III. Humasah doesn't seem to appear in [ https://books.google.be/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&redir_esc=y&id=0QUKAQAAIAAJ&dq=Ba%C5%9Flang%C4%B1c%C4%B1ndan+zaman%C4%B1m%C4%B1za+kadar+b%C3%BCy%C3%BCk+T%C3%BCrkiye+tarihi%3A+T%C3%BCrkiye%27nin+siyas%C3%AE%2C+meden%C3%AE%2C+k%C3%BClt%C3%BCr%2C+te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t+ve+san%27at+tarihi&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=H%C3%BCma%C5%9Fah this source] used as source 3 in the article. Basically, this needs to be checked by others as well to see if we again have a partial or complete hoax, and if so the creator checked against the previous sock creators of this same page.
- Sam Brodie (singer-songwriter): nominated at AfD; notified Sambrodie (talk · contribs) 12:39, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Autobiography of producer who so far lacks notability, one local source[255] reproduces aggrandizing claims like "working with Grammy winners" even though the artist in case, The Last Artful, Dodgr, hasn't won a Grammy yet as far as I can tell.
- Asterix on postage stamps: nominated at AfD; notified Midnightblueowl (talk · contribs) 08:44, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability as a separate topic (and no obvious redirect target), unsourced and abandoned article. Prod was removed because "Being featured on postage stamps is a pretty huge honor for any topic, as such the topic asserts notability," but while the fact that Asterix postage stamps have been made shows the (undisputed) notability of Asterix, the indicated lack of notability is for the topic of this list, "Asterix on postage stamps" as a whole.
- Sikh Soudhan Wars: nominated at AfD; notified مشرا (talk · contribs) 09:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I'm already discussing two similar articles by the same creator at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sudhanoti, it would be nice if some people could take a look there as well. Here, we have something called apparently the "Sikh Soudan Wars", or the "Sikh Sudhan Wars", or the "Sikh Sidhnuti War". The section for the "First Sikh Sudhan War" has one source[256] which doesn't mention Sudhan, Soudhan, or Sidhnuti. The Second War, about "Pindi Kahota, the main gate of Sudhnuti" being bombarded and so on, is sourced to [257], which doesn't mention Kahota, and this, which also doesn't mention Kahota. In fact, there are apparently no sources at all for Ranjit Singh taking an army of 40000 to Pindi Kahota[258][259] nor for the same with "Pindi Kahuta", which I suppose is what was meant. Basically, what we need is two or so good sources actually naming and discussing the "Sikh Sudhan Wars" as such. Without this, this is some fabrication at worst, or at best reframing some actual events into a new narrative.
- Boinga: nominated at AfD; notified Made soul (talk · contribs) 15:38, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Unverifiable, sources in article often don't even contain the word "Boinga", e.g. this source or this source or a more recent one like this.
- List of capitals in Antigua and Barbuda: nominated at AfD; notified CROIX (talk · contribs) 08:39, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No reason to have a separate list from Parishes and dependencies of Antigua and Barbuda, where these seven are listed as well. These "capitals", apart from the real capital Saint John, are very small villages and don't seem to get special attention as a group apart from their role in the parishes, which is treated at the other article. I redirected it but was reverted. The minimal extra information here can easily be merged into the other article if necessary and sourced, and if the sources then work (many of the ethnicity pdfs don't load in either the original or the archived form, and I don't see where e.g. the "foreign born" percentages come from, the census document only gives these figures per parish)
- Zou Presbyterian Church Synod: nominated at AfD; notified Jamsianmung (talk · contribs) 15:11, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of any notability from independent sources.
- Orders of battle for the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1412–1414): nominated at AfD; notified Hybernator (talk · contribs) 10:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- 2023 Thailand Semi-pro League final: nominated at AfD; notified Gunkiet (talk · contribs) 11:17, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of WP:SUSTAINED notability for this single, poorly attended, lower level match.
- Alan Filion: nominated at AfD; notified Danzigmusicfan1 (talk · contribs) 17:10, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Please delete this per WP:BLPCRIME, a minor accused but not convicted and not known otherwise.
- The Litany (Divine Worship): nominated at AfD; notified Jrcovert (talk · contribs) 09:52, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this specific niche version (used by former Anglicans in the Roman Catholic church)
- United States Air Force Flight W05: nominated at AfD; notified Arm Thai (talk · contribs) 08:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability (a blog and a non-independent source) for this incident, which ended well and seems to have had no major consequences otherwise. A redirect to List of Mayday episodes#Season 21 (2021) may be the best solution.
- Telephone (artwork): nominated at AfD; notified BabiesCon (talk · contribs) 14:18, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The three sources (which seem to use the same text anyway) only briefly mention the telephone as part of one exhibition, no indication that it is actually a notable work of art.
- 2025 Women's Bangladesh Premier League: nominated at AfD; notified MD Hydrogen 123 (talk · contribs) 08:15, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I first nominated this article for WP:PROD deletion with the following rationale:"None of the three sources confirm the claims in this article, one states that the board is "thinking of launching their BPL" and only confirms that they will do a competition for school girls[260], one talks about an existing three-team tournament, and just states "If we can't start the women's franchise league in the next two seasons of BPL, we will try to do it in the third season."[261], while the final source, from yesterday, is the only one somewhat concrete about these plans, but only says "he possible time of the first season is December this year or January next year." and has no info on the format or the number of teams.[262]I don't know if the article as written is mostly speculation (which has no place on enwiki then) or based on another source than the ones given (even though the one from yesterday should be up to date), but as it stands the article is not acceptable."Since then, the article has been ref-bombed but nothing has improved. For example, at the moment the "schedule" section, "Although the day of the tournament is not fully fixed so far, it is expected that, this year may begin late or February to March 2025.", is referenced by [263] which has nothing at all about those dates, and is about school cricket for girls...
