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Here was the discussion I had with the administrator who deleted the page:
"I would like to discuss your deletion of the page I created (the list of mythological and fantastic creatures in contemporary fiction). I left a note to that effect, and you deleted it without, as far as I could tell, responding in any way, not even to say, eg, "I disagree, sorry" or whatever. Not fair, and not reasonable. Tamtrible (talk) 17:31, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
I agree the deletion page is violation of bio or other editors civil rights on information regarding some are paid to setup the pages and unknown other country editors delete hack without further contacting the source or sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.105.3 (talk) 22:47, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
I don't remember deleting anything. Your comment was archived. Ï saw no question or anything else in your note that I thought I needed to respond to. Sandstein 19:54, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
Sorry to falsely accuse you. But I brought up a few relevant issues attempting to dispute the deletion of my page, which I thought at least merited a response along the lines of "I don't agree" or "Insufficient" or whatever, if nothing else, even if you did not consider them adequate grounds to reverse the deletion. Tamtrible (talk) 16:54, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
OK, if you want my opinion on something, please ask for it. Can you please restate what article this is about and why you contest its deletion? Sandstein 17:27, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
It was "Types of mythological or fantastic beings in contemporary fiction". The main objections seemed to be that it was "original research", and that it didn't have enough sources. I was attempting to accumulate sources, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Types_of_mythological_or_fantastic_beings_in_contemporary_fiction , I just wasn't sure what to actually do with them. And I asked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:No_original_research#Does_this_count_as_.22original_research.22.3F if it counts as "original research" to, for example, say "This book has a vampire in it", and the person who responded said that it did not, provided, eg, the work itself called the creature a vampire. Since the "original research" on the page mostly consisted of saying "This book has vampires and werewolves and magic users in it" or whatever, I'd... at least like more of a chance to add the needed sources before the page is deleted for good. Tamtrible (talk) 07:42, 4 October 2017 (UTC) I put a lot of work into the page, and at least a few other people contributed as well. And I was trying to get more contributions. It was getting better. Tamtrible (talk) 07:49, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
OK, but this is not a reason to undo the deletion, because the sources you collected didn't convince the other people in the deletion discussion. These sources also do not address the problem that the article content was original research because you just threw a lot of sources on a talk page instead of referencing the content that was actually in the article. Sandstein 07:59, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure if anyone *saw* the sources I collected. And the original research problem may be from a faulty (or at least non-universal) interpretation of what constitutes "original research". I am not the only one of the opinion that saying that a book with a character that the people in the book call a vampire or a werewolf or a mermaid or whatever has same in it is not "original research", because it's not deep interpretation, it's just "Yep, vampire, check." And the fact that at least one person flat-out called it "fancruft", and several others made similar comments, suggests that at least some of the people were voting against it more because they, personally, didn't see it as interesting than because the article itself was poorly written or non-notable. I refer you to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fancruft#Policy_relating_to_fancruft . Tamtrible (talk) 16:51, 4 October 2017 (UTC) I also point you towards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft#Don.27t_call_things_cruft . Tamtrible (talk) 17:00, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
Your opinion is noted, but I am not interested in discussing this further. Sandstein 17:49, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
" I'm not sure that the original deletion discussion had quite reached a consensus, and I think a lot of the people voting against it voted the way they did more because the subject was not interesting to them personally than because it legitimately was inappropriate or whatever. Possibly including the administrator who closed the deletion discussion. I admit that the page needed some work, and I was trying to recruit other interested parties to improve it when the deletion came up.
Opinion?
Also, if it is appropriate to get a deletion review, I'm not quite sure I'm parsing how to list it. Tamtrible (talk) 09:16, 7 October 2017 (UTC)