User talk:Liz

Hi Liz, I found out that you was the person responsible for deleting article Napalm: The Crimson Crisis - Amiga game from 1998. The article is now undeleted with significant amount of sources existing.

^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} Asceno (talk) 14:56, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Asceno,

I did delete this article in 2021. It was an expired PROD. You should know with PRODs that another editor is identifying problems they see with an article and the admin simply acts on the tagging after 7 days if it looks like it was a valid PROD tagging. So, that's what I was doing, responding to the tagging, not evaluating the article. Deleted PRODs can be restored by making a request to any admin or going to WP:REFUND with a request. It looks like you did the right thing during a period when I wasn't responding to talk page messages promptly and I apologize for that.

Looks like the article has been restore and you are working on improving it. If I can help in other ways, let me know and I promise, you won't have to wait another 2 months for an answer. Have a great summer weekend! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:04, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi Liz,

it is totaly ok. That game was notable, but wikipedia article was just few lines long. I understand why you delete that article at that point of time.

Now the article has proper sourcing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm:_The_Crimson_Crisis

Thank you for your work :)

You created a lot of value in long term :) Asceno (talk) 15:32, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

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Greetings Liz. I will appear as new user. However, I previously edited many articles as user "Peteycat" but was unable to recover my password and so I set up this new account.

I wanted to create an article on the Rock Lititz stage production facility however I discovered one was previosly attempted and deleted by you. I tried to restore the draft to look at but it was blank. Do you have any insight into the deletion? Was it because the subject was deemed unworthy or was it an adminstrative issue?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&create=Create+new+article+draft&editintro=Template%3AAfC+draft+editintro&preload=Template%3AAfc+preload%2Fdraft&summary=--+Draft+creation+using+the+%5B%5BWP%3AArticle+wizard%5D%5D+--&title=Draft%3ARock+Lititz

I don't want to start an article if the subject has already been rejected. - John

Chartrons (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:01, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Chartrons,

I apologize for the delay in responding to you. I did delete this draft, Draft:Rock Lititz, as a stale draft, CSD G13, which is a standard process we do here for drafts that are considered "abandoned" that haven't had any human edits to the page in six months. Then you requested that the draft be restored and an admin did so. You have continued to work on the draft. Everything went according to policy and all content has been restored. I'm not sure if there is any other way I can help. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:41, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Liz,

Thank you for reaching out.

Can I delete the Pink Decclined Submission blocks?

John Chartrons (talk) 01:40, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Chartrons, those blocks help reviewers reference the history of the article and understand what aspects needed closer attention. You can continue to edit the draft below the blocks. Drew Stanley (talk) 01:42, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Liz, how are you? – busy as ever, it seems! In relation to this deletion (and perhaps other similar ones?), could I ask you to kindly take a look at User talk:Epicgenius#U1 deletion? or indeed this. It seems that that page was inappropriately moved to user-space and then improperly tagged for speedy deletion. Many thanks, regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:22, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Justlettersandnumbers,

Just catching up with some messages that it's taken me a while to respond to. I'm sorry for the delay.

I read this exchange with Epic genius at User_talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2026/Apr#h-U1_deletion?-20260405094400 which made perfect sense. Over the years, we have occasionally had problems with some editors who move bad articles or drafts to their User space and then tag them for speedy deletion as a CSD U1. I no longer patrol CSD categories any longer but those admins who do need to carefully check articles in User space that are tagged CSD U1. It looks like my role was in deleting a broken redirect. But I'll certainly be careful and I hope other admins will, too.

Do you consider this incident resolved or does more action need to be taken? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:56, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

I keep trying to fix this link, unsuccessfully. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:59, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Liz, thanks for ping and the reply. As far as I'm concerned this is now water under the bridge. You've probably seen that a few days after posting here I undeleted, moved, reverted and re-deleted that specific page. I didn't check whether you'd deleted other similar pages improperly moved by the same user, but I suppose that if you did, those deletions should probably also be undone. I was not sure of our policy in this situation, so am grateful to Epicgenius for clarification here. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:48, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers, thanks for the heads up. To my knowledge I haven't deleted any other pages by that user (or any others) which were improperly moved to userspace and tagged with U1 or G7. But yeah, if the tagging user isn't the only major contributor to the page before and after it was moved to userspace, the U1 and G7 criteria wouldn't be applicable, and the page should not be deleted.

@Liz, if you were interested, the correct link to the discussion is here. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:30, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Epicgenius. I don't know why all my attempts failed. Much appreciated. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:33, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion.

The problem was mostly in one set of categories. I moved a lot of pages from "terrorism" categories to "political violence" categories, because I hadn't noticed that label is used differently for groups vs incidents until somebody pointed this out. This left a set of newly created "terrorism" categories empty.

I've been asking HB about any new categories that I expect will be controversial before I create them, but I hadn't noticed that sometimes a group's actions are in terrorism categories without the group being in similarly named categories.

The other G7 have been occasional typos. I usually check if a category can be filled before creating it, I just hadn't noticed the groups vs incidents difference.

