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Hi Xpander. Thank you for your work on Abolfazl Jaafari. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

A stub, but for an academic with a strong output, with a mixture of 1st, last and mid-author contributions. Listed as an 'assistant professor', but output is strong for this post. The article is clearly a stub, but there is scope for expansion. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abolfazl Jaafari and Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2025 November 20.

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Klbrain (talk) 15:05, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Atoosa Kasirzadeh

Hello, Xpander. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Atoosa Kasirzadeh".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:46, 1 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Sarah Richmond (philosopher) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sarah Richmond (philosopher) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Richmond (philosopher) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.

Ldm1954 (talk) 13:21, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

May 2026

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Sarah Richmond (philosopher), without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Ldm1954 (talk) 14:31, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ldm1954, The links belong to Project Muse, which requires CAPTCHA verification upon access, either through WP server queries or user access. After resolving the verification the sources are easily verifiable. I tried adding the titles and updating the links from the source, which you have just reverted. It's an issue with the website, not WP:V as you characterized. Xpander (talk) 14:50, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If the site cannot be readily reached then it fails verification. In addition, many of those are not by her so they fail verification in terms of relevance. They appear to be self published and not refereed. Standard RS are peer reviewed journals. Ldm1954 (talk) 15:14, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ldm1954 Sources that use captchas aren't verifiable? That's like saying since the library is closed I can't verify the books. 4 reviews are cited, plus the aforementioned journal is peer reviewed and refereed as it can be seen on their homepage. Xpander (talk) 15:31, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first of those sources goes to https://muse.jhu.edu/article/28375 which is Anorexia: Social World and the Internal Woman;; by Juliet Mitchell.

. Ldm1954 (talk) 15:33, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ldm1954, That work is an examination of [1] by the author in question. You can see their names mentioned twice in the abstract. Xpander (talk) 15:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A paper on a paper does not confer notability. A hundred mentions by others in papers may, depending upon the field. In neither case do we list them. Ldm1954 (talk) 15:47, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ldm1954 The entire paper is in response to the Author's work. It's like a book review. It's different from a paper with hundreds of references. Xpander (talk) 16:03, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussions

Generally, it's frowned upon to change your deletion comments, apart from trivial changes like correcting typos. If you are changing your comment substantially, it's best to <s>~~strikeout~~</s> your old text instead of deleting it. But it's easier just to add more comments as the conversation evolves. pburka (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Pburka, I was going to respond separately to the aforementioned resource. The other editor was right about the dissertation being a trivial resource. However the same dissertation has been later published as a book by Oxford, which I added as resource separately. Even though the author draws upon the subject's work around 18 times throughout the whole book. It's not in an critical or appraisal manner, but more like using it as support material for putting forward their own claims. I thought I strike it out, but then it seemed it clutters the discussion with too much triviality. However I would be more than happy to do so, if you think it will help the discussion. Xpander (talk) 22:30, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly advise you to stop changing your comments in AfD discussions. Please add new comments instead of editing existing ones. It creates a confusing timeline. pburka (talk) 16:08, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good call. @Pburka Xpander (talk) 16:22, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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CS1 error on Wilfried Ver Eecke

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