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Seeking guidance on a biographical entry for Allan Gerson

Hi @Bearian -

I noticed that you contributed to Mark Zaid's page, who worked closely with, in full disclosure, my father Allan Gerson (not Alan Gerson), who I have been trying to understand the best practice to contribute to the creation of his Wikipedia page. I am a newbie here, and have created a draft:Allan Gerson, with sources on his work from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and NPR among other sources. Might you be willing to review the page, or point me in the right direction here?

Many thanks for all you do and a belated happy birthday!

~~~~ DHG4221 (talk) 12:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very overwhelmed right now in real life. I'll look at it later. He seems notable, but no promises. Bearian (talk) 21:30, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you for your recent help with the mistakes I made in going to PROD too fast. I will learn from it. Cheers. Mamani1990 (talk) 02:33, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! "You learn something new every day." Bearian (talk) 02:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rene SG

Follow up next week. Bearian (talk) 20:47, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reinstate my profile

Hello Bearian,

I'm very confused as to why my page has been deleted, and specifically regarding the 'unreliable sources' issue.

I believe the issue showed up because I went in last month to update some things, and maybe I did it incorrectly. For sure it was not my intention to go against the rules of Wikipedia. My Sincere Apology!

Also I am not clear as to exactly what show, project or statement I included that you specifically have issue with. Is it possible for you to let me know?

Please know that everything I had on my profile was 100% legit!

That being said... Is it possible for my profile to be undeleted/reactivated with the original information that was there when my profile went live in 2013, Less The HIV Information. I'm at a point in my life where I don't want that title/label to be a prominent acknowledgment as to who I am.

Your support would be greatly appreciated!

Thank You in advance! Carlton Carltonrising (talk) 12:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Carltonrising, it's 2025, and you must be the last person on Earth who doesn't know that you can't just write or edit your own autobiography, Carlton Wilborn, on Wikipedia. Seriously, it's been policy for decades. Wikipedia is not a social media platform. It's run by a 501(c)(3) charity, called the Wikimedia Foundation, which has very strict guidelines forced upon it by the Internal Revenue Service. In short, it's not just "rules of Wikipedia" but also Tax Law. There are some news articles about you, but they are almost entirely based off of interviews, so we can't use them for evidence of significant coverage. We can't keep out the "HIV information" because that would violate another policy: WP:NPOV. Finally, I no longer have the power to Re-create articles - I resigned as administrator 10 years ago. You can ask Extraordinary Writ for a review. Best of luck and Happy New Year. Bearian (talk) 00:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Upcoming PROD for consulting firms

Hi,

Towards the end of 2024, I was working on a project to clean up small financial institutions and investment firms. I would say most of it done now and there wasn't much pushback since many of these firms really were non-notable and it wasn't a coincidence most creators were SPA.

However it seems I have another PROD project coming up. I came across some consulting firm articles and the problem might be even worse than the previous project. I have seen multiple articles which were just blatant ads for them.

I'm letting you know in advance that there will be quite a few PROD articles coming up on your radar this or next week. I will only nominate a limited amount per day to make the workload more fair since its unreasonable to do everything in just 1-2 days. - Imcdc Contact 05:37, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I feel I'm constantly trying to catch up with Prod and AfD. Bearian (talk) 05:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

Just to let you know. My project to clean up consulting firms is done now. Most of them were PROD without issue.

Thanks for your help. Will let you know if I have any new projects. Imcdc Contact 03:02, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wouldn't it be more beneficial...

To actually convert any claimed reliable sources in an article to a reference rather than leaving as an external link? At least for one of them? Rather than just changing the tag template and doing nothing else? Particularly if you're going to have a stance in choosing to make that tag change that one of those ELs is actually a proper source to meet that criteria?

Since I noticed a couple you changed, such as Townsend & Wall, where the ELs are to not a brochure of any kind or any proof of a source and the other source is a dead link. Or Erosion corrosion of copper water tubes, where the first EL goes to a 404 error page and the second is to "The Corrosionist", which appears to be an archived version of someone's personal website from 15 years ago.

Should either of those really have the no sources tag removed? Silver seren^C 06:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BOLD is a suggestion, not a command. Bearian (talk) 11:32, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the tags. Does that make you feel better? Bearian (talk) 11:52, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I left that comment late at night right before I went to bed. Reading it back now, I realize that it was aggressive, when that wasn't my intention at all. I had just been wanting to ask about those articles and I didn't want to revert you without asking about it first. Silver seren^C 21:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All is forgiven. It's the bad vibe in the zeitgeist. Bearian (talk) 01:54, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Finland stubs

Yes, lots of stubs. I tried to get them deleted before but to no avail. Naturally I don't have the time to expand them all these days! It's a bit sad that they haven't been expanded by now! Prod them if you feel they're not notable enough or can't expand any. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:00, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. Bearian (talk) 18:54, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment on Marnz Malone deletion discussion

Hi, this is not about the deletion discussion itself but about your comment that "I made mistakes like this as a newbie". I just wanted to point out that I am not a newbie – I've been a user since 2006 and have created over 60 pages in that time. Best wishes, Viennese Waltz 09:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Query

Hello, Bearian,

I was wondering if QuiteBearish is an alternate account of yours. It has recently become involved with reviewing PROD'd articles and PRODding ones themselves which is an activity that is only done by a handful of editors, including you. I only know of two very active accounts with Bear in their username so I thought this might be an alternate account of yours but they have no user page. If not, then it is a big coincidence that 2 of the probably 5 or 6 editors who currently spend any time reviewing PROD'd articles are "bears". If, for some reason, they are an impersonator, well, they certainly have no ill intentions! Thanks for all of the work that you do here. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:42, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, absolutely not. My only alternative account ever has been User:Bearian'sBooties, which I only use when I'm connected to an unsafe network, and I haven't used it since July 29, 2013 in Albany. There is another "bear" account, Bearcat, but that isn't me, either. "Bear" a common nickname in the LGBTQ and neurodivergent communities. Bearian (talk) 01:06, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm quite familiar with Bearcat given his work with categories. So, I knew of the two of you and that Bear was a nickname it was just the overlap reviewing PRODs that I found unusual. Maybe I'll reach out and send him a message. I just wanted to check with you first. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Liz,

I hope it's ok for me to jump into this conversation!

I have no connection with any of the previously mentioned users. For me, "Bear" is not a nickname but a part of my actual name. I have fleshed out my user page a bit to hopefully make it a bit more clear who I am.

I began looking into prods as it seemed an easy way to begin getting involved in the wiki editing process. I plan to continue contributing in other ways, as well, so hopefully I don't create too much work for you! QuiteBearish (talk) 04:48, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Conflict of interest reminder

Hello @Bearian, I appreciate your collaboration on Wikipedia; However, I noticed you are in a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is the incompatibility between Wikipedia's objectives of neutrality and reliability and the particular objectives of certain editors, individuals, entities, or companies of any type.

All contributions in the main space are subject to the policies of content criteria of this Wikipedia (what Wikipedia is not), encyclopedic quality (verifiability and no original research), editorial method (neutral point of view), and legitimacy of content (copyrights). All publishers are expected to abide by these policies when creating and evaluating content and to respect and assume good faith in the actions of other publishers to ensure that these policies are followed.

