Template talk:Nn-warn
Purpose
This tempalte is intended to be used to notify the creators of artilcels tagged for deletion under WP:CSD A7, as with {{nn-bio}} or {{db-bio}}.
Usage
Place {{subst:nn-warn|PAGENAME}} on the talk page of the user who created the article, or any user who edited it significnatly or who you think ought to be notified. Replace PAGENAME with the exact name of the article you have tagged, as you would put the name in a link.
Note that since this template creates a section heading, it is important to use the "subst" keyword. For the same reason, you should not use the "add a section" edit feature.
Authorship
I created this template for the use of new-page patrollers and anyone else who tags speedy deletes under A7 (nn-bios). DES (talk) 18:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Copy edit
Just copy edited this. Re-setting talk link. Sorry for delay, WP seemed inaccesible for the longest time.—encephalon 10:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
Test: {{subst:nn-warn|William Shakespeare}} produces:
I have placed a tag on the article William Shakespeare, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. I did this because the article seems to be a biographical account about a person but it does not indicate how or why that person is notable. If the person really is notable, I advise you to edit the article promptly to indicate why, and also put a note on Talk:William Shakespeare. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under "Articles".
Removal of speedy tag
Someone edited the template to suggest that if the creator could demonstrate notability, the speedy tag should be removed. IMO this is wrong! I would revert such a removal as vandalism. Any deleting admin should check the history and the talk page, and if any claim to notability is presnt, and particularly if the article has been expanded since it was tagged, should not delete. Remember that this template is specifically addressed to the creator of the tagged article. We should not encourage the creator to remove the tag, that is just asking for edit wars. I have re-edited the template to remove any such suggestion. Please do not restore it, particularly without discussing the matter here first. DES (talk) 01:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- I see what you're coming from. The current formulation is clearer than your previous, so I'm not going to edit it. This one leaves no space for paradoxal interpretations. Good job. -- SoothingR 19:28, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm glad. if you can suggest further improvements in wording, by all means do so. DES (talk) 21:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
"Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag, under any circumstances"! I remove speedy deletion tags when I think they should not be there, sometimes replacing them with the afd process. Others should be allowed to do the same, so I am taking it this extreme instruction. --Henrygb 00:28, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
I think this template got created with good intentions, and may have kinder wording than what is found here. Any opinions on a merge of the text from the other? -- nae'blis (talk) 17:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
- I suggest we keep both, I think both might be appropriate at different times. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:25, 5 January 2006 (UTC)