- I'll steal it! No one will ever know!: nominated at RfD; Target: Wikiquote:Special:Search/The Dover Boys at Pimento University#Dan Backslide (notified); notified CJ-Moki (talk · contribs) 11:53, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Random quote created as kind of a soft redirect to Wikiquote. I see no reason to have links for non-notable sentences to outside sources (whether in the WMF universe or not): either they are notable enough to be mentioned in an article here and can then be redirected internally, or we shouldn't have them at all
March 2024
[edit]- Category:Harold B. Lee Library-related film articles: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Cstickel(byu) (talk · contribs) 15:39, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: This seems to be a (hidden) category in mainspace which is of interest to the library / Brigham Young University, but has no importance for Wikipedia and its maintenance. It (and its subcategories) include things like His Girl Friday, where the only connection to the Library seems to be in the "Further reading" section, which has a ""Collection on His Girl Friday, 1940". BYU Library Special Collections."[264], consisting of "two lobby card digital prints and two one-sheet poster reproductions", i.e. nothing original or special. Or Charity bazaar, where the cat was added in 2021[265] without any obvious relation to the article. Same for Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn, no idea why the category is there, no idea what "maintenance" any Wikipedia editor is supposed to do with this category. One can also find it at e.g. Conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents, and ephemera, where probably the library has some info, just like hundreds of other similar libraries. Why this one is especially selected to have a maintenance category is unclear. No idea as well why Lloyd Alexander and his The Black Cauldron (novel) and The Book of Three are in this category.Perhaps it can become a Wikiproject and be tagged on relevant talk pages, considering that the category is part of Category:Articles by WikiProject which is a container of talk page categories, not a mainspace category. Better still probably is a task force of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement, as the vast majority of articles in the maintenance category are related to the Mormons. This seems to the be the original intention as well, as it says "This category contains pages that Rachel Helps (BYU) and her student editors have worked on as part of their work for the Harold B. Lee Library.", which is for all similar projects (e.g. WikiEdu) done at the article talk pages (where it usually serves no purpose at all and just clutters the page, but that's a different discussion).
- Ringwood Field Naturalists Club: nominated at AfD; notified Nicolekearney (talk · contribs) 12:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found, sources in article are primary, other sources are routine or passing. Article is one of a group of quid-pro-quo promo pieces between the Field Naturalist Clubs in Victoria, Australia and Wikimedia Australia, created by one and moved back out of draft (against the COI/PAID guidelines) by a paid member of the other.
- List of Video game consoles: nominated at AfD; notified Notdmsforlife1 (talk · contribs) 12:37, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: There are way too many video game consoles for one single list, that's why these are already split across Lists of video game consoles, to which I redirected this (despite the poor capitalisation which may warrant outright deletion). See e.g. List of first generation home video game consoles for the massive number of consoles in that generation alone.
- Holy Cross Church, Coonan Cross Mattancherry: nominated at AfD; notified LAWRENCE PRAVEEN THOMAS (talk · contribs) 13:30, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this recent, small and apparently otherwise unremarakable (or at least not commented on by reliable independent sources) church.
- List of roundabouts in Washington (state): nominated at AfD; notified PK-WIKI (talk · contribs) 17:42, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: There are thousands upon thousands of roundabouts in the world (as the article states, 430 in Washington state alone), no idea why we would want to list them all. What's next, list of level crossings? Fails WP:NLIST.
- Michael Dante (wrestler): nominated at AfD; notified JeyReydar97 (talk · contribs) 09:20, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Lots and lots of routine match reports and episode summaries, but where are the significant, non-database sources about Michael Dante?
- ANiMAZiNG!!!: nominated at AfD; notified YudiHaryadi080898 (talk · contribs) 07:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of WP:Notability, sources in article are not independent, I couldn't find better non-routine ones, just announcements and rehashed press releases.
- Liechtenstein national badminton team: nominated at AfD; notified Fanminton (talk · contribs) 08:24, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, one local article in Liechtenstein, otherwise either passing mentions (e.g. the Faroese articles just state that their team beat Liechtenstein, it doesn't give any actual attention to the Liechtenstein team), databases, or non-independent sources (organizers and the like).
April 2024
[edit]- Joever: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Joever (notified); notified Duckmather (talk · contribs) 08:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Per WP:SSRT. Do we really need to include such 4-chan internet slang with no encyclopedic value, a "word" not used in any articles?
- Findlay Warriors: nominated at AfD; notified PensRule11385 (talk · contribs) 11:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, no indepth references about the team, apparently unknown whether they even played a full season, and claims about becoming the Dayton Jets unsourced and unverifiable[266].
- French ship Gapeau (B284): nominated at AfD; notified Mjroots (talk · contribs) 07:39, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The only reliable source for this fishing ship / unarmed transport ship is a massive 10-book encyclopedia of all German warships no matter how small or insignificant. The other source, netmarine.net, is more of a large hobby site / semi wiki than anything else ("Si vous souhaitez compléter ces pages par des récits, illustrations ou autres documents, écrivez nous.").