If you edit under a conflict of interest, you must apply the corresponding policy with special care; Otherwise, your user account could be considered private purpose and blocked. Feel free to reach out on my talk page if you have any questions. Crazy$guero.213.O$g.420 (talk) 00:57, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, that's not how we define COI. I routinely disclose even remote conflicts of interest. I've been editing for almost 18 years and I've always disclosed. I can edit even with POV. I'm not going to argue and interact with you, under threats, so goodbye. Bearian (talk) 01:05, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I really think this is just a troll, and a boring one at that. Acroterion (talk) 03:10, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fears." - Jim Acosta, January 2025 Bearian (talk) 16:51, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just got one of these too, and I have no idea what it could be about. From a search of talk pages, it looks like this kind of message is fairly unusual. It seems funny (and anathema) that the template isn't set up for citing what the apparent COI actually is. spida-tarbell 𐡸 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They're using a phone in Minnesota, but they are based in North Dakota, based on the Whois/Geolocate functions. Bearian (talk) 18:13, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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Edah HaChareidis - related to ARBPIA?

I'm not sure. I've been told by one editor topic banned from the area it is. Doug Weller talk 16:55, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think this message in the wrong place. Thinking about you, brother. Bearian (talk) 17:59, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry. Not sure how that happened, too many tabs open I suspect. Doug Weller talk 19:10, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Aw, thanks! 18 years?! Bearian (talk) 01:59, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you kindly. Bearian (talk) 15:54, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The İpek Ilıcak Kayaalp Page - Deletion

Hi!

Thank you for your contribution on the discussion. I want to explain the situation and hear you point of view, as I believe I had not presented my ideas as I should when the petition went on. The person in question is one of the few female leaders of the country, and I put forward strong sources like Forbes, Capital and WEF. However, you message clearly stated that none of these sources mattered. I want to know why these sources are not reliable, as I do not know better publication and organizations when it comes to business people.

I also would love to know if there are sources that you can indicate as reliable, should I post them on a discussion page so that the deletion can be reconsidered?

Thank you in advance for your guidance and time

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No, thank you. Bearian (talk) 11:26, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:49, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I am so so sorry for the lateness! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:49, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Bearian (talk) 03:00, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Hi Bearian. Thanks for your comments at the deletion nomination for 2024 Australian Jewish doxxing incident, where you noted many sources, and in particular Newsweek, should be removed from the article. I wanted to ask, now that the nomination has closed and the article has been kept (with its existing sources no less), is there any chance you could take a look at it and remove even a couple of the sources you consider to be unacceptable? The reason I ask instead of doing it myself is that in over 16 years of editing, this is the only actively contentious article I have edited. Now that one main contributor of the article has been topic banned (see this discussion), the only two major contributors are the creator and myself, and I've found being the sole person opposing how the article was original written to be quite stressful. There's no need to look at this, but in case you're interested this is what the article looked like when I first found it: [1]. I also genuinely think the article would benefit from me not being the only person making changes, as I am no expert in any part of this. While I do occasionally completely overall abandoned and neglected articles or even create new ones, day to day about I'm mostly a WikiGnome and am really out of my comfort zone here. I'm not asking you to become a regular editor or even to watch the article (though both would of course be appreciated), rather just to look at it once and decide to remove any sources that are inappropriate. I note you're currently under stress (as am I!) and also taking a Wikibreak, so I'll understand if you can't do this. There's no rush though. Nobody else (understandably) wants to touch the article so the problematic sources will almost certainly still be there once your break is finished. I hope you are having a nice day. Damien Linnane (talk) 02:35, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm about to travel for the next four days, so I can't commit right now. Sorry. Bearian (talk) 02:49, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Colegio Tomás Guaglén

I noticed that you blanked this article and redirected it to the target article Rancagua. Unfortunately, the target article does not seem to mention the redirect title, so the redirect is likely to be deleted on that basis.

That would be essentially a backdoor deletion of the original Colegio Tomás Guaglén article. It would have been better to send it straight to WP:AFD, or just let the WP:PROD run its course.

I wanted to check with you before starting an WP:RFD. Did I miss something? Why did you create that redirect? Brianjd (talk) 14:29, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not right now on a secure WiFi, but here goes: Redirect > Deletion. I rolled back my edits, which places it back in prod. Notifying Bedivere. I am not in any position to do any substantial editing for a month. Bearian (talk) 06:26, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not sure about Redirect > Deletion, but anyway, the prod has already been rejected, so it’s up to Bedivere now. Brianjd (talk) 01:49, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for reassessment

I posted a request for reassessment for scienter in Wikipedia:WikiProject Law/Assessment and Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia/Assessment. Scienter is currently a high-importance article relevant to WikiProject Law. Z. Patterson (talk) 01:54, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did a quick review and raised it to a C class. I will go through the rubrics for the B class. Bearian (talk) 13:50, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Titumir's rebellion

Like any other page, either tag it for sourcing problems or initiate an WP:AFD discussion on it. Bearcat (talk) 02:31, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your wisdom. Bearian (talk) 02:35, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Mass deletions?

Hi Bearian, I saw your name pop up at some of the state and local Arts Council AfDs. The behavior of the editor, ロドリゲス恭子, who is performing mass deletions, often within minutes of one another seems really odd to me. Any thoughts on what might be going on? Netherzone (talk) 13:31, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No idea. Libertarian? Censor? Obsessed? I agree that it's unusual – and that it's overwhelmingly the system. A couple of months ago a newbie started to nominate a whole bunch of Iran-Geo-stubs. Same idea. Bearian (talk) 13:46, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I left a short note on their talk page, but I'm not holding my breath there will be a response. Netherzone (talk) 14:21, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Bearian (talk) 14:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heritage Foundation? They're stalking me. Bearian (talk) 05:34, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, but my hunch is that they are disgruntled that some of their efforts were deleted in the past, and this is a reaction to that. I've seen that sort of behavior before. I don't think they understand how notability works on WP, however they are now tagging Arts Councils for "notability" without doing a search for sources to improve these articles.

Anyways, I wish they would clean up after themself. They withdrew their nominations, but did not follow process. None of the formerly AfD'd articles have the proper template on the talk pages, alerting other editors that there was a past AfD. I've asked them to do that, and they simply put a comment on the talk page of Talk:Amador County Arts Council but not the proper template and have ignored the others. I was going to wait a few more days before sending another reminder.

I'm very sorry to hear you are being stalked. I read somewhere recently that there is a HF sock ring.[2] Netherzone (talk) 14:43, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And an IP sock just tried closing this one [3], so who knows. Netherzone (talk) 14:20, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi Bearian, thanks for your friendly message on my talk page. I'm not sure what prompted it now as I haven't done much editing in years, but I'll use this occasion to say it's nice to see your user name again. I think we both started editing Wikipedia around the same time, in the 2007ish years, and I remember we edited many of the same legal articles. I hope all is well with you. Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 23:51, 13 March 2025 (UTC) Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 23:51, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes, I fully disclosed those biases on my user space and on Talk:Mark Zaid. Go away, Mr. New Yorker / Heritage Foundation. You're the same group that defamed Zaid by accusing him of being partisan. Bearian (talk) 22:40, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I know who you are, I know who they are, I know who I am, and I'm not going to be suspended. Bearian (talk) 15:09, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're at Eastern Mennonite University, aren't you? Bearian (talk) 15:11, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from personal attacks on Wikipedia. Your postings are in violation of Wikipedia policies. 205.132.40.30 (talk) 15:14, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You might be right that since you once were an administrator that you are in the good ole boys club and will face no accountability for your violations of policies. One thing also: I have no affiliation to the New Yorker or Heritage Foundation. But I recon you’ve already made up your mind on that. 205.132.40.30 (talk) 15:16, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at noticeboard of discussion regarding personal attacks. The thread is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Bearian_Personal_Attacks. The discussion is about the topic Topic. Thank you. 205.132.40.30 (talk) 15:29, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't be so annoyed - except (1) the Heritage Foundation meat puppets have been harassing me and others for weeks, (2) I've taken multiple and repeated efforts to disclose every single possible remote conflict of interest and point of view in multiple locations from my main user page to WP:AfD and the talk pages of possibly contentious articles, and (3) unlike some people, I'm here to create an encyclopedia, which over 200 articles created, close to 90,000 edits, and hundreds of article rescues. Bearian (talk) 22:32, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get in on being a recipient of Heritage Foundation harassment? What articles are involved? I would love to waste their time trying to bother me. I find it super pathetic and hilarious on their part. Silver seren^C 22:47, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. Bearian (talk) 03:02, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, but seriously though, which articles are they complaining about? Silver seren^C 03:26, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Mark Zaid, but I don't know what sets off trolls. I merged/redirected a couple of articles recently. If you look at the talk page, I disclosed that we've been acquainted for over 30 years: we were columnists for the student newspaper. Zaid was in the news recently for Trump yanking his security clearance. To reduce my stress IRL, I avoid editing in contentious areas, and mostly stick to AfD, Prod, and article assessment, but this is an old friend who's been maligned for no good reason. Bearian (talk) 06:10, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Appreciate the kind words at AfD! Always fun to hear from other editors. Bridget (talk) 15:26, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Perception limit & deletion

Respectfully, I didn't find the repetition of your prod2 rationale very helpful, and it doesn't answer my concern. I understood what you wrote originally, and I am keen for the article to be deleted. But I don't think that PROD, which will only soft-delete the article, is sufficient, because it could be restored in the future on request, with all its attendant copyvios (and all the other problems too). Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 14:34, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. No problem. Chill. Bearian (talk) 23:17, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Waterbed theory and other software articles

Bearian -- thanks for getting that article properly referenced then saved.

