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Nomination of List of deadpan comedians for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of deadpan comedians is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of deadpan comedians until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

JDDJS (talk to mesee what I've done) 23:11, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

The redirect Cholestero has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 29 § Cholestero until a consensus is reached.

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2023)

Industrial cooking of mashed potatoes in a steam-jacketed combi kettle
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Mashed potato

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Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter

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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2023)

Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Antebellum South

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Previous selections: Fishing industry • Mashed potato


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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2023)

Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets
Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Fishing industry

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Can I get a draft of this deleted article? The detail could be used to build a List of Omani sprinters, similar to what I have done at List of Lebanese sprinters. Thanks! SFB 16:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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New pages patrol newsletter

Hello Northamerica1000,

New Page Review article queue, March to September 2023

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Restore deleted article?

Hello, according to other User talk sources, you are the editor who deleted the entry for 'Mike Bonifer' in 2017. That's me. The article was informational. As you can see from a simple Google search of 'Mike Bonifer' I've done a lot of credible work over the past 50 years in the areas of entertainment storytelling, improvisation, and quantum storytelling, an emerging field for which I am one of the world's leading experts. I wrote the book The Art of Tron, and have published six books to date, all available on Amazon. I've produced a lot of noteworthy, if not exactly well-known, work, and would be grateful if you could restore my article. Please advise. Thank you, Mike Mike Bonifer (talk) 20:07, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello Mike Bonifer. While I understand your standpoint, I cannot simply restore the article, because 1) it would go against the consensus that was formed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Bonifer back in May 2017, and 2) Wikipedia administrators are not allowed to restore articles to main namespace on the website (where article pages are located) that are in violation of various Wikipedia policies and guidelines, which was denoted at the deletion discussion. A way you can move forward is to create a new draft article and then submit it to Wikipedia:Articles for creation, where the article would evenually be reviewed for fitness in main namespace. North America1000 18:53, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I do not believe the outcome arrived at is discernable as a clear consensus from the discussion, particularly given the comments by User:Jclemens. I suggest this be re-opened and relisted. Cheers! BD2412 T 14:48, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Deletion review for Anthony DiNozzo

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Anthony DiNozzo. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. BD2412 T 16:25, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

No offense intended, by the way. I very rarely take anything to DRV, and I consider this an anomaly. Cheers! BD2412 T 00:09, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
@BD2412: No worries. I was away from Wikipedia for a while after September 3, hence the delay in responding. If I was around, I likely would have reopened and relisted the discussion. North America1000 19:06, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2023)

Juice for public consumption
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Juice

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2023)

vs graph for a moving particle under a non-uniform acceleration .
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Motion

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2023)

Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Ming dynasty, 15th century
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The arts

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  • An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2023)

Witch-hunting is commonly motivated by religious superstition.
Hello, Northamerica1000. The article for improvement of the week is:

Superstition

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