- Lars Ootes: nominated at AfD; notified GeorgeMHall (talk · contribs) 07:41, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No independent reliable sources about the player (just passing mentions), just clubs and tournament organisers. Nothing useful on Google News. Fails WP:BIO
- Wz. 89 Puma: nominated at AfD; notified WykoxPL (talk · contribs) 14:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear why this shortlived Polish camouflage pattern would be notable, sources are primary or passing it seems.
- List of translations of The Lord of the Rings: nominated at AfD; notified Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 14:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not every bit of LOTR minutiae needs to be recorded here, fails WP:LISTN as a subject that hasn't received significant attention as a group, No idea why "Elrond's library", a French shop, is in the lead singled out as a source for this either.
- Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith: nominated at AfD; notified Dubstar44 (talk · contribs) 07:42, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication that this is a notable film (well, a 31 second static shot). Apparently not only have we no idea who actually made it (just the producre), but we also don't know what is being shown according to this. Perhaps some list for this and many similar non-notable shorts may be feasible, but at the moment I don't see a good redirect target. Perhaps William Kennedy Dickson filmography, which gives an idea of the number of such ultrashort films that were made (and is clearly incomplete, as e.g. this very one isn't on that list).
- Scenes on Mr. Smit's Ostrich Farm: nominated at AfD; notified Dubstar44 (talk · contribs) 07:46, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this 2 minute film, just included in some websites but without significant attention (e.g. this or this). No obvious redirect target found, if there is one then redirecting is of course acceptable.
- A Wreck in a Gale: nominated at AfD; notified Dubstar44 (talk · contribs) 07:47, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this 43-second film is notable, hasn't received significant attention. No good redirect target found.
- A Quick Shave and Brush-up: nominated at AfD; notified Dubstar44 (talk · contribs) 07:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this is a notable film. Can be redirected to George Albert Smith (filmmaker)#Selected filmography.
- Laith Saad Abdullah: nominated at AfD; notified Ahmed.bn.hossain (talk · contribs) 10:45, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, no good independent sources about him, plus COI concerns.
May 2024
[edit]- Bamburgh Castle Lifeboat Station: nominated at AfD; notified Ojsyork (talk · contribs) 07:29, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability from reliable sources, the available sources are the publications of a lively hobby club. The station was relatively shortlived and nothing remarkable happened during these years. The main source, by Jeff Morris, has not received any attention at all[267] and is basically, as far as can be determined, a self-published booklet or brochure[268]
- List of Poles killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine: nominated at AfD; notified Salfanto (talk · contribs) 07:41, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTMEMORIAL, that Poles have been killed (and their number) can be mentioned on a general page about the role of Poland in the event, but a list of the individuals that died is no more warranted than lists of people who died in airplane crashes (or e.g. WWII).
- Rogério dos Santos (footballer): nominated at AfD; notified Matthew hk (talk · contribs) 10:25, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found, source is database only, Prod removed with statement that he received a yellow card for Kaunas which is not really adressing the issue at hand. A search didn't immediately provide better sources, but perhaps with different search terms better results can be had. Article in any case needs thorough cleanup, stating that he "plays" for a club which folded in 2012 is slightly outdated at best.
- Max Werenka: nominated at AfD; notified Memevietnam98 (talk · contribs) 15:27, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BLP1E
- List of Delta State Statesmen in the NFL draft: nominated at AfD; notified KingSkyLord (talk · contribs) 08:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this grouping meets WP:NLIST, the article is just a straight copy of the single database source. Can at most be merged to Delta State Statesmen and Lady Statesmen#Football if this is deemed of some importance after all. As can be seen at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 420#DraftHistory.com, there are concerns about the source anyway, so new creations based on this source should probably be stopped.
- Villowo: nominated at AfD; notified RochelleKumar (talk · contribs) 07:29, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability, could not find independent sources with significant attention for the sport.
- Atomic Notebook: nominated at AfD; notified Стиво (talk · contribs) 07:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No sources, and Google gives me "No results found for "atomic notebook" "luhmannis"."[269]
- Soccer at the 1986 International Cerebral Palsy Games: nominated at AfD; notified Cojote (talk · contribs) 15:02, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability found. Tournament has no article, match results are missing for many games, sources are databases, location is a small village.
- Non-monotonic dice: nominated at AfD; notified Trojan.chess (talk · contribs) 07:32, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this concept. None of the three sources are reliable or (worse) even mention "non-monotonic dice", which is understandable because there are no sources for the concept "non-monotonic dice"[270]. The concept of non-transitive dice, which is mentioned by the references, is already covered in Intransitive dice, so it's not as if this article discusses an uncovered topic by the wrong name.
- Tommy Sharp: nominated at AfD; notified ScottishFootballObseasive (talk · contribs) 09:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I moved this page to draftspace with the reason "No evidence of notability in sources in article, are there better sources (independent sources which discuss him in depth?)". It was moved back to mainspace with the addition of a primary source from his team Livingston, but there still seem to be no good reliable independent sources with significant attention for this player[271], just passing mentions in match reports.
June 2024
[edit]- Extrajudicial killings in Lebanon: nominated at AfD; notified MWQs (talk · contribs) 08:18, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Considering that the first bullet point refers to a page about legal punishment, not extrajudicial, and the second bullet point refers to a page which doesn't even mention Lebanon, I don't think this disambiguation serves any real purpose.
- ㌽: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/㌽ (notified); notified Error (talk · contribs) 10:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Why would the English Wikipedia redirect to non-English Wiktionary entries?
- Charlotte Ferguson: nominated at AfD; notified ScottishFootballObseasive (talk · contribs) 07:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, only sources are a database, a blog, and a local interview about the club, not an article about her.