There's been a Spanish IP tagging 10-20 software articles for proposed deletion some days. It's not malicious -- the articles are inadequately referenced. The problem is that 50 to 70% of the time, I can find at least a page in a book using Google Books or a paper using Google Scholar.

I'm hunting refs and adding them as fast as I can but I can't keep up with this person. I may spend 30 minutes (or more) on an article that IP spent 30 seconds tagging.

I'd like to communicate with the IP but their Orange IP changes multiple times a day so there's no way to leave a message asking them to slow down and suggesting reference sources.

I've been tagging recently PROD'd article talk pages with relevant WikiProjects in hopes one of the projects will pay attention. I've also added {prodded} templates at WikiProject Deletion sorting/Software#Proposed deletions (WP:PROD). You can see the 14 that remain from 3/26 and 3/28 PRODS.

There are 25 of these PRODs for 3/29 so far and the day's not over.

I'm sort of a deletionist but I hate to see salvageable content going out the door.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 18:01, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deprodding? I'm not an expert in coding, although ironically, I've taught some as a substitute teacher. Bearian (talk) 18:08, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm deprodding the following, adding a tag as needed:

The rest can be deleted. Proposing that many can clog the system. It's borderline vandalism. Bearian (talk) 18:25, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

More deprodding:

Bearian (talk) 18:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And two more:

Bearian (talk) 18:35, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Draft:Bibrave Boy

Hello Bearian. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:Bibrave Boy, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: U5 does not apply to DRAFT space. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 01:12, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Bearian (talk) 01:15, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome!

Hi Bearian, thanks for your welcome message! It's been fun learning about all the different areas of Wikipedia. I've been making edit requests, and I have one for Brian Chesky that I would love some additional feedback on if you are interested. If not, I totally understand, and appreciate the warm welcome! Cheers PY Airbnb (talk) 21:37, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AFD thoughts

I see you chimed in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Dorf (entrepreneur), which just got closed with delete. Am I misreading it, or did only three people post under it - the original nominator, you, and a recent commenter who seemed to weakly suggest delete+merge content. As far as I can see none of the content was merged (don't know if it was any good as I don't think I ever saw the page), but even so, (and even though I may easily have agreed to delete the page) is such a low volume response to an AfD considered consensus these days? or did I miss something? Tduk (talk) 21:52, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not getting involved because I have disclosed a potential conflict of interest, namely that I'm friends-of-friends with the subject. It's very common for only 3 to 6 editors to get involved with low-controversy topics. Again, I did not !vote either way. You are free to appeal the matter, but I've almost never used the system, and have forgotten how to do so. You are also free to merge the articles because anyone who is a confirmed editor can do it. Bearian (talk) 22:11, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, no, I'm not particularly concerned with this instance, I'm just wondering if this is how it goes these days. Participation from 2 uninvolved users, one of whom was the nominator, doesn't seem like that strong of a consensus to me. Note that I can't merge them now because I only saw the AfD because the admin unlinked some articles I was watching which linked to this one. I don't think I ever saw the actual article, only the AfD. I'm not too bothered about this case, just worried if it's not the only one. Tduk (talk) 22:14, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be rare. I avoid certain topics, sports being the biggest, where I don't get involved. Marcus Aurelius wrote something about not needing an opinion on everything. As I said, it's rare to have only two uninvolved editors voting. Bearian (talk) 22:22, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Klein

Hello, I would have made this comment on the AFD but it was closed early by a good-faith but new editor (for which I reproached them on their talk page ... but I've checked and can't find anything at WP:OUTCOMES about BLP subjects requesting deletion. Did I miss something, or did you mean to link somewhere else? I'm curious for my own edification about the case you mentioned where Jimbo was involved. Graham87 (talk) 01:57, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The link has been over sighted. It was a 2007 AfD. It's one of only two AfDs that I'm aware of that have been memory holed. Bearian (talk) 02:00, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not aware of any policy; I'm going with my experience of engaging in thousands of AfD discussions, Graham87. Bearian (talk) 02:02, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Re Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kelly Bednar

In the very off-chance you care (I would've said this on the AfD if I saw it in time), the deleted edits by the creator were copies of that article on their userpage and sandbox, which were deleted as G13. Cheers, charlotte ^👸♥ 09:24, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Bearian (talk) 11:19, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I tweaked this. Please take a look. It's a burgeoning topic given what's happening. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:11, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Bearian (talk) 18:23, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It's timely. I think it's very close to a GA. Can you submit it to the proper team? Bearian (talk) 18:28, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for perusing my work (and the work of other editors -- I did not add many new sources and not much text. I update the existing sources and the formatting.) I had not thought about GA. I have had little experience with that process. Is that in your alley? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:34, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Wikipedia:Good article nominations and follow the directions. Bearian (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:08, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you, TarnishedPath, but I feel the need to create a record. See User:Bearian/Portfolio#My Big 4 Concerns of 2025. Bearian (talk) 15:14, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry! Bearian (talk) 03:37, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirecting

You generally aren't supposed to redirect specific people to topics where they aren't addressed. Most of your redirects made today addressing the requested list are fine, but I have concerns over Sylvan Scolnick, because the article you redirected to doesn't mention him at all. PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He is really not notable, but if someone on the future looks for him, then they will find the general topic. Bearian (talk) 16:33, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But they won't find information on Scolnick, so the redirect is misleading.

