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20:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Bil Jackson

I was voting on it as you closed. lol. For what it's worth, this was what I was going to insert: *Delete - While accomplished, the searches didn't return enough in-depth coverage from reliable independent sources to show notability. The 3 sources mentioned in this AfD are all primary sources (2 of them are dupes to the Vanderbilt page). The rest of the searches simply turned up trivial mentions, festival announcements, etc. So unless being the principal clarinetist in the Colorado Symphony Orchestra guarantees notability, he doesn't seem to pass the bil. (pun intended) Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi onel5969 since we had an H:EC while I was closing the discussion, I don't mind if you addend the discussion with your rationale. If you do so, please state something about the edit conflict in your comment, to avoid confusion about an !vote with a timestamp that occurs later than the one in the close. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:22, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

@Onel5969: Per the above ec matter during the close, I have reopened the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bil Jackson and reverted the no consensus closure, because the discussion is now leaning toward deletion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:33, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the heads up. Hope I didn't cause too much trouble. It's just that some searches are simple, others are very complicated, and then some, like this, while not complicated, do take a bit more time than the really easy ones, to do do effectively. And while I had the discussion open (so I can make notes), you closed it. Anyway, thanks for handling it. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 19:20, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

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Donec euismod vestibulum massa. Donec non lectus. Aliquam commodo lacus sit amet nulla. Cras dignissim elit et augue. Nullam non diam. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean vestibulum. Sed lobortis elit quis lectus. Nunc sed lacus at augue bibendum dapibus.	Feel free to welcome the new members who have recently joined the project. Onel5969 Valoem DangerousJXD The project currently has 83 active members. Some recent food and drink new articles and content: Oktoberfest tents (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Cho Sang-woo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Amira Nature Foods (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Category:Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places by state (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)> Category:Edible fish by habitat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Euryhaline edible fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Freshwater edible fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Almond production in Afghanistan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Anti-café (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Jāņi cheese (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Diablo sandwich (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Hill Farmstead Brewery (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Hong Kong Food Festival (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Telstar (apple) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Dumelow's Seedling (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Hygrophoropsis mangenotii (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Goat water (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Landsberger Reinette (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Food waste recycling in Hong Kong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Category:Marine edible fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Fermented dairy products (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Marine edible molluscs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) More new articles... 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Food and drink articles by quality and importance There are currently 33,530 articles attributed to the project, including 10,438 stubs. There are 35 articles at Featured article class, 160 are at Good article class and 2 are at Featured list class. Article statistics Food and Drink WikiProject article assessment Food and drink articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 13 28 48 FL 2 1 3 FM 139 139 GA 13 24 73 250 5 365 B 54 227 331 581 57 1,250 C 79 388 954 2,712 465 4,598 Start 23 322 1,642 9,827 5 3,788 15,607 Stub 1 26 554 7,822 1 5,041 13,445 List 9 69 108 466 23 272 947 Category 9 1 2 7,565 7,577 Disambig 7 149 156 File 2,999 2,999 Portal 614 614 Project 384 384 Redirect 10 70 534 2,677 3,291 Template 1 946 947 Other 3 188 191 Assessed 179 1,085 3,746 22,233 15,690 9,628 52,561 Unassessed 19 1,935 1,954 Total 179 1,085 3,746 22,252 15,690 11,563 54,515 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 181,561 Ω = 5.14 Assessment log and Guide to Assessment Help on Editing and Sourcing Articles

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RobLuna

Hey there. In case you didn't notice, jackboro1 has been deleting content on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RobLuna page, including your relist banner and two separate delete votes (including my own): [2]. I'm not sure how to properly restore the deleted content (or how to deal with the vandalism, although I gave him a warning on his talk page). FuriouslySerene (talk) 15:26, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

@FuriouslySerene: I restored the relist template at the discussion. It appears to be in order at this time after going through it, with the only content removed being that which User:Jackboro1 posted. The user was attempting to clean up their duplicate !votes. Since you warned them, hopefully this will not occur in the future. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:24, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion/Korean maritime border incidents (2nd nomination)

You have relisted this. Can you close it? I have withdrawn the nomination. Sorry for the inconvenience.--Jack Upland (talk) 03:45, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

• @Jack Upland:  Done. I have closed the discussion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:48, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Deep frying

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Just sayin'

You know, someone really ought to create an article for Cuisine of New Orleans. That's currently a redirect to Louisiana Creole cuisine, but the food of Nola is so much more than just that. It's also a combination of Cajun cuisine, soul food, Southern cooking, seafood, and all those fabulous and famous food items that are New Orleans originals. (Po' boy, muffuletta, yaka mein, beignet, bananas Foster... the list goes on and on.) Just sayin'! — Mudwater ^(Talk) 00:14, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

• @Mudwater: Yeah, that's a good idea. I'm working on some other stuff right now, but will keep this in mind. "Bayou, Delia said..." (i.e. "Just sayin'"). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

• @Mudwater:  Done. See the new Cuisine of New Orleans, started to get something going. This has a lot of potential for expansion. See below for examples. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:29, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks! I like it a lot. I may work on expanding it myself if I can find the time. Also, I think I'll post about this on WikiProject New Orleans, in case anyone there is interested in helping out. Anyway, thanks again. New Orleans has a really rich heritage of food, so this article was really needed. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 01:26, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

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@78.26: Thanks. I patrol new food and drink articles and try to make improvements when I can. Thanks for creating the new Butter grading article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:17, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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Anita F. Boorda

I am reaching out as I would like to recreate the Anita F. Boorda page. I saw that you deleted it last year. The Wikipedia instructions read that I should contact the administrator. How do I go about recreating this page? Siarus1074 (talk) 16:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

• Hello Siarus1074: A problem is that per the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anita F. Boorda, it was determined that the subject did not meet Wikipedia's notability standards (e.g. see WP:BASIC and WP:NOTE) for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Per the overall arguments and consensus at the deletion discussion, I'm not allowed to restore the deleted article under these circumstances.

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No Consensus

Hi Northamerica1000, Hope all's well :)
Yesterday (or this morning) you closed WP:AFD/Salford City Radio as No Consensus WP:NPASR, So I renominated it about 5-10 minutes later and well a certain editor had said "Really, again?" [3],
So am I right in thinking that If an AFD is closed as "No Consensus with no prejudice against speedy renomination (NPASR)" and with no !votes that I can then renominate it 5 minutes later ? (Obviously had there been !votes then I'd never renominate especially so early but the AFD was closed with no !votes and so thus nothing had changed from the last AFD),
I'm convinced I'm correct here but as you're the one with the most knowledge with AFDs I figured I'd ask you :)
Thanks, (BTW Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it, or If you're like me not an american then I guess ... Umm Have a happy week! ), –Davey2010^Talk 17:15, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

@Davey2010: NPASR means exactly what it says; therefore, I have no prejudice against your speedy renomination. The renomination is fine by me. Hey, at least the nomination has received some discussion this time around. Happy holidays! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:54, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

I apologize for sounding absolutely dumb above but after his reply I began to wonder if I was missing something .... Turns out I'm missing a brain! , Anyway thanks for clarifying that - It's good to know I'm not going mad just yet!..., Anyway thanks and Have a nice day :), –Davey2010^Talk 00:10, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand

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