- Skirmish at the Chukchi Peninsula: nominated at AfD; notified Dencoolast33 (talk · contribs) 13:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems like a non-event where the vast majority of the page is about things before and after which are largely unrelated to the skirmish. A misunderstanding, some shots, no casualties, that's it. A very minor episode in the Vega Expedition, not even mentioned there until you added the "see also" for it.
- Crien Bolhuis-Schilstra: nominated at AfD; notified Cflam01 (talk · contribs) 08:40, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I can't find evidence of notability, the only indepth source is this, published by Scouting.nl, i.e. the organisation she worked for (not an independent source). The other sources are primary sources or passing mentions.
- Workers' Association of Malmfälten: nominated at AfD; notified Soman (talk · contribs) 07:35, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Afd created at the request of User:Dencoolast33. Presumably for lack of notability (local political organisation which once won one seat) and lack of sources (tagged as unsourced since 2009), but it would be best if they explained their reasoning here. (note: the addition of deletion sorting categories like "Sweden" or "Politics" doesn't seem to work in Twinkle at the moment, hence no delsort added). Fram (talk) 07:35, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- Arnon Zamora: nominated at AfD; notified Afdshah (talk · contribs) 07:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:BIO1E, didn't receive any significant attention before his death, and didn't play a truly major role in the event he is remembered for. Should be redirected to 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation, but this was opposed by the article creator, so it's up to AfD to decide.
- Harassment in Nova Scotia: nominated at RfD; Target: Medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia (notified); notified MrHaligonian (talk · contribs) 14:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Redirect from the general to the specific, the redirect is a much wider topic than the target.
- Discrimination in Nova Scotia: nominated at RfD; Target: Medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia (notified); notified MrHaligonian (talk · contribs) 14:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Redirect from the general to the specific, the redirect is a much wider topic than the target.
- Candidates in the 2022 French legislative election: nominated at RfD; Target: List of deputies not running for re-election in the 2022 French legislative election (notified); notified Epluribusunumyall (talk · contribs) 13:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Target is opposite of redirect, doesn't have the contents one would expect when searching for this
- List of articles every Wikipedia should have: nominated at RfD; Target: meta:List of articles every Wikipedia should have (notified); notified Interstellarity (talk · contribs) 13:29, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Navelgazing, fails WP:SSRT. Note that this is not a deletion nomination of Wikipedia:List of articles every Wikipedia should have, which is a good soft redirect. But this is not a common search term for our readers.
- List of tornadoes observed by mobile radars: nominated at AfD; notified WeatherWriter (talk · contribs) 15:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: There doesn't seem to be anything that makes this grouping of tornadoes special, that they are also (among other means) observed by mobile radar is not a defining characteristic, and is in many cases sourced to the most basic sources (twitter/X, primary sources like NOAA). An article on Mobile radar observation of tornadoes seems to be a better idea, perhaps this can be moved and the list trimmed to the most notable instances only? But specifically as a list grouping this seems like a never-ending list of a non-defining characteristic of the tornadoes, which get observed by many methods.
- 1234 (number): nominated at AfD; notified Highway Helper (talk · contribs) 15:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced article about a rather unremarkable number. Lacks notability.
July 2024
[edit]- History of Caraquet: nominated at AfD; notified DanielaNES (talk · contribs) 10:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Historical nonsense moved disruptively to mainspace by a paid contributor first, and then by an editor who should know better, who was informed about the scientific nonsense, and moved it into the mainspace without even tagging it. Highly irresponsible. Should be moved back to draftspace and completely checked and rewritten to be based on actual science.
- Zobe Records: nominated at AfD; notified Mixedmdman (talk · contribs) 16:57, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Long list of sources consists of press releases, "articles" which upon closer inspection are paid for / press releases as well, awards of dubious notability, databases, ... Their Allmusic listings[272] have no reviews, there's even only one record with one user rating. Absolutely no sign of any notability (no better sources found online either), and likely a WP:COI creation (the only other article by same editor is Alonzo Black, presumably the father or grandfather of the founder of this record label).
August 2024
[edit]- List of windmills in Friesland (T–V): nominated at AfD; notified Mjroots (talk · contribs) 15:20, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Unclear why we would need such a detailed list of a type of building, most of which are not individually notable and no longer existing. Replicating other, highly specialised databases here is not really the purpose of Wikipedia. There are or were more than 20,000 windmills in the Netherlands, and many more in other countries.
- X64dbg: nominated at AfD; notified Partey Lover (talk · contribs) 10:11, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, sources are primary or passing mentions, notability tag removed without improvements.
- Chinese long-haired wolfdog: nominated at AfD; notified Wtf35861887 (talk · contribs) 08:41, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The sources are both user-generated, according to the small print at the bottom of both articles. This was draftified for this reason but not corrected. I am unable to find good sources for this breed, but there might well be reliable Chinese or other sources of course. Without those, this should be deleted.
- List of Victorian police in the Eureka Rebellion: nominated at AfD; notified Robbiegibbons (talk · contribs) 09:49, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Excessive detail, list of people who for the most part played only a very minor role in the Rebellion and which doesn't add understanding or necessary background. First entry "Atkins was with the foot police at the Eureka Stockade". Second entry "he was a police orderly at the Eureka Stockade." So what?
- The Frozen Fourteen: nominated at AfD; notified What'sTheMatterWithYourHair (talk · contribs) 08:16, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Trivia without reliable independent sources about it. While it is mentioned in passing on some websites, it hasn't received significant attention, it doesn't eve seem to be mentioned in any books[273].