Also, he is notable. There are entire book chapters about him [4] [5] [6] PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:44, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so create an article. Bearian (talk) 16:59, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Basem Abdo

Hello, Bearian,

I think of you as a Pro both with Proposed deletions and also articles involving politics and politicians. An editor just tagged this candidate's article with a PROD tag and I wondered if I could ask you to review it to see if the tag deletion rationale is warranted. Thanks for any help you can offer. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:22, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reaching out, Liz. That's easy. "Deprod. Likely to be controversial. Please go to AfD." was my edit summary. Whether or not he won, using the Proposed Deletion method for an election is almost always controversial. Controversial topics like religion, politics, social class, and race should be discussed more openly. Prod has no nuances to debate or discuss, and is also a "backwater"

on Wikipedia. The appropriate forum is WP:AfD, where many of the most active Wikipedians debate publicly about nominations, and there are many options for alternatives to deletion. Bearian (talk) 02:31, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Afd analysis

Hello Bearian, Would you be interested in taking a look at an Afd of Paul Alan Levy? I would be interested in your opinion. It seems to be stuck in no consensus at the moment and I would like something positive to come out of it, if at all possible. Thanks. 10:08, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

@Bearian: Thanks for popping in to look at that Afd. It confirmed my previous rationale. scope_creep^Talk 20:06, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology for deletion

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Flyingphoenixchips (talk) 21:11, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced articles June 2025 backlog drive

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Long term plans

I'm following up here because it's starting to get a bit tangential to improving the actual article, but 17 years is a really long time. I would've been 5 back then. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. Now think about the architects of the great European Cathedrals. Bearian (talk) 14:48, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not that I find the idea of making such long term plans confusing but I'm limited by the nature of my relatively short life in comparison. There's very few things you can start that young. Editing Wikipedia at 16 is probably one of the few consistent long term projects I've had throughout the course of my life. I'm also kind of known for making people feel old. I've never really been able to stand watching it because it makes my heart pound to try but I believe it's referenced somewhere in there. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:56, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Fredrick Arthur Willius bibliography

Hello there! I wanted to know if you might have some advice on how I can fix the problems with the page? I tried to engage with the initial person who suggested the deletion and the conversations kind of went in circles without me getting any substantive feedback. I've tried to look at as many bibliography pages as possible, but there doesn't seem to be much consensus on what constitutes a good one, and it also seems like luck of the draw when it comes to which ones get noticed and flagged. Any advice you can offer would be helpful, as currently the bibliography page is the only place on the internet where a near-comprehensive list of his work is available. Thanks in advance! Evansknight (talk) 20:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea. Bearian (talk) 16:14, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Evansknight, it appears that someone merged it. Bearian (talk) 23:08, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can we please improve or merge Foot shape instead of to delete or erase the article: there should be alternatives to deletions

Whosoever is willing to actually either merge or improve this precious article, could you please do so. And moreover, I would do my parts with improving the page here on the main English Wikipedia. There are better sources for information involving foot shapes we can find on Google or other search engines. Angela Kate Maureen Pears 13:26, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Bearian (talk) 14:06, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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		This barnstar is given to Bearian for five straight months of contributions to WikiProject Unreferenced articles with a tally of 208 points as of May 31. Your citations have helped to reduce the backlog by 12,000+ articles since the beginning of the year. To the June backlog drive and beyond! Cielquiparle (talk) 19:58, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Bearian (talk) 21:36, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Bearian! I'm glad that you are joining the June 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

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Albany Alleycats

Greetings! In your endorsement of my proposed deletion of Albany Alleycats, you wrote that the club "got some local news coverage in the late 1990s." Do you recall which local news sources covered the Alleycats, and if by any chance there's a way I could access those? It may be enough for me to base a simple but substantive enough prose on. — AFC Vixen 🦊 21:06, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was 30 years ago. It might have been in the Albany Times-Union, which has a paywall, or Fox Channel 23 (fox23.com), which used to have the gayest staff of any TV station in Upstate NY. Bearian (talk) 21:10, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An unusual anecdote, but I nonetheless appreciate you pointing a way for me. Thank you! — AFC Vixen 🦊 21:32, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Military dictatorship in Pakistan

Here you have added "We are not soap box" and thereby stated it should get deleted. There are numerous other articles as well such as Military dictatorship in Brazil, Military dictatorship of Chile and so on. The article is not a soapbox, its a similar article like these. 𝗭𝗲𝗽𝗵𝘆𝗿 (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 15:36, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so deprod it. Any user May do so. I have no horse in this race. This particular "Military dictatorship" article has a distinct POV, but folks can disagree. Bearian (talk) 16:05, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did it for you. In the future, be bold. Bearian (talk) 16:08, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the advice and doing it for me. 𝗭𝗲𝗽𝗵𝘆𝗿 (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 16:13, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Lady Mary Butler - sources?

In January you stated that sources exist to show her notability, but didn't add any.

I've now added one source (as part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced articles/Backlog drives/June 2025) which verifies her existence, marriage, etc, but not to the extent I'd think of as "notable".

Please provide your sources to show her notability. Thanks. PamD 09:01, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PamD, I honestly don't recall. Bearian (talk) 12:38, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it was her connection to Jonathon Swift, but I can't find the citation. If you wish to send it to AfD, go ahead. Bearian (talk) 12:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hope all is well. Have a great summer. Yue🌙 16:30, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources exist? Sambalut

Hi there. In November you tagged Sambalut indicating you found sufficient sources to establish its notability. I'm trying to add references for the WP:URA backlog drive but I can only find one valid (ish) source that even mentions it, a 1944 paper by Julius Brutzkus. Can you have another look and share what you found? Cheers. Turtlecrown (talk) 12:29, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My process has been for older or obscure places is to go through Google books.

If I see lots of good sources, I'll source it immediately - although I've had folks say, "This is not significant coverage," which is why I don't just add once source, I'll add at least 3 or 5 sources.

If I see nothing at all, I'll propose it for deletion - but again, someone will find a single source from a census from 1851 and beat me over the head with it.

If I see a lot of passing mentions, or don't have time to work on some location immediately, then I'll tag it. Just now, I found this and that and a few other snippets.

In the past few months, when I've tried either to source a location, or to delete it, I've gotten lots of pushback from both sides. Now I'm getting pushback from a third side that I didn't know existed. I shall no longer even waste the minute it took to look and tag that unsourced stub. Thank you for saving my time in the future. Bearian (talk) 13:33, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now, if I did a drive-by categorizing like you did, Turtlecrown with Union athlétique de Marseille, but didn't tag it or source it, I'd have 3 Wikipedians on my talk page in 48 hours complaining that I should have completed the job by sourcing it with 6 to 12 reliable sources or taking it to WP:AfD. Bearian (talk) 15:18, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Think maybe you read too much into the tone of the initial query. Think it was a sincere question posed in the spirit of finding and fixing. (We are all WikiProject URA after all.) Cielquiparle (talk) 18:42, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then why question my process, as opposed to asking for solutions, and not replying when I do come back with solutions? Bearian (talk) 18:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's no reply because Turtlecrown hasn't edited Wikipedia from since you posted your first answer to the time of this post. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:30, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, Turtlecrown has one of the best qualities you can have as an editor, which is kindness. (See their contributions at the Talk page for WikiProject Unreferenced articles or search my Talk page archives.) If you read the original query carefully, Turtlecrown was only asking for additional links, which is totally fair IMO; the Internet we each see is different depending on geographical location, search engines, access to library databases, etc., and why duplicate effort if you might already know where you found the links? Not to mention the fact that we would each have different methodologies for research. If I were to ask you about your process, I would actually mean it in a respectful and collegial way, in the spirit of collaborative research, especially because I respect you as an editor who has written essays that I have learned from. (I even learned from your explaining your process step by step above.) Part of how you are contributing to Wikipedia is sharing what you know and helping us all become better editors. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:53, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you, folks. Bearian (talk) 12:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PRODs for 6/14/25

Hello, Bearian,

You have more experience evaluating PROD'd articles than just about any other editor I can think of so I wanted to ask you if you could look over some articles for tomorrow at User:DumbBOT/ProdSummary. There are about a dozen that are tagged after a discussion on ANI and I'm not sure whether that is a sufficient rationale for a PROD so I wanted to ask you what you thought. Thank you, in advance, for spending a bit of time offering me your opinion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:09, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll try. Bearian (talk) 00:05, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liz, I'm not an expert in anime, although I've read some, and I know nothing about soccer (football in the rest of the world), so I won't comment on those. The following are probably not notable (NN), except 2 as noted:

Thom Rusnack - NN but I prefer to redirect musicians.