Archives: I find it difficult to read long talk pages, so I set the max size of my automated talk archives quite small. When I manually archive, I don't save individual messages, but I start a new page for a new issue or topic sometimes.

Late Night Coffee (talk) 06:34, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Late Night Coffee,

I'm getting around to reviewing some older messages on my User talk page and came across this one. Is there a continuing problem here that needs to be addressed? If so, let me know. If everything is resolved, well, that's great. The longer we edit here, the more we learn and improve our editing skills. Hope your life is going well. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:09, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:09, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

I have found a source (https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1935PA.....43....7P) which goes into the details of this eclipse in, what is in my opinion, sufficient detail to pass GNG (which eclipse articles currently use). 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 00:19, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Kepler-1229b,

It looks like you had some questions about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solar eclipse of January 5, 1935. Generally when an editor wants to work on an article to overcome a past AFD decision to delete or redirect, we advise them to work on a new version in Draft space and submit it for review with AFC. If you just undo an AFD decision on your war, it can unfortunately lead to edit wars or CSD G4 article deletions. It's better to take the slow route which can result in a permanent change. How is your work on this article going? Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:14, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

It's been a while and I've forgotten about the article. I might expand on it soon and try to get it approved. Thanks for the reminder. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 01:17, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

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Where do events go if they're not historical analysis? Some places have a military history category, so I've been putting things related to these in history for that don't have a military history category. Is there a better place to put events? Late Night Coffee (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Late Night Coffee,

In situations like this, it's helpful to be specific rather than make a general statement. What subjects are you working with? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:16, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Liz. Re your removal of the CSD template at Draft:R. Jayachandran, I'm not sure if you saw my note on the Talk page. This draft is similar to Draft:R Jayachandran, which has been deleted as an attack page - in case that changes your view. Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 06:22, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Tacyarg,

It looks like this draft has already been deleted for a different reason entirely since I declined your deletion request. Did you have any further questions about it? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:10, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 April 18 § Single-article non-resident ambassadors on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 08:10, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. It looks like this discussion has closed but continued with other ones about this same topic. One day, we'll get them all taken care of. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:14, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello Liz,

Just messaging here in response to the nominations of Teng-5 & Cirt-5 categories for deletion just in case it may be missed. Yes, they were empty at time of your edits and posts, I had two pages ready to use them & was waiting for the category fields to update. When they did update, I went to remove the deletion tags as instructed, but couldn't as I had created the pages, so I posted a request for each page to remove them. Hope this clarifies the matter. All the best. EruannoVG (talk) 11:57, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, EruannoVG,

Thanks for letting me know. The great thing about CSD C1 empty category deletions is if the category is needed in the future, it can easily be restored. It's just important that you don't get ahead of yourself. Don't start making categories before they are going to be used. I hope this has been resolved now. Let me know if this isn't so. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:17, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey, Liz. Long time no see. I need your help. I am having a problem with a user. He has personally attacked me over my AFD nomination of a musician all because I believed it was "littered" with non-primary sources other than a movie review site and social media links, but lack with little magazine references. The user's name is @RandomEditor6772314. Please talk to him. I did not take a 6 month break from WP to come back and get blasted for what I did under my opinion. Darrion N. Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 13:38, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Darrion N. Brown,

Sorry for the delay in responding to your message from April. It looks like you haven't edited for the past few weeks but when you lot back in, work for a week or two and let me know if you are still having problems. Sometimes differences between editors can die down when we take a break from editing and people move on to other concerns. Hope all is well with you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:57, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, Liz. All is well. Darrion N. Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 06:06, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

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Hello. Could you please undelete Category:Saudi Arabia articles needing expert attention.

RATIONALE

It has the {{Empty category}} template. In the future, it's not impossible that pages may populate this category. The category must exist in order for pages to populate it. If the category is deleted and pages later are tagged with Expert Needed (in this specific topic), the category will not show as a redlinked one at the bottom of the article. See aslo CFD. Utfor (talk) 01:37, 20 April 2026 (UTC) Edited by Utfor (talk) 01:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Did we stop deleting them? Maybe you want to copy Quarry 79440 to your arsenal? Best, Sam Sailor 05:46, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Sam,

Sorry for the delay in responding to your query. I'm not sure what exactly "NS4 → NS0 Rs" are and I ran Quarry 79440 and I can't discern what the resulting list means. What are these pages? If you could help translating some of the coded information here, I'll try to keep out of your way. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:14, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

The query generates a list of redirects from the Wikipedia namespace (NS4) to the main namespace (NS0), e.g.

• WP:Alfanar_Projects - Alfanar_Projects
• WP:Ali_El_Hammami - Ali_El_Hammami
• WP:Alonzo_Gaffeny - Alonzo_Gaffney
• WP:Anna_McCarthy - Anna_McCarthy

In most cases, the redirects are a result of a move from the user or draft namespace to the Wikipedia namespace before they get correctly moved to the main namespace. We used to delete them as db-error G6. I hardly ever run the query. Best, Sam Sailor 18:05, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Sam,

I appreciate the attempt at an explanation but I still don't understand what these codes mean or when I can expect to encounter them. I don't know these numbers. I don't see many examples of pages being moved from User/Draft namespaces to the Wikipedia namespace. Most of the time, editors moving any pages into the project, Wikipedia namespace, are making a mistake. I can't think of a valid reason for a page move from User/Draft space to Wikipedia space. If we are not supposed to delete these mistakes as "errors", is there another CSD criteria that would be appropriate?