- Weather by year: nominated at AfD; notified Chicdat (talk · contribs) 16:02, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A poorly sourced list of largely unrelated statistics. No idea why it jumps from 1946 to 1997, no idea where the number of snowstorms comes from, no idea why we would add the number of tropical cyclones (extreme weather events) to the number of tornadoes (for the most part very local, very minor events) and not count e.g. the number of rainfall-induced floods instead. While comparing the number of US tornadoes or the number of cyclones year by year is done and may be useful, this grouping of these statistics in a kind of novel synthesis with very unclear inclusion rules doesn't seem particularly encyclopedic. WP:NOTSTATS and so on.
- Chelari Airport: nominated at AfD; notified Spworld2 (talk · contribs) 10:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: This looks to be a hoax. All sources are based on a facebook post by an "assistant professor of journalism"[274] and are accompanied by the same two images, a very grainy (newspaper?) photo of what looks like anything but an airstrip, and a photo of a plane in the "The Hindu" livery. It is not only not the place that crashed (which was a DC47, a two motor plane, not a four motor airplane), but it is a photoshopped version of this image, completely unrelated to the airport or newspaper.
- List of Magic Weekend results: nominated at AfD; notified Mn1548 (talk · contribs) 07:31, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: While the Magic Weekend is special, the results aren't. There is no statistical importance, no link between the results, no extra trophy, ... Basically WP:NOTSTATS, no indication why the results from this weekend are more noteworthy
- List of star systems within 500-550 light-years: nominated at AfD; notified Abdullah1099 (talk · contribs) 14:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: While the nearest star systems to Earth are regularly discussed as a group, there doesn't seem to be such list notability for these farther away. If this site can be believed, "There are 271,732 stars within 1,000 light-years of Earth which are visible in a backyard telescope." Are we really going to list them all by distance to Earth? I don't know where the best cutoff would be (100 light years seems reasonable), further off it is unusual to group them like this, as they have nothing in common apart from their distance to us, which is not a defining characteristic (stars don't have characteristics which depend on their distance, and don't "interact" within a group either as they are probably at completely different location up to 1100 light years distant from each other in this case).
- Balitang Kris: nominated at AfD; notified Rayhelm wiki (talk · contribs) 07:09, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: None of the sources even mention this show, but as it has already been draftified for that reason and some people object to redraftification, AfD it is. Completely non-notable very short-lived TV show.
- Orders of magnitude (angular frequency): nominated at AfD; notified Solomonfromfinland (talk · contribs) 09:16, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: This seems like a completely random selection of statistics, not something discussed as a group as such?
- Granite Mountains (northern San Bernardino County, California): nominated at AfD; notified Spartaborn (talk · contribs) 11:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: This reads like WP:OR, a mountain range not mentioned on any maps but mentioned in a "summary report" from the GNIS only. Note that these are not the Granite Mountains (California) in the same county.
- List of Sanskrit authors from lower communities: nominated at AfD; notified Mohit Dokania (talk · contribs) 08:19, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Very unclear whether this group of "lower communities" which includes e.g. Sat-Sudra (considered higher castes), is a commonly accepted grouping with a clear definition, or some division created specifically for this article. Also not clear if the topic (Sanskrit texts by caste division) is a topic of study and whether these people are grouped together scholarly, or if this is some novel WP:SYNTH list.
- List of star systems within 700-750 light-years: nominated at AfD; notified Abdullah1099 (talk · contribs) 16:15, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: At the ongoing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of star systems within 500-550 light-years, some argued that up to 650 ly would be a good arbitrary limit, others thought 100 ly would be better and argued for deletion. Instead of waiting for the outcome of that discussion, we now have a new list which goes even beyond this. So, the nomination and delete !vote arguments of that other discussion apply here as well, but even more so.
- 16 Kalas as Per Lord Krishna for a Happy Life: nominated at AfD; notified Gardenkur (talk · contribs) 07:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Perhaps we could do with a neutral article, with a neutral title, for the subject; but this one should get the WP:TNT treatment as completely and unsalvageably lacking all neutrality. Perhaps it could be speedy deleted as advertising/promotion?
- American Silver Eagle mintage figures: nominated at AfD; notified Mjdestroyerofworlds (talk · contribs) 08:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTDIRECTORY/WP:NOTSTATS. It is not clear why we have these statistics. Not all facts make good encyclopedia articles, no attempt is made to explain why these figures are of enough importance to give them a separate page.
- Phenomenology (general science and discourse): nominated at AfD; notified JessieHenshaw (talk · contribs) 16:07, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I first draftified this, but it was recreated. A rather unfocused essay, linking to a long youtube video uploaded by someone with the same name as the creator of this article. No idea what e.g. "Homo Erectus, Habilis, and then Sapiens also followed each other with great diasporas; that evidence shows also kept in touch, at least for new ideas to spread from end to end over a few decades, as how they formed diverse languages that spoke about the same experiences of nature. " is supposed to mean, and something like "a broad model of how the great early languages of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, might seem to have emerged fully formed as they were written down following the Bronze Age." seems decidedly un-mainstream science.
September 2024
[edit]- Urutau (3D Printable Firearm): nominated at AfD; notified DreamWeav3r95 (talk · contribs) 16:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence found of notability, no independent reliable sources about this. Being offered on some sites is not the same as having the necessary sourcing about the subject.