JumpSoft - NN, fails WP:NCORP
Márton Barton - NN, appearing on an Idol-type show isn't enough for notability.
José Manuel Vargas - I seconded the prod.
Koryo International College - NN, private junior colleges are uncommon in the United States but run of the mill in Japan.
Mahakali Temple, Adiware - I seconded this prod.
Benjamin Besa and Chad Peralta - NN: sigh, poor kids. They're being eaten alive as their agents take a cut.
Gulf Centre for Democratic Development, Salah Al Bandar, and Al Bandar report - all 3 NN - a walled garden meets a soapbox.
CHAIN (industry standard) - self-indulgent and NN.
Seneca Hawk - arguably notable, take to AfD.
Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane - unclear, but someone is trying to rescue it.
Clovelly Trails - I might have been past there. Probably NN.
Hoakalei Resort - I seconded the Prod. Bearian (talk) 00:33, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Part 2 (I'm not familiar enough with Yazidi & Kurdish issues, or sprinters, or British gardens, so I'm not going to comment on those):

Providence Ferry, Georgia - NN development.
Crestmont Farms, Philadelphia - developed almost 100 years ago, so arguably historically notable.
Wristpack - I seconded this, even though I own one. Lol.
Meble-Rys Gościbia Sułkowice - I seconded this Prod.
Sonny (musician) - can't decide.
Aftermath of World War II in Bavaria - I seconded the nomination although I mess up the edit summary.
Fredrick Bundala - unclear.
Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) - NN.
Geeky Nigeria - NN.
Euripides Pants - redirect to Ministry (band).
Northern Colorado Writers Workshop - maybe notable.
Kościuszkowców Street, Warsaw - probably notable; there's a better Polish language article.
International PuntaClassic Festival - NN, but again, I prefer to redirect Music articles if at all possible.
Umar ibn Umar - I prodded this. Again, messed up the edit summary, but it's clearly NN.
Ural Striped-maned pigeon I prodded this as NN.
Untitled Meet the Parents film - NN, see Wikipedia:TenPoundHammer's Law.
C.C. Lambert Elementary School - defunct and NN: redirect to the school district.
Postaw na milion - I don't know.
Value of control - I prodded this as WP:TNT.
Vessels of Polish Riverine Flotilla - I prodded this as NN.
Cason Cooley - redirect to The Normals (Christian band).
Øksnevad Secondary School - redirect to Rogaland.
Archaruniq - I prodded this as NN.
House of Argavieso - I prodded this as NN.
Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science - Deprodded, probably notable. See recent expansion.
Ajay Bahadur Singh - NN.
A-Sides, B-Sides & Suicides - NN, but redirect to Charon (band).
Olga Poliektova and Tatiana Poliektova - both NN. Producers are almost always NN.
Euan McLeod - seconded as NN local politician.
Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton - NN, but I'd prefer to redirect.
The Flying Saucers - possibly notable, take to AfD.
Michael Moody - I proposed a merger as ATD.
Ray Johnson and the Bystanders - you would think that sources exist, but I found nothing on Google newspapers.
Virtual legacy wires - redirect to Intel QuickPath Interconnect. I'm going ahead and being bold.
Nat Mor and Kindred Spirits (music) - NN, nowhere to redirect.
Rohilla Chieftaincies - NN.
Nelson Ascencio - arguably notable; should be at WP:AfD.
Askaules, Kabul Conspiracy and Banna Avenue - I seconded these as NN.

Note: I don't get involved in disputes over dab pages. I also won't comment on subjects who are possibly friends of friends, such as Sharron McClellan. Bearian (talk) 01:34, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, my goodness gracious, Bearian, I wasn't asking you to go through the entire PROD list, just the ones that refered to that ANI discussion. Those PRODs only offered the ANI discussion as a basis for deleting the articles. I knew of the ANI discussion but I wasn't sure that this was a sufficient rationale to delete an article. You went to a lot more work than I was expecting. But a) I hope you de-PROD'd the articles you thought were notable and b) I'll review your list when I look them over tomorrow. Sometimes Clam or GB Fan helps with PROD deletion but it's mostly just Explicit and myself who work through the daily list and this list will have my attention.

Thanks so much for taking all of this time to review these tagged articles. It's very much appreciated. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 09:44, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thoughts On My User Essay

Upon your return, I would be interested in your thoughts on a user essay I wrote User:Mpen320/NPOL Thoughts. I am interested in pitching it to change NPOL. I have a separate thing about my skepticism to election coverage as GNG for individual subjects, but that is still in outline form.--Mpen320 (talk) 21:05, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion of edit to 2025 New York City Comptroller election

This was not a test edit. The numbers in the article were incorrect. See page 3 https://stratpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DREAM_CSP-NYC-Poll.pdf . Please undo your reversion as soon as possible. 70.18.5.244 (talk) 15:56, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Perry v. Cyphers for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Perry v. Cyphers 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/Perry v. Cyphers 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.

voorts (talk/contributions) 21:40, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deprodding of Bandi Sailu

I have removed the {{proposed deletion/dated}} tag from Bandi Sailu, which you proposed for deletion, because its deletion has previously been contested or viewed as controversial. Proposed deletion is not for controversial deletions. For this reason, proposed deletion is disallowed on articles that have previously been de-prodded, even by the page's creator, or which have previously been listed on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{proposed deletion}} template back to the article, but feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Goldsztajn (talk) 08:58, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - apologies for the template, I removed the prod, admittedly it was 15 years ago so easy to miss. Feel free to send to AfD, I've not looked closely at it otherwise. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 09:04, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mind templates. Bearian (talk) 09:11, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have a userbox saying I don't template regulars... mea culpa! Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 09:15, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weighted planar stochastic lattice

I noticed that you left a bold "delete" twice at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weighted planar stochastic lattice. Was that intentional? Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 17:13, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

I think you'd make a great admin if you decided to run again. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 18:37, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you kindly. I'm extraordinarily busy nowadays, caretaking and looking for a new job. I edit Wikipedia as a way to de-stress, but being an admin was stressful. Bearian (talk) 18:52, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

God bless you - caregiving is hard work and very loving. Good luck with the job hunt. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:04, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Bearian (talk) 19:23, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

De-PRODs

Hello, Bearian,

I don't know if you noticed, but yesterday there was an IP account, User:75.104.64.169, who went around and de-PROD'd almost two dozen PROD'd articles. We seem to be doing a lot more PRODs over the past two weeks so the system wasn't greatly affected by these actions but one or more of the articles you PROD'd were de-PROD'd so I thought I'd tell you in case you wanted to bring it to WP:AFD. I'm surprised we don't run into this phenomena more often because some editors object to PRODs on principle (a "no discussion deletion") but it's actually pretty rare that we have mass de-PRODding, especially ones that don't affect athletes who still take up the bulk of our PROD'd articles.

