User talk:Reecesel

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Speedy deletion proposals

In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lind Innovation you wrote "Is there any way to renominate for speedy deletion?" The article has now been speedy-deleted, so as far as that article goes the question is no longer relevant. However, since you asked I thought for future reference I would answer. The common procedure in such cases is to do what I did in this case, namely to add a comment labelled Speedy delete to the AfD discussion. I don't know whether this is sanctioned in any policy or guideline, but it is generally accepted that this can be done, and if an administrator reading it agrees they can speedily delete the article. This is what happened in this case. It is also worth mentioning that for a speedy deletion nomination, unlike a PROD, there is nothing (so far as I am aware) in any policy or guideline to forbid you from simply re-adding a speedy deletion tag which has been removed, and in my experience this is by no means rare, though I would not go so far as to call it "common". However, on the whole I think it is better to do that only in cases where removing the tag is clearly unreasonable, whereas a Speedy delete comment in an AfD discussion can be done whenever you think that is reasonable. I hope these remarks have been of some help and/or interest. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:04, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, you should almost always avoid revealing personal information about any Wikipedia editor from off-wiki knowledge, as you did in that discussion. I am quite sure that you did so for good motives, but it can constitute an invasion of privacy. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:08, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that James. Indeed, I realized after the fact it may not have been the best course of action. In this case, we're all still struggling with the issue I discussed, to see if we can somehow bring about some sort of improvement in the situation. It's a tough road! Reecesel (talk) 18:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]