- Eastern Parade railway station: nominated at AfD; notified Voyagerstype (talk · contribs) 13:51, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability found online, single source doesn't give any notability either.
- Category:Drawing artists: nominated at CfD (CfM); merging to Category:Draughtsmen; notified Smasongarrison (talk · contribs) 13:39, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: We already have a long established category tree for these artists, the new one should be merged into it.
- Baidwan sept of Jat-Sikh lineage: nominated at AfD; notified Malwa commonwealth (talk · contribs) 10:39, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:TNT. Needs a complete rewrite, new title probably, better sources (I doubt the "Geospatial PDF map of the compilation of GIS data for the mineral industries and related infrastructure of Africa" has much to say about the subject). Draftification was met with hostility and claims of vandalism, so AfD it is.
- Lincoln cent mintage figures: nominated at AfD; notified ZLEA (talk · contribs) 08:35, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this WP:NOTSTATS list, fails WP:LISTN.
- List of SABR regional chapters: nominated at AfD; notified Omnis Scientia (talk · contribs) 09:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of any notability for this list as a group.
- Category:Films Where Non-Disabled Actors Play Disabled Roles: nominated at CfD (CfR); renaming to Category:Films where non-disabled actors play disabled roles; notified Garethfw (talk · contribs) 11:25, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: If we need this category, it should be capitalized correctly. Alternatively, it can be deleted, as it is a good list subject, but not a defining characteristic of the films so not a good category subject.
- Category:Actors who are Wheelchair Users: nominated at CfD (CfR); renaming to Category:Actors who are wheelchair users; notified Garethfw (talk · contribs) 11:26, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Capitalization.
- List of works for cello and piano by women composers: nominated at AfD; notified Celloville (talk · contribs) 07:41, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Is "works for cello and piano by women composers" somehow a notable intersection of characteristics? Seems like a random grouping of two separately notable characteristics.
- Category:Articles with Add a Fact usage: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified ProfGray (talk · contribs) 07:29, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: This category should at the very least be hidden, but probably should be either on the talk page or be an edit tag. It doesn't belong in the visible content categories in any case.
October 2024
[edit]- St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.): nominated at AfD; notified Another Believer (talk · contribs) 15:06, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No indication of notability (or anything useful or informative) in article at all, and it seems as if little beyond routine coverage can be found[275][276]. A redirect to Saint Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.), assuming that they belong together, may be a good alternative.
- Cases where /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are found in Western Catalan: nominated at AfD; notified Nuvolet (talk · contribs) 09:26, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Is Wikipedia supposed to be a pronunciation guide for every dialect in the world? Western Catalan doesn't even have a separate article here.
- No relation: nominated at RfD; Target: wiktionary:Special:Search/no relation (notified); notified Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs) 11:40, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:SSRT: "only topics with a less-than-encyclopedic scope that are commonly wikified words or that are repeatedly recreated should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia."
- Rather (surname in Kashmir): nominated at AfD; notified Sarim Wani (talk · contribs) 11:00, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- 1854 in animation: nominated at AfD; notified Dimadick (talk · contribs) 14:23, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Nothing really happened in 1854 in relation to animation. The two listed events are war photography and early (but not the first) instanteneous photographs, leaving us with two births, of someone who was much later influential on animation through his cartoons, and someone who is known as an actress but was one of many people with a magic lantern show. None of this makes 1854 an in any way notable year for animation.
- Charley (Andrew Jackson captive): nominated at AfD; notified Jengod (talk · contribs) 10:43, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Sad story which may be a paragraph in some other article perhaps (but where?), but not a notable subject on its own.
- Theodore (Andrew Jackson captive): nominated at AfD; notified Jengod (talk · contribs) 12:53, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Another non-notable individual, but may together with the two other such articles perhaps be merged into one? Barely anything can be said about the individual Theodore, the topic of the article, who died aged 1 or thereabouts. What the articles (and the sources) really are about is Jackson's treatment of or position towards Native Americans.
- List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign state, municipal, sub-state, and local officials endorsements: nominated at AfD; notified Braganza (talk · contribs) 14:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: It's perhaps because I am not an American, but what is the point of an endless list of Republican politicians who support the candidacy of the sole remaining Republican candidate for president? Isn't it completely trivial that the "Prosecutor of Macomb County", a Republican, supports Trump? Seems like excessive detail about an election which is very important and gets lots of attention (and articles), but where not every bit of completely predictable minutiae needs to be recorded for posterity on Wikipedia.
- List most reviewed places in ASEAN: nominated at AfD; notified Applaused (talk · contribs) 18:39, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN, no evidence that being one of the "most reviewed places" on Google Maps in the ASEAN region is a notable grouping of characteristics, no reliable sources about this combination.
- List of programs broadcast by MeTV Toons: nominated at AfD; notified Msw1002 (talk · contribs) 07:56, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Channel with 99% reruns of older series, their programming lacks notability.
- 8 Clearwater Bay Road: nominated at AfD; notified JeyReydar97 (talk · contribs) 14:43, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I proposed this for deletion with the reason "None of the sources are reliable, independent sources giving significant attention to this building. Databases, sources from companies related to the building, an apartment for sale... are not the sources needed to create an article on the apparently 3033rd highest building in the world. Are there indepth, non-routine, independent sources about this building? Its architecture, controversies, archaeological finds during construction, anything?" Since then, the poorest sources have been removed, but nothing was done about the fundamental issues. If there is only routine coverage, unreliable sources, and database entries for this building, then it shouldn't have an article.
- Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern 65: nominated at AfD; notified Insomniac187 (talk · contribs) 10:54, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Lacks notability. This internally contradictory or confusing article (e.g. was it donated in 1970, acquired in 1972, or donated in 1972?) has mainly passing mentions, with the only somewhat substantial source a photography book "Classic Locomotives: Steam and Deisel[SIC] Power in 700 Photographs". The actual source for the article is this unreliable site [277] with some text taken literally from it. An editor tried to redirect this page to Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad#Motive power, which may be a good WP:ATD but needs to be decided here since it has been reversed.
- Statue of Donald Trump (Philadelphia): nominated at AfD; notified Another Believer (talk · contribs) 17:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS, and a variation on Wikipedia:Not every single thing Donald Trump does deserves an article. It happened, yes, but what is the lasting impact? It's just another protest against a politician, though in a somewhat original format, which gave it 5 minutes of fame.
November 2024
[edit]- Pauletta Brupbakher: nominated at RfD; Target: Paulette Brupbacher (notified); notified Asilvering (talk · contribs) 16:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Double typo, unlikely search term, originated from a Wikidata error apparently
- Díekolade: nominated at AfD; notified Airypedia (talk · contribs) 12:12, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability for this name.
- In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault: nominated at AfD; notified Another Believer (talk · contribs) 09:01, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTNEWS, followup of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Statue of Donald Trump (Philadelphia). No evidence that (or reason why) this protest will have more sustained, enduring notability than the countless other protests happening every day and being reported on in news articles.
- Template:Gaardebaach: nominated at TfD; notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 16:10, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Extremely excessive detail. This very small brook is not even mentioned outside Wikipedia, it seems[278] yet it has its own template, basically a step-by-step-guide of the few hundred meters this presumably exists. We are not a repository for stylized topographical maps of mainly non-notable entities (the Syre is notable, but hardly needs this overview of every minor thing it encounters in Contern)The same goes for the other templates used on the same page:*Template:Réimeschbaach*Template:Schleederbaach*Template:Trudlerbaach*Template:Syre (river)*Template:Kackeschbaach*Template:Railways in Contern
- Oluwatumininu: nominated at AfD; notified Airypedia (talk · contribs) 08:21, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Page about a name, sourced to one unreliable (wiki) and very short source. I had redirected it to the one article for someone with this name, but this was reverted, so here we are. This AfD is to reinstate the redirect, not to delete it. This seems to be part of some major Nigerian project to have a separate article for every single Nigerian name, no matter the notability or the need for a disambiguation.
- Joklo: nominated at AfD; notified ExfactoLexander (talk · contribs) 17:26, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No sources mention a "joklo" river as a tributary to the Langnyu, even the sources in the article only talk about the Choklo. My move of the article to that title was reverted (previous draftifications to get the article up to scratch didn't result in much either). The article should be at Choklo if it is to exist at all (none of the sources are really about the river but mention it), not at the unverifiable "Joklo".[279][280][281]
- Category:Fictional Belgian people: nominated at CfD (CfR); renaming to Category:Fictional people created by Belgians 13:22, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The current name gives the impression that these are characters with an in-universe nationality or citizenship. Most of them have no defined nationality though and are (often deliberately) created as somewhat "universal" or vaguely Western European. A rename of the category may make this clearer (better suggestions for the new name are welcome!)
- List of NJPW female wrestlers born outside Japan: nominated at AfD; notified Anthony Piñeiro (talk · contribs) 08:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this meets WP:LISTN, a trivial grouping of characteristics
- List of world champions in NJPW born outside Japan: nominated at AfD; notified Anthony Piñeiro (talk · contribs) 09:49, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence that this grouping of characteristics meets WP:LISTN and has received significant attention as a group.
- 2019 Goodfield arson: nominated at AfD; notified 11S117 (talk · contribs) 12:11, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Can we either simply delete this article, or remove all references to the accused (and delete all mentions of his name elsewhere). This is a 9-year-old who wasn't even convicted, it fails WP:SUSPECT (and WP:BLP1E), and shouldn't be named and shamed even if the article itself isn't named after him.
- Category:Wikipedia categories named after numbers: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Solomonfromfinland (talk · contribs) 18:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A "maintenance" category, but when asked, category creator could not indicate what maintenance might be needed for these specifically.
- Category:Wikipedia categories named after theorems: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Solomonfromfinland (talk · contribs) 18:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A "maintenance" category, but when asked, category creator could not indicate what maintenance might be needed for these specifically.
- Death of Gursimran Kaur: nominated at AfD; notified QalasQalas (talk · contribs) 08:59, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A sad story, but has no evidence of WP:SUSTAINED notability (one local follow-up story after the initial wider range of news reports). Fails WP:NOTNEWS.
December 2024
[edit]- Portal:Romani people: nominated at MfD; notified Pizza purr (talk · contribs) 08:39, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A bit useless to have a Portal which is simply a transclusion of an article
- Category:Fictional gnomes: nominated at CfD (CfM); merging to Category:Gnomes; notified Kjell Knudde (talk · contribs) 08:42, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Are there non-fictional gnomes?
- History of rugby union matches between Italy and Georgia: nominated at AfD; notified Wikiwokiwaka (talk · contribs) 12:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable rivalry or pairing
- Category:Category-Class Comics articles of NA-importance: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Hiding (talk · contribs) 15:44, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Redundant to
- History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Portugal: nominated at AfD; notified Wikiwokiwaka (talk · contribs) 11:51, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not a notable rivalry, European countries normally play each other regularly without any special meaning for any random pairing.
