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Happy editing! Tarheel95 (Talk) 22:38, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm mostly active on the Hebrew Wikipedia (This is my user page), but I'll visit here too from time to time. TheStriker (talk) 22:42, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Speedy deletion of 2023 Hamra junction shooting

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The page 2023 Hamra junction shooting has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done for the following reason:

WP:G5 / Arbitration enforcement: WP:A/I/PIA, WP:ARBECR

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Hi TheStriker,
You may like to apply for the permission at WP:PERM/EC based on your hewiki experience, but I lack experience about whether such requests are usually granted. Asking doesn't hurt, though, I think. If you're extended-confirmed, either manually or later automatically, I'll restore the deleted contributions on request of course.
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Hello, I apologize for the mess and thank you for providing me the information regarding the topic. I was merely editing the Hebrew article and assumed that creating an English article won't hurt. Is there any chance of restoring the article into a draft? or it would require me to get the permission first? TheStriker (talk) 12:17, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
No worries at all. The content is definitely not lost; at very least I would send you its contents on request as soon as you're extended-confirmed. Drafts are affected by WP:ARBECR as well, though.
If an extended-confirmed user creates the article, perhaps as a small stub, you can then use the talk page of the article to propose adding exactly the text you had already written. That would be fine. If the article is created and you would like to do this, please notify me and I might send you the wikitext of your article for this purpose. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:46, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
@TheStriker / @ToBeFree - just a follow up, I granted +ECU per the WP:PERM request; I restored that page and it is currently at Draft:2023 Hamra junction shooting. I suggest using the "Submit the draft for review!" process on it, though that is not strictly required. You may use the "Move" function to move this page back to article space if you are sure it is ready. TBF, hope I didn't step on any toes here per your notes at PERM, please ping me on my talk if this needs administrative follow up. — xaosflux Talk 14:40, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much, Xaosflux!   Looks good to me! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:43, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you both for the help! I've sent the draft for review, maybe there are some grammatical errors to be fixed before uploading back to the article space. TheStriker (talk) 14:48, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Hm hm, I may have made a mistake by suggesting a permission request. Your input would be welcome at Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_permissions#Granting_extended_confirmed_on_discretionary_basis. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:39, 9 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Seems to be fine. Of course your opinion is still welcome, but I think you can keep the permission and no further input is necessary. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:08, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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