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Hello, I subbmited my Draft of a Misplaced Pages page of Edith Vernes, but got my submission rejected & deleted beacause of a lack of neutrality. I would like to have a copy of the deleted draft in order to re-write it and have it proof read before publishing it again. Could you provide me a copy to my user page ? Thank you in advance ! ] (]) 15:40, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
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:@ ], Oops, yes you're correct, looks like my mistake. More haste, less speed etc. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I have now restored the page. --] ] 14:25, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, I saw you declined the G4 deletion of ] as the page was speed-deleted earlier. However, the page is just a copy of the recently deleted one following AfD: ], which was closed just a few hours ago. Should I open a second AfD, even it it's rather clear that the page is a recreation of a deleted one? ] (]) 16:47, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

::Hi ], thanks for your message.
::I understand your point and agree to some extent, but technically a new Speedy nomination falls afoul of the G4 criteria. I'm not a big fan of process wonkery and generally frown upon it, but the "rules" have evolved over time, usually for a good reason. So I think the best course of action in this instance is to take the article to AFD.
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:::Hey Cactus.man. In the future I think you can accept a G4 in this situation, per ]. Hope this clarifies things. –] <small>(])</small> 02:58, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
::::Hi ].thanks for the note. I still find the wording of the G4 criteria a bit confusing, no matter how many times I read it. To my simple brain, it veeers into the semantic complexity and impenetrability of logical thinking involving ]s. I'll ponder over this longer, but thanks to ], whose commentary in that thread on the interpretation of the wording I found the most helpful.
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Hello, I subbmited my Draft of a Misplaced Pages page of Edith Vernes, but got my submission rejected & deleted beacause of a lack of neutrality. I would like to have a copy of the deleted draft in order to re-write it and have it proof read before publishing it again. Could you provide me a copy to my user page ? Thank you in advance ! Benjamin Karaoglan (talk) 15:40, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I have restored this Draft to User:Benjamin_Karaoglan/sandbox. Hope that is of use to you, best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 09:49, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

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Hello Heustabros thanks for your message. I've searched the deletion logs for any deleted article titled "Dheusta" but was unable to locate anything matching that title. I see from your User Talk Page that you had a notification from TornadoLGS about the content at User:Heustabros/sandbox which MAY be liable to deletion because it does not meet our Notability or Conflict of Interest guidelines. I think that may be the information you are seeking. As of now, that content has NOT been deleted, so you are able to access and recover this without my intervention. Bear in mind, however, that any user is entitled to tag that page for deletion at any time, so please retrieve what you need without delay. Best wishes, Cactus.man ✍ 23:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
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