If you don't want to continue this discussion, that's fine with me. I was just chided for not responding to editors so I'm trying to do better even if the queries are from April. I hope you have a great summer! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:46, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Please delete User:Polygnotus/Data/Editwars.json and User:PolygnotusBot/editwar.json. Thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 06:15, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 00:02, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, User:Chaotic Enby. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:07, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Were you aware that Mason has been removing pages from categories I created? You told me in March to not leave categories empty and I followed your instructions. All the categories I've seen you mark as empty this week had pages or subcategories in them that were removed by Mason. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 12:13, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, LateNightCoffee,

I apologize for the delay in responding. It looks like all of these categories have been dealt with and this is not currently an outstanding problem. I think the message we were all trying to get across to you was to "Slow down" and not mass produce categories on a narrow topic. Between Mason, you, me, CFD and CSD C1, it looks like this has all been addressed. Let me know if this is still an issue. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:10, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

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• Annual Planning: The Wikimedia Foundation published the draft Annual Plan for the coming fiscal year (2026–2027) which will focus on four main goals that directly respond to the external trends. The goals include increasing our reach, deepening engagement, protecting our projects and building speed and resilience to enable the change needed to respond to the internet being at an inflection point. Feedback welcome on the talk page and many other places.
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• Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions crossed 4,000 functions, with subtracting two complex numbers as the 4,000th function. Also, Abstract Wikipedia reached 1,000 articles. The article about the famous Indian Brahmin Chanakya marked this milestone.
• Reading lists now a beta feature: New accounts are now opted into Reading lists by default on all Wikipedia wikis. This brings the "Save pages" feature to the web, which has been popular in mobile apps. For users in the beta, a "Save page" (bookmark) button appears in the toolbar on every page. The watch/unwatch (star) option moves to the tools menu. The "Watchlist" button in the top navigation shifts to the user menu. A new "Saved pages" button takes its place. In June, the feature will be available to all users and a user preference will be added to choose between two sets of buttons: Watch + Watchlist or Save + Saved list. The other set will be in the tool and user menus.
• Structured Contents: Article Images and Lists now in Structured Contents payloads.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News weeks 16 and 17 include CodeMirror 6 being promoted out of beta on Tuesday, April 21. See also the 45 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• Wikimedia Research Fund submissions in review: The submission period for this year's Wikimedia Research Fund is now closed. The technical and internal reviews of the proposals have begun.
• Events and conferences: Take a look at the different community events happening later this year: ESEAP Conference (May 15-17), WikiConference India (Sep 4-6), WikiConference North America (Sep 24-27), Language Diversity Conference (Oct 2 to 4), Queering Wiki (Oct 23-25), WikiArabia (Nov 6-8).
• Around the puzzle globe in the America region: More than 60 people joined America call to discuss the annual plan and the global trends impacting the movement. Participants came from across the region, and the audience included a mix of affiliates from LATAM, online contributors, and users with extended rights.
• Transparency Report: The Wikimedia Foundation published a transparency report covering July to December 2025.

Board and Board committee updates
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• Board selection process: The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is reviewing and improving how it selects new members. The goal is to ensure that there is the right mix of expertise and community representation on the board. Join the conversation and share your ideas on the talk page.

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MediaWiki message delivery 04:21, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

both closed AfDs i've come upon while doing what i'm currently doing were closed by you User "Oreocooke" (speak of the sun and it shines) 04:59, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:24, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Liz, I want to let you know that I have just completed a new page for John Fabian Carlson. I am letting your know this because I see that you previously deleted a page by the same name. I carefully listed the references for this page and I hope it meets with your approval. John Fabian Carlson was a significant artist in his day and I believe deserving of a quality Wikipedia page. Thank you. BuffaloBob (talk) BuffaloBob (talk) 14:46, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, BuffaloBob,

It's hard to see why this article was deleted before. If it was moved at some point, some of the information might be in the page log at another page title. But as far as I see, there are no issues with your new article and it's been accepted. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:08, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I just created Category:Botanical gardens in Belize 13 minutes ago for Belize Botanic Gardens, and you're already trying to delete it? Clarityfiend (talk) 23:43, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Clarityfiend,

I do scans about 4 or 5 times a working day, looking for empty categories that should be tagged and I'm sorry I did one so soon after you created this category. As you can see, I untagged the category and it was not deleted. I apologize for the timing but it was a coincidence, I'm not stalking you or anyone else. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:02, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2026).

Administrator changes

• Deepfriedokra

• EvanProdromou
• Wouterstomp

Interface administrator changes

L235

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CheckUser changes

• TheresNoTime
• Versageek

Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
• The autoconfirmed user group will soon be modified such that the four-day account age requirement begins when an account makes its first edit (T418484).

