User talk:Minorax/Archive 12
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why is my page delete
my page should not supposed to be deleted. Hushquid (talk) 03:59, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
CSD-tagging old drafts
Hi there, I see you're CSD tagging a lot of drafts, some several months old, as test pages. There's really no need to do this - when a draft has been untouched in draft space for 6 months, it will be deleted via WP:G13. -- asilvering (talk) 03:31, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- I also don't see much point in tagging for speedy deletion userpages for users who created their userpage then never edited again. User:A certified hood classic - one edit more that a year ago; User:Barret Arrt - created their usepage in May 2023 and never edited again. Sure, some of them, like User:David Hustle Banks, look very WP:U5-able, but they've just created a userpage and then never edited again. Is there a particular reason you are tagging them? There may well be good reasons, but I can't see why. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:55, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- I do see where you're coming from but does it even matter if the user's only edit is to create their user page? A page can still be a U5 violation regardless of when it was created. Spam has been a problem within Wikimedia and small actions of deleting such pages plays a part in keeping spam within Wikimedia at a minimum. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 12:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- They don't get indexed by search engines, so they just sit there doing nothing. It's not really important to go after them. Every time you make a CSD you're urgently calling an admin out to take some kind of action. Once we're already there, we might as well delete the thing, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a waste of everyone's time in the first place. -- asilvering (talk) 15:18, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- I do see where you're coming from but does it even matter if the user's only edit is to create their user page? A page can still be a U5 violation regardless of when it was created. Spam has been a problem within Wikimedia and small actions of deleting such pages plays a part in keeping spam within Wikimedia at a minimum. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 12:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
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why do you want to delete my page
I don't write too much about myself. Bquid (talk) 12:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
MLB Postseason SVG images
Hi Minorax,
Thank you so much for fixing the MLB SVG logos I've been uploading. I wanted to ask if there's any tool I can use to check for errors? I've been using https://svgcheck.toolforge.org/index.php and it didn't show any errors there, so I was confused to see the error message after uploading it onto Wiki. Troutfarm27 (Talk) 19:16, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'm using this tool which JJMC89 bot is adding to SVGs to check their validity. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 02:22, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
Beat me to it
I just saw that you put a speedy deletion notice on User:M akshatha's sandbox page before I even finished typing out my message of warning to them. I guess I wasn't fast enough! I'm also more hesitant to use speedy deletion after a hit and miss experience earlier on.
For future reference, what should regular users (like me) do if they come across edits like that? Sirocco745 (talk) 05:15, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- This user seems to be a part of a editathon (see new creations of userpages at Special:NewPages) so their probably instructed to insert some basic info of themselves and the content they've added isn't U5-able enough. Generally, a U5-able page resolves around a certain entity and the user doesn't have any others constructive edits out of their userpage. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 05:20, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, I picked up on those new user pages as well. Those don't really fit any of the speedy deletion criteria, which is annoying because they're clearly not constructive edits in nature, but there's no proper reason to delete them. WP:IAR does exist, but it doesn't feel right to invoke the "this is the only way" button for these pages. Sirocco745 (talk) 05:24, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- Seems they're all linking back to a university? Odd. Sirocco745 (talk) 05:36, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, I picked up on those new user pages as well. Those don't really fit any of the speedy deletion criteria, which is annoying because they're clearly not constructive edits in nature, but there's no proper reason to delete them. WP:IAR does exist, but it doesn't feel right to invoke the "this is the only way" button for these pages. Sirocco745 (talk) 05:24, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
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Varo Bank logo
Hi Minorax, just wanted to say thanks for adding the logo to the Varo Bank article! I noticed that the article doesn't seem to show up in Google searches, I assume it's something to do with new pages patrol...is that also something you could help with? Either way, I really appreciate your help with the logo! Cheers JWatVaro (talk) 03:53, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
Pouya nabavi
I don’t get why my page was deleted and I don’t find the way to write contest the nomination Pouya Nabavi is a new artist and rapper and i think every artist must have wikipedia and I don’t find any problem with that just tell me to what to fix and I fix it why delete the whole page? Pouya Nabavi (talk) 14:02, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Please see WP:U5, Wikipedia is not a place for you to promote yourself. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 14:11, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- If you mean the link of spotify or other platforms I can remove them but nobody checking Wikipedia to be promoted😂 it’s just a thing everyone can have it and mostly some artists Pouya Nabavi (talk) 14:18, 2 November 2024 (UTC)