User talk:Scott Burley
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Udvash
Curious, did you check the references on Udvash before you declined that it was AI generated? Because those are pretty clearly, fake AI references... They don't exist or link to anything.... Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 02:10, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- They're broken and suspect but don't scan to me as clearly AI generated vs. a user not knowing how to format references. -- Scott Burley (talk) 03:25, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
Not promotional?
In an edit summary you said that Draft:Dominion Lending Centres is "not promotional". I'm wondering how promotional a page would have to look in order for you to see it as promotional. The draft looks unambiguously promotional to me, it looked promotional to MediaKyle, who gave that as a reason for declining a submission as an article for creation, and it looked promotional to Guninvalid, who gave it as a reason for a speedy deletion nomination. JBW (talk) 08:58, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- Speedy deletion under G11 is a higher bar than AfC. The text would need to be exclusively promotional to qualify. There's enough salvageable material here for a reasonable stub. -- Scott Burley (talk) 09:16, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree with that, and I would not have speedily deleted it, but "not promotional" isn't the same as "not promotional enough for speedy deletion". JBW (talk) 07:55, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
- @JBW That's fair. I should have been more careful with my explanation. -- Scott Burley (talk) 15:34, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree with that, and I would not have speedily deleted it, but "not promotional" isn't the same as "not promotional enough for speedy deletion". JBW (talk) 07:55, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
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