Arbitration

• The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
• Per a recent motion, appeals of blocks from the conflict-of-interest VRT queue are, by default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process. However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for desysopping.
• Per a recent motion, restrictions issued directly by the Committee may now be enforced with blocks which work exactly like contentious topic blocks.
• The arbitration case Maghreb has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The May 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from April 29 to May 19. The call for candidates ends May 5.
• The 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is scheduled to run from April 25 to June 1. Candidacy submissions close on May 10.
• A new noticeboard for non-urgent, batch page protection requests has been created, primarily for the enforcement of contentious topic restrictions.

Dear Liz, My name is Nate, and I'm currently applying for medical school. I had a page in my sandbox titled "C22orf42". It's a project I've really invested a lot of time in and have tried to locate. I'm completely new to Wikipedia, and would like to showcase my article to board administrators at prospective schools I'm applying to. May you assist me with this? Any help is truly appreciated. Thank you! Steph921 (talk) 14:16, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Steph921,

I apologize for the delay in responding to your request. A bot tagged User:Steph921/sandbox for U6 speedy deletion because it hadn't been edited in many months and believed it was an abandoned user page. I have restore it to your User space. Good luck with med school! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:34, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Liz, It looks like you deleted categories in this tree as part of maintenance. From my understanding that is because the categories were emptied due to this edit diff There wasn't a discussion in WP:Schools to depreciate these categories, could you restore them? Please explain if I have misunderstood how the banner works. Aloneinthewild (talk) 18:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Aloneinthewild,

It's not clear to me exactly what happened here because the category wasn't tagged as an CSD C1 empty category (even though it was one) so I don't know how I came across it. But it's now restored. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Please let me know if this has happened with other categories. We sometimes delete WikiProject empty categories if a Project is declared "defunct" or "inactive" but that's not what happened here. Again, my apologies. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

No problem, it would also need the rest of the subcategories restoring. Category:FA-Class_school_articles, Category:GA-Class_school_articles, Category:B-Class_school_articles, Category:C-Class_school_articles, Category:Start-Class_school_articles, Category:Stub-Class_school_articles, Category:FL-Class_school_articles, Category:List-Class_school_articles Aloneinthewild (talk) 19:21, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done, plus a few others I stumbled across. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:32, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Aloneinthewild,

If you look at this list, you can see how an admin would think these categories should be deleted. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

The discussion phase of the May 2026 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

• May 8–12: Discussion phase (we are here)
• May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase
• Scrutineering phase

We are currently in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages are open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Discussion phase.

On 13 May, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for.

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

-- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Liz. The reason I am trying to get this one deleted is because the project is not using BL-class on its assessment scale, so it will never be used. It may have been used in the past, but now they are using the standard scale, which does not contain BL (or CL or AL). Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:56, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, MSGJ,

I don't even know what "BL" is supposed to stand for! It looks like there dozens of BL-class categories. Should we bring this to CFD or just ignore this category and others like it? Who is in charge of decisions regarding assessment categories? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:28, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Sacred area of the Kothon, Motya el.ziade (talkallam) 19:28, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

It was deleted because it was left unedited for six months. Request undeletion at WP:REFUND. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 19:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

@Elias Ziade: There is indeed a way to stop deleting your drafts which is for you to make an edit to them, even one tiny edit, before six months goes by and they are deemed abandoned. BD2412 T 20:03, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, User:Jéské Couriano and User:BD2412 for helping out. Yes, el.ziade, articles that are in Draft space or in User space, IF they have AFC tags on them, are considered abandoned and "stale drafts" (G13) if they go six months without a human edit. So going through your drafts twice a year and making a minor edit would remove this problem. Just know that a article that is deleted simply for being stale (G13 or U6) can usually be restored at WP:REFUND upon request. Happy editing! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:23, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you please explain why Draft:L'orgue mystique was a test page? I started it as a legit draft that I forgot about NightWolf1223 <Howl at me•My hunts> 13:24, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, NightWolf1223,

I apologize for the delay. Draft:L'orgue mystique was due to be deleted as a stale draft CSD G13 and I made a tagging mistake. Usually we only mark drafts as tests if they are blank pages and this clearly had some work put into it. I'm sorry but I sometimes handle hundreds of stale drafts a day and can make a mistake or two. I've restore it for you so you should have another six months. You might want to move the draft into User space where it won't be as easily subject to the G13 bot's rules. Good luck with your editing! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:18, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on April 25. Please help translate.

