Talk:Francis the Praying Mantis

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Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it is a 20 year old iconic piece of public art that sites within a New York City park. — Falecore (talk) 19:40, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE for reviewing Admin. Falecore seems to be a counterpart of a blocked user Sichildrensmuseum with the same edits and has followed through with article creation as mentioned above by blocked user. User was blocked for conflict of intrest. Planetary ChaosTalk 19:56, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've declined the CSD:A7 nomination, as statues and other artworks do not fall under A7 -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I have not investigated the sock suspicion - but that can be taken to WP:SPI if desired -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]