Hope all is well. And, you might consider removing the message from the top of this page from summer 2024 unless the message is still valid. Take care. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:15, 3 July 2025 (UTC) '[reply]

I also think you'd make a great admin but that's for selfish reasons as we need the help! But I can't pretend it's not stressful. The traffic on your User talk page from editors who are upset at something you've done or something you haven't done goes way up. But I'm sure you'd do a great job if you ever have the time. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:18, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Liz. Yes, I'm stressed, but not like last summer. Bearian (talk) 02:21, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

afd input inquiry

I'm just checking, because I don't see the sequitur, did you intend to make this single-item bulleted list in reply to fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four (talk · contribs), specifically? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 19:46, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Was going to ask the same. I think it's actually a response to Vlodiker Chimok's attempted second vote above. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 20:38, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, correct: I was replying to Vlodiker Chimok. Bearian (talk) 23:51, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Potential coi

Hello, you have recently added a COI tag to Maimul Ahsan Khan. I'm reaching out because I am the only major editor of that page, under different (abandoned) usernames and perhaps IP addresses, including the account that originally created the page, which I abandoned long ago. I had to do this in the past for security reasons, which is why I have never edited that page using this account. Admittedly, I have made edits from IPs due to my premature announcements of retirement from Wikipedia, something I've acknowledged on a few of the pages. Anyway, Maimul Ahsan Khan was my direct teacher at the university I attended. Does that constitute a COI? Maybe. But I don't really believe it should in this case. It's true that I created his page out of a kind of affection one might have for a mentor, but that phase is long behind me. Also note, I was not in a position to make a declaration due to his so-called "Islamist affiliation", which was sensitive for the past regime. He has long been quite irrelevant to me. I neither share his views nor hold him in any special regard, intellectually speaking. In fact, I do not make contributions relating to his field. But the fact remains that I know him. He is one of two Bangladeshi people with whom I have ever engaged on Wikipedia. The other being an Islamic scholar, my field of contribution. So why did I edit his page from a different account or IP in the past? Simply because I believed no one else would, after a page was created. However, given the dramatic shifts in the political scene of my country, I now feel I can edit his page openly. I’d like to know your thoughts. I would be happy to address the neutrality concerns myself. Do I have to declare my coi? What are the specific issues with the page? Just hanging a tag is no solution. We have to address the issue. Thanks. M. A. Sayem (talk) 23:56, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You get no sympathy from me. I place tags on articles' talk pages – and I don't vote at WP:AfD if I'm even friends of friends with the subject. I joke about Manhattan being the smallest village in the world, because everyone knows everyone else. Yes, you must declare your COI. See WP:DCOI. Bearian (talk) 02:17, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. But you have to start somewhere. This was the first article I created on Wikipedia back in 2016 when I was barely familiar with Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I started editing again more than three years later, with this account after maybe losing one or two accounts in the way. I settled with this one. And finally made some humble contributions in fields entirely unrelated to what I was thinking in 2016. While I agree with you on policy issues, I think there is more to the story. Nevertheless, coi stands, and I have to declare it. Shall I remove the tag, declaring the coi in the talk page? I think the page is written in a fairly neutral language. Correct me if I am wrong. M. A. Sayem (talk) 03:27, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I invite you to take a look at the page now, as I have recently edited it to address the neutrality issue, disclosing coi in edit summaries. Thanks. M. A. Sayem (talk) 05:04, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've taken the liberty of assisting you with a talk page discussion. That is really the best practice. Bearian (talk) 21:25, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate it. Thank you for that. M. A. Sayem (talk) 21:41, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AI risks

It would be helpful if you could document some the issues you've mentioned at the recent Ćaci u školu AFD at WP:AI, as it currently doesn't seem to say much about risks to charity status or insurance. --Joy (talk) 12:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, Joy, I think you misunderstand the gravity and complexity of the situation. The fact that we have undisclosed conflicts of interest is a danger to our 501(c)(3) status. That is a one of my biggest concerns. The richest person in the world is actively trying to take away our charitable status; members having a conflict of interest is a legal reason to take away our charitable rights, such as tax deductions for donors (such as Craig Newmark) and not having to pay taxes (such as Federal income tax or state sales tax). The loss of our charitable contributions and having to pay tax on every transaction would bankrupt the Wikimedia Foundation. Using AI in violation of copyright laws is another reason for this regime to yank away our privileges. As long as we properly document any COI, that "cures" the problem, pinging M. A. Sayem. The fact that AI creates copyright violations, there is as of yet no fix. Everybody is in danger of accidentally committing a Federal crime when they use AI carelessly; there's no exceptions, no exclusions, no safe harbor. It's a total myth that there's a de minimus exception to violating Federal copyright law; it's just not enforced. That's also why it's been crucial that we make a strong effort to reduce our backlog of 75,000 unsourced articles as of 11/22/24 to under 49,000 in the past few months, pinging Cielquiparle. Every unsourced article is potentially a copyright infringement. At least, if we make an effort, we can throw ourselves at the mercy of the courts. Beyond criminal prosecution, no insurance company would provide us with directors and officers liability insurance without disclosing all COIs. A regime that wants to enforce strictly selective laws against persons, without regard to intent and without due process, has tremendous power. Do you understand now? Bearian (talk) 21:51, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Very insightful. M. A. Sayem (talk) 22:44, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Fulfilling Wikimedia NYC tradition, we'll start off the campaign with an edit-a-thon on Thursday and a Wiknic on Sunday, and will continue with Wikimedia NYC 400 events throughout the rest of this year.

Event details and registration link below:

NYC 400: Women Do News Edit-A-Thon

When: July 17, 2025

Time: 5pm to 8pm (8pm to 10pm optional hackathon)

Where: In person at Prime Produce (424 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019)

NYC 400: Wiknic and Edit-A-Thon with Washington Square Park

When: July 20, 2025

Time: 12pm to 4pm

Where: In person in NYC at Washington Square Park

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Upstate New York Edits

Dear Bearian,

Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment. The article, as it existed, was already controversial; the specific definition of Upstate New York is highly subjective and not based on official documentation. As per the New York State legal categorization, the state is subdivided into smaller areas than the ‘upstate’ region doesn’t technically exist outside of informal language.

I edited the article to reflect that the vast majority of people from the Buffalo/Rochester metropolitan area do not consider themselves to be part of upstate New York. While many New Yorkers from the finger lakes or capital region consider those smaller categories to be subdivisions of ‘upstate,’ Buffalonians unilaterally reject the label of ‘upstate’ as erroneous and reductive. Literally speaking, Buffalo is not in the northern part of the state, and is not ‘up’ from the capital where these distinctions should be defined.

It is my belief that when attempting to ‘categorize’ others, it is best to take your cues from the people you are discussing rather than attempting to force an outside definition on people. This is a mark of respect. Since the people of Buffalo and Rochester do not consider themselves a part of ‘upstate’ New York, there is no reason for Wikipedia to depict them as such, especially when the definition of the area is already loose.

Sincerely, Ryharr123 (talk) 12:19, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I lived in Upstate New York, by every definition, from 1982 through December 31, 2014, except for summer internships. I taught at Bryant & Stratton College, which was headquartered in a suburb of Buffalo, from 1996 through 2015. I understand it's controversial, but also that people from Western NY even disagree. For any article that is controversial, one should be careful about what you remove, and take the specific issue to the talk page first. Bearian (talk) 15:10, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 2025 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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		This award is given in recognition to Bearian for collecting more than 90.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's JUN25 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 9,500 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt ■ 15:50, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Kindly. Bearian (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Repost

Sorry I Posted this on the wrong page under topic == Rescued from deletion ==

Hi. I noticed on your User page that you highlight:

I am most proud of the articles in bold, for which I rescued from deletion.

I have done the work to rescue Hydrogen strategy. I wonder why you choose not to support my efforts? Johnjbarton (talk) 01:52, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not my job, Johnjbarton. I'm no longer an Admin. I'm only a volunteer here. Your user page is there for you to recognize your own efforts. It's considered rude, actually borderline vandalism, to create new pages on another user's own space, just to let you know. After 15 years, you should know that. Bearian (talk) 15:42, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm unsure how I ended up on User_talk:Bearian/Contributions I thought it was your user Talk page. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:11, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Johnjbarton (talk) 16:09, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment of a new article?