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Highlights

• Community Protection: Wikimedia Foundation secured Indonesian government’s commitment to user safety, privacy, and content integrity ahead of administrative registration in Indonesia.
• Stronger protections against bots: Wikimedia Foundation is replacing our CAPTCHA with a new approach to detect bad-faith activities without making things harder for users.
• Transparency Report: The Wikimedia Foundation has published its latest Transparency Report. This provides an overview of the work to protect Wikimedia projects and support the volunteer communities who handle the majority of content requests. Our users trust us to protect their identities against unlawful disclosure, and we take this responsibility seriously, granting only 1 of 30 requests for disclosure we received from July to December 2025.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Reading Challenge: As part of the 25th birthday celebrations, Wikipedia Mobile Apps launched a limited-time feature, the 25-day reading challenge with Baby Globe. This challenge encourages a daily habit of reading one Wikipedia article. The goal is to motivate users to come back to the app regularly.
• Latest experiments: One upcoming experiment is introducing the Incident Reporting System (IRS) to help contributors easily find the right place to seek help when facing harassment or other issues. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Change in how new users are autoconfirmed: The account age for autoconfirmed users will now start from their first edit, not the registration date. This is to avoid exploitation by vandals. This change will only apply to wikis that require at least one edit for autoconfirmation.
• Organized Reading lists: All Wikipedia users with new accounts and those who activated the “automatically enable most beta features” option can now use the reading lists beta feature. This lets you save articles for later reading and keep it organized in one place for easy access.
• Thumbnail size preferences: Default thumbnail size preference for article content is now limited to three sizes: Small (180px), Regular (250px), and Large (400px). This change aims to improve performance and reduce strain on thumbnail services. Current preferences will shift to the nearest new size.
• Wikifunctions: To make the development of Abstract Wikipedia visible, the Foundation is requesting your input: which metrics about Abstract Wikipedia pages do you deem important?
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News weeks 18 and 19 include improvements on Global Watchlist. See also the 62 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events

• Annual Planning: We welcome your feedback on the main talk page for the 2026–2027 draft Annual Plan and many other places for the coming fiscal year.
• Wikimania: Wikimania is a joyful event. It is a chance to celebrate our community and projects, share ideas and information, build connections among Wikimedians, and inspire and develop future projects. If you and your community are interested in hosting Wikimania in 2028 and 2029 submit an expressions of interest.
• Community Conferences: The Foundation is supporting 15 strategic, diverse, and critical convenings taking place in 2026 and 2027, bringing together approximately 1800 Wikimedians across various regions, themes, and language communities.
• Don't blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Wiki Loves Monuments: The winners of the 2025 Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest are announced.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan

• Enterprise: How CivicLens Uses Wikidata APIs to Make Civic Data More Accessible.

Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Wikinews closure: All Wikinews have been closed and switched to read-only mode. Content will remain accessible, but no new edits or articles will be able to be added. This closure was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation following extended discussions.
• Affcom News: Read the latest issue of AffCom News (January-March 2026) to learn more about the latest news about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
• Model for affiliates to support contributors through tools: The Product and Technology Advisory Council has published draft recommendations on a model that affiliates can follow when contributing to the technical space.
• Grantmaking: The Global Resource Distribution Committee closed their request for feedback on three initial questions about grantmaking, and published their monthly update for April.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news
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MediaWiki message delivery 19:58, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

The voting phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started and will continue until 19 May 2026 at 23:59 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Voting phase.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

• May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase (we are here)
• Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote has a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall candidates must achieve 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:10, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Hey, I've noticed that you deleted my sandbox page. I was wondering if you could restore my page since I was working on those drafts. If you can't restore the page, can you at least provide an alternative to restore said page, if not secure it? Rager7 (talk) 00:50, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've restored it for you, Rager7. Typically you don't want a page you're using to have a redirect—just use a normal link instead. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:59, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Extraordinary Writ and yeah, I don't know why my sandbox page was a redirect for some reason. Rager7 (talk) 22:09, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Rager7,

Sorry for the delay in responding to your questions. The history of this page is hard to follow as it has changed titles and namespaces several times but I can offer some advice in general to editors who use their User space a lot.

Primarily, do not put any AFC tags on your drafts until it is time to submit them to AFC for a review. We have a very efficient bot, User:DreamRimmer and if any page in Draft space or pages in User space with AFC go six months without an editor working on them, they are tagged for speedy deletion as a stale draft, CSD G13. If there are no AFC tags on a draft in User space, the bot will not bother them. So, you are going to be working on a draft over a long period of time and you know that you won't be submitting it for a while, just leave off any AFC tags until that time comes. OR, and this might be better, make sure that every few months, you make an edit on each draft you have and the bot will ignore them. It doesn't have to be a big edit, just some act that will cause the bot to believe you are working on the page.

But if this happens again and a page in Draft or User space gets deleted simply for being left alone too long like G13 or U6 (and no other reason), know that you can go to WP:REFUND and ask for it to be restored. As far as broken redirects go, I'm not sure what happened there but just remove the broken redirect content as soon as you are aware of it and things should be fine. Happy editing! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:10, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, Liz. Rager7 (talk) 23:14, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello Liz,

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026.