- Category:Portal-Class Comics articles of NA-importance: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Hiding (talk · contribs) 09:01, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: All these pages are already in the categories "Portal-Class Comics articles" and "NA-importance Comics articles", ideally they should only be in "Portal-Class Comics articles", which should be a member of "NA-importance Comics articles", and this redundant category can simply be deleted.
- Eitermillen: nominated at AfD; notified N1TH Music (talk · contribs) 11:40, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: A very small place with no notability of its own, better as a redirect to Contern. The sources often don't support the text (e.g. despite repeated claims that Eitermillen used to be at a place now called Maulin Diderich, I don't see any of the sources making that connection?) and are passing mentions or names on maps only. None of the sources in the article are significant coverage of this tiny hamlet (a "lieu-dit" is basically a named house or group of houses, not a once independent village), and the history and demographics seem to be WP:SYNTH or WP:OR due to this lack of sources.
- Asian League: nominated at AfD; notified Gorgonopsi (talk · contribs) 14:39, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Very minor, short-lived political party with no impact. None of the sources provide significant attention, the fourth one doesn't even mention the party.
- List of international cricket centuries at the Gabba: nominated at AfD; notified Vanished user 2021011855 (talk · contribs) 09:10, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: WP:NOTSTATS. No evidence that this is a notable list topic. While it is verifiable, there are very few sources who pay attention to which stadiums have hosted which centuries, normally the interest is in which player/team made centuries, not where. See also these related AfDs: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Little Fishes Preschool: nominated at AfD; notified ZebulonMorn (talk · contribs) 14:37, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of notability, no obvious redirect target. Sources are routine coverage or not independent.
- Category:NA-Class articles: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Emiellaiendiay (talk · contribs) 08:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: The pages in this category and all its subcategories seem to be largely automatically and incorrectly tagged, and I doubt we need it (whether named "articles" or "pages"). Something like Talk:Lists of animated feature films is now automatically a NA-class article of high importance, when in reality it should be an unassessed class article of high importance. Something like Talk:"Bob" is automatically put into "NA-class" when it should be in "Redirect class". The whole NA-class tree seems to be a giant mistake with many tens of thousands of pages.
- Martina Ononiwu: nominated at AfD; notified Royalrumblebee (talk · contribs) 09:33, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: This article is largely based on 4 sources about her being "awarded the US Presidential Lifetime Achievers Award (Presidential Volunteer Service Award) (PVSA) by American President Joe Biden." This is apparently only reported in Nigerian sources, not in any official source, and she isn't listed on the official list[282]. The award is apparently only intended for "U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents", so not for a Nigerian in France. If the sources have this basic fact, the premisse for the articles, wrong, then they aren't reliable sources to start with but just repeating something spoonfed by the subject or someone trying to promote them.
- List of Ale Conners of London: nominated at AfD; notified Tippylegend (talk · contribs) 08:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Fails WP:LISTN as not having received attention as a group. An individual appointment sometimes gets a mention in a different source (though most of these aren't independent), but that's about it.
- Portal:Albania: nominated at RfD; Target: Portal:Europe (notified); notified Italian Wikipedian 2024 (talk · contribs) 11:11, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Seems useless to redirect people who look for a portal for Albania, to a portal for the whole of Europe which will usually have nothing at all about Albania.
- Portal:Armenia: nominated at RfD; Target: Portal:Europe (notified); notified Italian Wikipedian 2024 (talk · contribs) 11:15, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Redirect to target which has no information about Armenia usually, not helpful for readers.
- Portal:Kazakhstan: nominated at RfD; Target: Portal:Asia (notified); notified Italian Wikipedian 2024 (talk · contribs) 11:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not helpful for readers to get sent to a portal about a whole continent, which doesn't have information about Kazakhstan
- Portal:Bhutan: nominated at RfD; Target: Portal:Asia (notified); notified Italian Wikipedian 2024 (talk · contribs) 12:02, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not helpful to send readers to a portal which has no information about the topic
- Portal:Kyrgyzstan: nominated at RfD; Target: Asia (notified); notified Italian Wikipedian 2024 (talk · contribs) 12:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Not helpful to send readers to a page or portal which has little or no information about the topic
- Sage wall: nominated at AfD; notified Eternallygr8fu1 (talk · contribs) 08:13, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: No evidence of sufficient notability, has received no attention in reliable sources. Sources in article are one not independent, one good book that doesn't mention the Sage Wall, and an unreliable (though popular in some circles) source.
- Category:Category-Class United States articles of NA-importance: nominated at CfD (CfD); notified Jj98 (talk · contribs) 10:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: All 171,000 pages (not articles) in this category all already a member of Category:Category-Class United States articles or Category:Category-Class United States pages on the one hand, and Category:NA-importance United States articles or Category:NA-importance United States pages on the other hand. Considering that all category-class pages are NA-importance by definition anyway, this means that we have three ways of expressing the same thing here, making this a superfluous combined category.
- Tse with diaeresis: nominated at AfD; notified Glenn103 (talk · contribs) 11:27, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: Unsourced article without useful content, was already draftified but recreated by same editor. Doesn't even appear in the List of Cyrillic letters. The same editor created a whole bunch of equally uninformative articles which should be either redirected if there is a good target where they are already mentioned, or deleted. *Che with dot above*Es with macron below*Es with caron*Yery with tilde*Yery with circumflex*Ze with breve*Tse with caron Fram (talk) 11:27, 23 December 2024 (UTC)