Imaginelenin

Retired This user is no longer active on Wikipedia. Today and Yesterday I had two articles put up for speedy deletion. The last one, "Good Germans" (see below), was put up for deletion by User Arthistorian1977 4 minutes after I created an article. "'Notability purges' are being executed throughout Wikipedia by empire-building, wannabe tin-pot dictators masquerading as humble editors." "There are some people on Wikipedia now who are just bullies, who take pleasure in wrecking ...They poke articles full of warnings and citation-needed notes and deletion prods till the topics go away. -- The Charms of Wikipedia By Nicholson Baker The New York Review of Books. I don't have time or patience to deal with passive aggressive editors. Life is to short. I hope that if User:Arthistorian1977 tries to become an administrator, this case will be brought up by editors in his nomination. Imaginelenin (talk) 14:55, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

hello!

January 2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Good Germans, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 14:40, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Good Germans

Your article was fine. Some editors are just jerks toward new editors. Some of them think only experienced editors belong creating articles. They're wrong. Ignore them. It's not a speedy deletion candidate. It's a perfectly fine article. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 15:35, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

User:A lad insane Calling someone a jerk is quite offensive and not polite. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 15:39, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

For a related discussion, see User talk:Tony1#December 2017 downwards. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:07, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Arthistorian1977, tagging an article for deletion within 7 minutes, particularly one with a 'Under construction' template, is also offensive and not polite. PROD or move to draft. But your action has lost us a new, good faith editor. NPR is a user right that can easily be revoked, but I prefer to AGF that you erred here. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:24, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Kudpung, for which I already apologised at least twice. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 18:29, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry Arthistorian1977 - I missed that, But that's why I AGF anyway. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:49, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

@Arthistorian1977: (Sorry for the delayed reply, I was at school.) I admit it, I shouldn't have used that word, but I was not referring to you, I was referring to the CSD tag. I apologize if it came off as offensive. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 23:28, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

@A lad insane: Peace. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 09:26, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

@Arthistorian1977: And the same to you. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 15:46, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

• Just so that we all know: Ref #1: The NYT article cited is an Op-Ed piece by columnist Frank Rich. The phrase Good Germans was used once and not in any context that would accord notability to the Wikipedia article. Ref, #2 is a link to the Wikipedia article about the NYT; it cannot be verified. Ref #3: In the BT unsigned report Gambaccini is reported as having used the term Good Germans . These are very weak references but I would have declined a CSD and probably issued a WP:PROD with a request to provide more sources within the 7 days grace.

Such Wikipedia articles require a lot of research. Frederick Taylor (2011) Exorcising Hitler, 417 pages, Bloomsbury Publishing, London ISBN 9871408822128, is an in-depth, non-fiction about this very topic - 'The Occupation and Denazification of Germany'. However, although I read the book when it was published, and again more recently when I was doing some research for a Wikipedia article by K.e.coffman, I can't remember if he actually used the term 'Good Germans'. That said, there are literally h–undreds of books on the subject and sources shouldn't be too hard to find even if they are not necessarily on the Internet. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Most of the content in the article appears to have been copied from the copyright web page https://www.opednews.com/populum/page.php?f=The-Danger-Of-Becoming-Goo-by-Michael-Weber-090326-835.html. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:52, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

All this "dramah" and everyone missed the copyvio.. Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:57, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett

On 30 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the height of the Cold War, an American visiting Russia received a seven-year sentence for spying? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Proposed deletion of Operation Lincoln

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