PageTriage

An attempt was made to get the New Pages Feed to sort by date marked as reviewed instead of date created. However we had to revert it due to bugs. We may try again in the future. You can subscribe to the Phabricator ticket if you're interested in following along.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Artlist. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ~2026-29052-60 (talk) 03:23, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. As you have been blocked and the discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2026 May 15 has been closed, there is nothing left here to do. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:56, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hey, I am preparing a revised draft regarding Shubham Singh (industrialist) following the earlier deletion discussion. Since the previous draft, additional independent coverage has appeared in publications including Business Today, Outlook India, and other media covering Bihar’s ethanol sector and industrial activity. I have substantially rewritten the article to remove promotional language, and better align with Wikipedia’s notability and neutrality guidelines. I also intend to disclose a conflict of interest while submitting through AfC. Before resubmitting, I was asked to contact you, can you please help if i can submit though AFC or not ? Thank You. Vijaysinghrajput (talk) 15:37, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Vijaysinghrajput,

It looks like Draft:Shubham Singh (industrialist) was deleted and you have been blocked as a sockpuppet and UPE so this matter is resolved but not in a way I'm sure you wanted. Good luck with your other life endeavors off this platform. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:46, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

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cheers, anastrophe, an editor he is. 07:39, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Liz, I would like to request to restore the page on draft space so that I can improve the page. Thank you in advance ScottishFootballObseasive (talk) ScottishFootballObseasive (talk) 09:28, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Please do not restore without taking comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Ormiston into account — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:47, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

MSGJ, you are everywhere I am not! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:42, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

I would like to request to restore the page on draft space so that I can improve the page. Thank you in advance ScottishFootballObseasive (talk) ScottishFootballObseasive (talk) 09:28, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

@ScottishFootballObseasive  Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:45, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

And here, too. Thank you, MSGJ. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:41, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you undelete that draft to restore the editing history? Once it appeared on my watchlist with the bot's G13 tag, I started editing it to clean it up. Sometime while I did that, it appears you deleted it, so my copy edit recreated the draft, but the attribution history has been lost. Imzadi 1979 → 19:39, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:41, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, MSGJ. I appreciate you picking up the slack here. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:40, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello Liz, can you explain your redirect creation at WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 15 § Al Shami (singer)? Jay 💬 06:44, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Now relisted at WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 23 § Al Shami (singer). Jay 💬 05:19, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Liz, you have been active on wikipedia, but just not checking the talk page. Jay 💬 08:46, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Jay,

I'm very sorry for my delay in responding. This week is "Catch up with User Talk page messages Week". It's been a while since I've run into you and I hope you are well.

So, this article has a complicated history. When it was an article, it was discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al-Shami and the decision was to turn it into a redirect. Over time, an editor decided to turn it from a redirect back into an article. Later, another editor, inappropriately, I think, moved this newly created article back to Draft space even though I think the article was too old to do so. I think it should have been reverted back into a Redirect which was the AFD decision unless that decision was contested and consensus had changed.

So, after months of inactivity, this forgotten draft was due to be deleted CSD G13 for being a stale draft. Since for years it served a purpose as a redirect, I decided rather than delete the draft, I'd restore it back to its redirect status, according to the AFD. I have no stake in this page and whether or not the community wants to delete this redirect or move it back to Draft space is up to your good decision. I will post a link at the RFD to my comments here.

Again, I apologize that you had to wait and thank you for all of the good that you do here. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:20, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

No issues! I didn't know of your weekly pattern. Jay 💬 21:49, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I have a problem with a user and he suggested I should have talk to you about it. there was a discussion here about redirecting a page. I wasn't involved at the time, didn't know such discussion is happening. 5 months later when the discussion was done and nobody had redirected the page, I removed the tag and improve the page to make it better. now someone insists on redirecting that page because of the discussion in 2024. so what should I do now? how I can undo the redirect or re-open the discussion. sorry if this is not your business but I didn't know who else to ask this. thanks Sports2021 (talk) 21:37, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Sports2021,

This is not a quick and easy fix because what you are asking for is a reevaluation of an AFD decision which are often seen as final. I see two options and you can try either one but not at the same time.

You can go to RFD and ask to undo the redirection decision of Soft tennis at the 2022 Asian Games – Mixed doubles. I'm not a regular at RFD but I know sometimes a redirect is restored to an article and resubmitted to AFD for a review. This is a little risky because if your version of the article is not accepted, that is kind of a second final decision.

The other option is to take the content you wrote and create Draft:Soft tennis at the 2022 Asian Games – Mixed doubles and submit it to AFC. This is the only way I know of that can overturn an AFD decision and doing it this way would allow you to work on improving the draft article before it is submitted.

But please do not get into an edit war with editors and keep restoring the article in main space back into an article and have other editor undo your changes. They are acting according to policy and it could end up going to WP:ANEW and you could end up sanctioned. Take the slower but safer routed. If your version IS approved, that would be much more secure. Good luck! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:05, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

I didn't notice your answer until now, Thanks a lot for your time and your advice. looks like I should go the second path and create a draft article. just out of curiosity I'm a bit confused, if an AFD decision results in deletion, someone can easily re-create the article and it needs another AFD to get it deleted again but looks like undoing a redirect is much more complicated than deletion, I assumed It should be vice-versa. again thanks for your time. Sports2021 (talk) 02:57, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Liz, this draft I had worked on for more than 3 months. I kept on adding content with an aim to make it article-ready in a year or so, after being reviewed by administrators.

Some editor whose contribution logs are suspicious, changed the draft, and moved the page to Articles, which was deleted and rightly so.

I request you to restore the version that was there before this user edited my version and then shifted this draft to articles, or help me by sending the version in some manner. MumbaiUser123 (talk) 19:33, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, MumbaiUser123,

First, I deleted broken redirects so actually, I have never directed this article or a draft version. But you are right, the draft shouldn't have been moved to main space. Another version was deleted through an AFD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashwin Srivastava and the only way that deletion can be overcome is to create a better draft version and submit to AFC for review.