Hi Bearian, I’ve noticed that you’ve been doing assessments of law-related articles. I’m currently working on a new article about a mid-Victorian lawyer. When it’s done, would you be willing to assess it? I don’t understand the assessment process, and in any event I think it should always be someone other than the main editor on an article who does the assessment. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:18, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. "Ping" me or come back here and hit "Reply". Bearian (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was quick! Thanks. Will probably take another week or so to finish. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:21, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Be aware that we have a whole process for new articles nowadays, Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Try using that first. Bearian (talk) 21:24, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve got Autopatrolled right, so I don’t think I need to use that process. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:30, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Bearian (talk) 19:44, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of New Politics (1950s) for deletion

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free America Weekend

Just an FYI, I think you may have accidentally voted in this twice. — ^EF⁵ 21:52, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, EF5. I struck it out. My bad. Bearian (talk) 22:06, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! If anything, it just shows your dedication for participating in AfDs, haha. — ^EF⁵ 22:11, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Majhi Prarthana for deletion

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Speedy deletion declined: Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Department

Hello Bearian. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Department, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. Thank you. $Salvio giuliano$ 10:52, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of List of Europop songs for deletion

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NYC August: Wikimania Satellite Social + Roosevelt Island Wiknic

Two informal Wikimedia NYC events

While Wikimania 2025 is underway in Nairobi, Kenya, you are invited to Wikimedia NYC's Satellite Social at Prime Produce on Thursday, August 7th, which will be an informal gathering of local Wikimedians and potentially feature editing, hacking, and board games. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Additionally, a second Wiknic of the season, this time on Roosevelt Island, is planned for later in the month (August 24th). Stay tuned for further updates!

Wikimania Satellite Social

When: August 7, 2025

Time: 3pm to 7pm

Where: In person at Prime Produce (424 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019)

Roosevelt Island Wiknic

More info coming soon!

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Celebrity Wish List

Agreed; N and GNG have to be met at minimum and there needs to be more than a schedule announcement. I agree that standard has evolved. Nathannah • 📮 07:15, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Roy William Ide III has been accepted

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Nomination of Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium for deletion

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Railway station stubs

I spent a good deal of time yesterday identifying sources for Bayerisch Eisenstein railway station and Oberottendorf railway station, and also redirecting a few Stadtbahn stubs in the Cologne/Berlin area that were going to be hard to source in any reasonable way. I was also thinking about how to implement some automated reports to help manage the issue. This is a collaborative project and we all have our own priorities. My focus is elsewhere at the moment, but if someone brings a problem to my attention I'll look into it. This morning I saw your edit summary when you prodded Spinning Wheels station: Special:Diff/1305096524 (the editor who unprodded it is not a TWP regular). There are many observations I could make here, but I'll just leave it at this: I feel the enthusiasm I had for dealing with the issue yesterday ebbing away. I'm sorry you said that, and I'm sorry that I saw it. Mackensen (talk) 12:24, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, Mackensen. Please continue doing what you do. Bearian (talk) 15:12, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mackensen, I've put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. I've sourced four railway station articles in the past 12 hours. Thanks again for all your hard work. Bearian (talk) 04:19, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearian you're welcome, and you for yours. Mackensen (talk) 11:11, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In appreciation

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		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Aspirin retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:22, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, AirshipJungleman29. Bearian (talk) 01:22, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Patrol of a PRODed article

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

I'm no longer patrolling new pages in the foreseeable future.

I noticed that you marked as patrolled the article Al Azaiba Airport after it had received an endorsed PROD notice. Can you explain why you patrolled it? Do you endorse the article, and if so, did you intend to remove the PROD notices? Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 15:21, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A patrol is not an endorsement either way. It is what it is. If you don't want me to patrol any more, then I won't. I'm very busy right now with several other projects. Thank you for your interest. Bearian (talk) 15:25, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just puzzled as the patrolling instructions state at § What not to mark as patrolled not to patrol articles with CSD or PROD notices, as (per § Should we stop marking articles tagged with CSD and PROD as 'reviewed' now that we can filter them in the NewPagesFeed?) if the notice is improperly removed then it falls off the New Pages Feed into indexed mainspace. Thus, if the author removes the PROD notice you'll be the one to endorse the article's existence. Did you review the article and find it to be suitable for inclusion? Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 15:33, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Bearian (talk) 17:23, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Question about structuring a possible draft

Hello Bearian,

I noticed in the AfD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Nasser Abulaban that you suggested a possible move or recreation under the title Killing of Ana Abulaban. I am considering attempting such a draft, though AfC submission. From what I understand, it would be most appropriate to focus the article on the crime itself and the subsequent media/documentary coverage, rather than on a biography of the perpetrator.

As I am still, relatively speaking, a rather newer editor, and actively learning Wikipedia’s policies and practices, I would greatly appreciate any guidance you might have on how best to structure such an article. Should it be written in a format similar to other Wikipedia:Good articles such as Murder of Deborah Linsley, Murder of Alesha MacPhail, Murder of Keith Blakelock, Murder of Dora Bloch, or Murder of Bella Bond?

Any advice, resources, or suggestions you could offer would be most helpful.

Thank you kindly, Issac I Navarro (talk) 17:49, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm busy in real life, and can't focus on such an emotional thing right now. I would aim for a C- or B-Class rather than a GA. In any case, let's follow up next week, Issac I Navarro. Bearian (talk) 17:58, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That would be fantastic to learn from you. Thank you kindly for your time and willingness to help.

Issac I Navarro (talk) 18:15, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Demise of the Crown Act 1702

As requested. 😁 Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 22:04, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiNYC Sun Aug 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic 2025

August 24: Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island

You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Roosevelt Island, at Southpoint Park. Please dress for the weather and bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating; we will be having this picnic on the grass. Bring some potluck as well as some board games to add to the fun!

All are welcome, new and experienced!

Sunday, August 24, 2025 Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island

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Legal risk of AI BLP?

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oladimeji Mudele you commented that this existed. Please explain, as it impacts what I do at NPP and, perhaps, is info that should be mentioned on the NPP talk page. Ldm1954 (talk) 10:29, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I replied on the AfD. Bearian (talk) 10:51, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maria da Conceição Brito

Greetings, maybe you would be so kind as to leave your thoughts at this AFD, if you have time. Regards, MattSucci (talk) 14:38, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

prince school deletion

hello sir you told me to ping you Dhanvanthatprince2 (talk) 11:32, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sir since I am a newbie ibam trying my best Dhanvanthatprince2 (talk) 14:12, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sir since I am a newbie ibam trying my best Dhanvanthatprince2 (talk) 14:13, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sir I have no idea what is a third source sry for being dumb Dhanvanthatprince2 (talk) 14:23, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sir I have no idea what is a third source sry for being dumb Dhanvanthatprince2 (talk) 14:24, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

prince school deletion

hello sir you told me to ping you Dhanvanthatprince2 (talk) 11:32, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you find a third source. Bearian (talk) 11:38, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfD

Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2025_September_3#Javier_Wanga LibStar (talk) 05:11, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Bearian (talk) 14:12, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

September 10: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting

September 10: Annual Election & Members Meeting

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Wednesday, September 10 Annual Election & Members Meeting (optional RSVP on-wiki).
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Ben Provencial

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Fri Nueva Yol Editathon + Oct 3-5 WikiGameJam NYC

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Regrets. But I'll be at parts of Wikipedia North America. Bearian (talk) 19:51, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for speaking up!

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Thank you kindly. I humbly accept this Barnstar. Bearian (talk) 09:24, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and confessing ignorance

I'm glad you brought those Middle Eastern Christian leader PRODs before a larger set of eyes; that subject area, in contrast to the somewhat similar Indian Christianity sphere, is severely understaffed. You made mention of "deleting an article about a Christian leader would only feed our critics" in light of recent controversies. Perhaps I am out of the loop, but I am not sure what controversies we may be embroiled in that may draw additional scrutiny to that corner of the project and would love to assist if there's something that needs a community response on-project.