As far as restoring your version, I think we need to ask User:Seraphimblade who actually did the deletion which was for CSD G11 promotional content. You can go to their User talk page and inquire there of maybe they will reply here. The situation is that MumbaiUser123 was working on a draft version and an inexperienced editor moved it to main space where it was deleted. Seraphimblade, how would you feel about restoring the article back to Draft space and let MumbaiUser123 continue to improve it and submit it for AFC review? You have protected the main space title so it can't be moved again until it's been approved. What do you think? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:49, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

I looked at the last version of the draft which was being written by MumbaiUser123, as it's generally my practice to look at prior versions of articles I delete under G11, since if one can revert to a non-spam version that is preferred over G11 deletion. That was still a G11-level CV, and I oppose restoring it to any namespace. My general offer, with advertisements, is that I will provide a list of the sources used in the deleted version to any editor who wants them, but I will not restore any of the text since that will need a total rewrite. I would stand by that here. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 21:15, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Ok, noted. Thanks for the response. MumbaiUser123 (talk) 14:18, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi, You deleted this draft a few months ago. With your permission, I would like to submit another better version for this surgical society.

Thanks Elmmag (talk) 09:12, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello,

I assume you are talking about Draft:International Pediatric Endosurgery Group? You should feel free to write a better draft and, I hope you know, that drafts that have been deleted due to inactivity (CSD G13) can usually be restored. Any admin can do this or you can make a request at WP:REFUND. Just let us know. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:39, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, User:TechnoSquirrel69,

Thanks, I hope to actually come to this one in June. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:36, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

That's great to hear — I'd love to meet you if you have the time! You may want to register for the event just in case, so you get any emails I might need to send to the participants. Hope to see you there. :) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:21, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Liz—hope you are doing well! Looking at your talk page, I see 21 outstanding requests to reconsider admin actions you made:

Per WP:ADMINACCT, all of these requests require a response from you. There are some other outstanding threads which I think you ought to respond to, but a response is not required by ADMINACCT.

I don't want this to go to AN, let alone recall or ArbCom. But this is a problem, and I hope you will take the time to address it. I remain deeply appreciative of all the work you do for Wikipedia, and please let me know if I can be helpful in any way. Best regards, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:56, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, House,

You are totally right. This is bad. I've alway been slow to respond on my user talk page over the years but I just neglected it and busied myself with other tasks. Part of this is that when I do communicate, it's not with one sentence but often with paragraphs of content. Also, I've had some stressful issues (health, housing, etc.) in my offline life that has caused me to want to reduce time spent communicating with others but that's never an excuse for admin accountability. I'll get started on this today and over the next few days I'll have responded to them all. Thanks for taking the time to bring this to my attention as a friend instead of a drill sargeant. And I apprexiate you, too. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:33, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Again, let me know if there is anything I can with :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 20:41, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for responding to a some messages! I'm going to be kind by being direct here, because I don't want this to escalate further. You archived some of the aforementioned requests without responding to them (if I've got it right, they're question numbers 2–7). Given it's been so long since they were asked, perhaps you could follow up on the users' talk pages? There are also many unarchived, outstanding questions, and I'd strongly encourage you to devote your energies to replying to them rather than doing more admin tasks, like G13s or C1s. There's over 800 admins who can do that work, but you're the only one who can answer these questions. Again, I appreciate all you do. Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 07:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, HouseBlaster,

I didn't archive the page to avoid the questions, I did so because I receive regular complaints that my User talk page is too full and to please clean it out. But I will do as you ask. I thought I made a good start replying to a couple dozen messages at the beginning of the week but I also have off-line demands to tend to that have serious consequences for me. I appreciate the follow-up and I will, of course, take your advice. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:27, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

You've made 20 edits in the 20 minutes since this message, none of them responding to the messages. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:50, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Liz - if some of these can be assigned to another admin, I'm happy to help. Feel free to ping me. Kind regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 02:10, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Fate of most of these:

1. Responded to by Liz.
2. Solved by someone else.
3. Handled by Liz.
4. Sufficiently obsolete that there's nothing that can be done her.e
5. Handled by me.
6. Handled at DRV.
7. (With the caveat that I'm INVOLVED here) This is an attempt to collaterally attack an AfD on the basis of substantive arguments long after it was closed. Wikipedia procedures rightly give no forum for these complaints, and given that this is now seven-months old I think ignoring it is the best outcome.
8. Handled by me.
9. Answered by me.
10. Overtaken by events (Ferns N Petals now exists) to the point that this no longer needs a reply IMO.
11. <still needs a response>
12. <still needs a response>
13. Overtaken by events
14. Now responded to by Liz
15. Now responded to by Liz
16. Responded to by Liz
17. Handled by MSGJ
18. Handled by MSGJ
19. Handled by MSJ
20. Responded to by Liz
21. Responded to by Liz

Liz, could you please respond to #10 and #1111 and 12 above? I think it's best that you, rather than some other admin, decide how to deal with those pending ancient draftification requests rather than some other admin. * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 17:43, 18 July 2026 (UTC) (edited 18:03, 18 July 2026 (UTC))

Hi Liz. I am a survivor of a terrible accident but as a conten-driven user I am very relaxed about editing, and categorizing. It has been a while since I have been able to access the internet. Can I ask you a question? Because the recent speedy deletions seems strange to me in my discussion, sent by you. We are a global movement. But I cannot understand this. With Regards. Sazwar (talk) 08:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Sazwar,

You are going to have to be more specific here because I can't answer your questions without some additional information. Can you provide me with some titles of deleted pages? And who is "we"? Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:52, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey Liz again. I think some categories are intentionally has been emptied in advance so that they can be quickly deleted. For example, why is there no social writer in Iran or Iraq? I added some categories myself. In my opinion, it is better to give the MENA region more time to develop its subcategories. Isn't that better? Sazwar (talk) 03:34, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Sazwar,

Please do not adopt a conspiracy mindset. Most editors on Wikipedia have a limited time they can spend editing here and focus on subjects they care about, not sabotaging other areas. The fact of the matter is that most people have a narrow set of issues they are interested in and subjects that you care a lot about may not be areas of interest in them. The hardest problem we have is attracting editors to spend their time on topics that are important and significant but that not many people want to devote their free time to. If you can reach out to other editors who share your interests through, for example, participation in a WikiProject, then our coverage generally rises in quality. Thank you for your interest in editing on this project. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:54, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

As a survivor of a genocide, the hardest thing I have, is my own life. Thank you so much for teaching me a good lesson. Thank you really. Sazwar (talk) 05:23, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

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(This message was sent to User:Liz and is being posted here due to a redirect.)

Hi Liz, I hope you’re having a good day. I’ve been working on the Sahnioxylon rajmahalense article, and I noticed that most of the content actually describes the genus Sahnioxylon rather than just the species. I’m considering whether it might be more appropriate to move the page to Sahnioxylon and reorganize it at the genus level. I’d really appreciate any thoughts you’re willing to share.

Thanks!

अथर्व कॉल (talk) 15:47, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, अथर्व कॉल,

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about this subject matter to offer an educated opinion. I encourage you to review the advice at Wikipedia:Requested moves so you can see whether a move is appropriate and whether you should file a request for another editor to handle the move. Also, the Teahouse is a great place to go with questions like this becuase more experienced editors review questions there so you'll have more editors who know about article moves offering you advice. I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Good luck! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:58, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

You rescued this in 2013. Can you please add reliable sources? Bearian (talk) 20:07, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Bearian,

13 years ago I added and removed a category from this page which I don't consider a "rescue" but maybe you are just teasing me. Things are kind of crazy right now, off-line, in my life and I don't do much content work these days but I'll give it a look. There are editors here who could manage this in 10 minutes so I'm not sure why you thought of me! Take care. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:19, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes, just kidding. It's in the hopper. Bearian (talk) 22:37, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

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No rush, no need to respond. Star Mississippi 01:28, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Responded to promptly. I'm trying to get better at doing this regularly, Star Mississippi. I appreciate the support. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:41, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi Liz - would you mind refuding International Organisation of Employers to my draft space please. You deleted it in January 2025. Given my long term involvement with organised labour issues, I thought better not to use the tools personally to deal with this one. Kind regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 02:06, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Goldsztajn,

 Done Happy to do so. You can find it at User:Goldsztajn/International Organisation of Employers. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:12, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you Goldsztajn (talk) 22:31, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Why did you undelete the empty draft categories after deleting them yourself? They have been empty and unused for a fairly long while and serve no purpose when there are far more feasible parent cats available. These are just a waste of space and overcategorization. I fail to see how retaining these is beneficial to the encycloepdia when most are for drafts of very specific subjects. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 01:39, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Adding onto that, much like drafts, we should not retain these categories in the hopes that someone makes drafts to populate them. Some of these cats only have one or a couple entries, not nearly enough to justify their existence. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 01:40, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, User:Trailblazer101,

I had an accident yesterday where I mass deleted all of the empty categories in Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion. They are supposed to sit there for 7 days to give editors time to check them before they are deleted because sometimes they are emptied "out of process". If you look at the deletion rationale for that deletion on 6/7, you'll see that it had an incorrect CSD criteria that I actually needed to use on a different page. I've been an admin for 11 years but I have only made this particular mistake once before years ago. So, my solution was to revert all of those category and category talk page deletions.

If those categories are still empty 7 days after they were tagged, they will be deleted, I assure you. But what you are responding to was a mistake on my part and edits that I made to "fix" it. I'm sorry if this was confusing. Please know though that categories that are deleted purely for being empty (CSD C1) can be recreated by any editor who thinks there is a current use for them so they can always be recreated in the future. This is not true for categories deleted through Categories for Discussion but it is true for empty categories. I hope this explanation is adequate, it was a rare incident and just happened to affect empty categories you tagged for speedy deletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:08, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Ohhh I see. Got ha. I was just curious because it seemed unusual. No worries. Thank you for the reply! — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 17:45, 8 June 2026 (UTC)