Regarding the articles I looked at, the WikiProjects for Christianity and Catholicism have essentially established the same standard for notability among Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox bishops that US state legislators have: veracity of existence is sufficient. That standard might actually warrant some outside scrutiny sometime just to ensure it holds water, but that's approximately where that portion of the editing community sits on that matter. Don't hesitate to ask for my help if something is needed. Thanks for your great work! Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:36, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are two essays on this; mine is at User:Bearian/Portfolio#My Big 4 Concerns of 2025 and another one is at WP:NABOB. Basically, "Christian" politicians want to revoke our charitable status. This would reduce our revenue from donations, and make us subject to a variety of taxes that we don't have to pay as of now. It would also further "chill" free speech in the United States, since almost every student uses us as a starting point for research, and the Regime would telegraph its displeasure with us. Editing Wikipedia is not a crime – yet. Bearian (talk) 19:43, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, yeah, there is reason to be concerned there. While one hopes that good-faith janitorial actions on marginal 19th-century Chaldeans won't raise anybody's ire too much, you never know. You're absolutely right that we really can't be too safe in this climate. Keep up the good fight. Editing Wikipedia is not a crime. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:47, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1964) for deletion

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Since you co-nominated the PROD, I figured you should know it was declined. Conyo14 (talk) 23:30, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Juan Gallastegui

I am shocked by the result of the deletion of Mr Gallastegui's article. It is pretty clear he does not meet the notability criteria for musicians, yet it was kept.

1. Multiple independent publications – ✅ yes

2. Chart success – ❌ no recordings by Mr Gallastegui

3. Record certification – ❌ no recordings by Mr Gallastegui

4. Tour coverage – ❌ no tours by Mr Gallastegui

5. Multiple albums on notable labels – ❌ no recordings by Mr Gallastegui

6. Ensemble or membership – ❌ only amateur-level orchestras listed and workshops

7. Representative of a style or scene – ❌ no

8. Major music awards – ❌ none

9. Competition wins – ❌ none

10. Notable media work – ❌ none

11. National radio/TV rotation – ❌ Music placed in rotation by a major national network.

12. Featured broadcast subject – ❌ no TV appearances.

This entry should not exist. The entries are about minor merits. Not every musician with a mention on a paper deserves an article on Wikipedia. Thank you.Theclassicalmusicwriter (talk) 13:06, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Theclassicalmusicwriter, even if a person doesn't pass one specific guideline, they can still make it under the general guidelines. If you feel strongly about it, wait 6 months and re-nominate it. Bearian (talk) 18:30, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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While it's clear you put a lot of effort in copyediting in last month's drive, unfortunately for you, two-thirds of your list (which is anything not tagged with *O or *R) shouldn't have been counted as they were not tagged with {{copyedit}} beforehand. Fortunately, it would actually result in a higher word count than the one you initally keyed in. Also, word counts should always be taken before copyediting, as written in the FAQ. Mox Eden (talk) 08:10, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Bearian (talk) 08:12, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you kindly. Bearian (talk) 13:05, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for participating! Happy editing - GoldRomean (talk) 22:59, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. You recently removed a Biographies of Living Persons PROD without adding a reliable source. Please don't remove these Biographies of Living Persons PRODs from articles unless they contain at least one reliable source. If this was a mistake, don't worry, it has been replaced. If you oppose the deletion of an article under this process, please consider adding reliable sources to the article or commenting at the respective talk page. I noticed you recently tagged the BLP articles Pavlos Logaras, Lachezar Mladenov, Pavel Kolev, Toufik Mouyet, and Samuel Ojong to PROD as unsourced. However, you had previously removed BLPPROD templates from those articles during an attempt to search for sources. Per the WP:BLPPROD policy: BLP deletion template may be removed only after the biography contains a reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article (emphasis added). Since there were no have reliable sources in the articles and you did not add any, your removal of the BLPPROD templates was wholly improper. I have restored all of the BLPPROD templates. Please be mindful of this policy in the future. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 23:01, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I replied on your talk page as to why I did this. Bearian (talk) 23:09, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you, but I'd rather not. Bearian (talk) 02:08, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Deprodding

Hi @Bearian, I was going through some PRODs and saw you had deprodded and then reprodded several articles. I don't think this is permissible per the WP:PROD policy which states that "it may only be placed on a page a single time".

Thanks Katzrockso (talk) 06:14, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Access Authentication in CDMA networks

I added some references to Access Authentication in CDMA networks which you tagged for prod, but perhaps the journal reference should be removed since it appears to be from a predatory publisher. In any event, the article is no longer unreferenced. Лисан аль-Гаиб (talk) 04:13, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Bearian (talk) 07:56, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Klavdiya Gadyuchkina

Your thoughts... MattSucci (talk) 06:54, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced articles November 2025 backlog drive

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Castles

Feel free to create a list of German castles I stubbed in 2009 which need expanding. A lot of the stubs were really placeholders to get people to develop the content but sadly the interest in Germany from Anglophone countries is very limited.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there not content on the German wikipedia that you can work from? Spartaz ^Humbug! 08:20, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in some cases. I've tagged those that have sourced articles. I'll work on it in November, during the Backlog Drive Project. Bearian (talk) 12:02, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi @Bearian - you PRODded Private Line (band) earlier for lack of references. I had a look at it and the chart positions and multiple albums published on JVC check out, so per NBAND it's probably notable. I think it's worth taking it to AfD instead. Adam Sampson (talk) 00:06, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's great, but it's a BLP, so it needs reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 00:08, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello and thank you for your concern regarding a number of unsourced articles. You tagged for notability quite a few film articles recently and most of them were notable in my view; I added sources to most of them. For the record, in general, unsourced film stubs created by Dr. Blofeld, Lord Cornwallis and Lugnuts, -to cite only three of the most prolific page creators on this website- are, from my experience, almost always notable. In very rare cases, they can be redirected to the director -or to a list, at worst, because off-line sources are hard to check. I am inviting you to check the sources in corresponding articles in other languages when they exist, when you find such articles lacking sources; if you don't have the possibility to do so and really think those films do not appear notable, please consider adding the category Film(s)/Movie(s) in the template by adding one of those keywords in the parameter 1=film; see Template:Notability#Parameters, to avoid having them lost among the ocean of unsorted articles with topics of unclear notability; this is a way to put them on the radar of interested users, who may thus solve the problem more rapidly. Thank you for your attention to this matter! e.ux 23:01, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Eva UX Got it. Thanks for doing that. Bearian (talk) 23:54, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to the drive!

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	For all you do with AfDs. Iljhgtn (talk) 04:28, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Though have you ever considered archiving this page? Iljhgtn (talk) 04:29, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Iljhgtn Thank you for the Barnstar and for the reminder. (I just archived two years' worth of discussion threads.) Bearian (talk) 04:50, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can set it up to automatically archive as well. Monthly or annually are both common. Iljhgtn (talk) 04:52, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I actually prefer old-school, Cut-and-paste. Bearian (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That works too. I manually archive my page as well, but do so very often. Iljhgtn (talk) 16:30, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@LivelyRatification - every one of the local Bronx media except for the Bronx Press-Review and Channel 12 are unreliable. Bearian (talk) 22:08, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Panamericana (film)

Hey, thanks for adding a reflist. I was still working on the article, though, and your edits caused an edit conflict. I suggest not being quite so hasty with changing the tags after a ref is added; I deliberately waited to remove the tag because the first source I added was not very good (it only mentioned the film in a passing comment of a few words). Toadspike [Talk] 10:47, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! Bearian (talk) 10:47, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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