Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 February 27: Difference between revisions

*'''Endorse''' the deletion. This really isn't a deletion issue - there's a clear consensus the information should be deleted, and the merge attribution issue doesn't change that. [[WP:RUD]] appears relevant here - the merge is fine, as long as it's properly attributed. Furthermore, the information appears to have been merged into a list/table even though none of the other elements of the list contain any sort of prose, so there's a possible discussion to be had about content, but that's not for DRV. [[User:SportingFlyer|SportingFlyer]] ''<span style="font-size:small; vertical-align:top;">[[User talk:SportingFlyer|T]]</span>''·''<span style="font-size:small; vertical-align:bottom;">[[Special:Contributions/SportingFlyer|C]]</span>'' 18:38, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

*'''Comment:''' Sandstein wrote, "Moreover, because Cunard does not contest that there was consensus to delete this article". I do contest that there was consensus to delete the article. None of the AfD participants said in their AfD comments what they thought about a merge, so it is unknown if any of them had considered it. The only editor who [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FSquad_%28app%29&diff=1008199483&oldid=1008003907 commented] after I posted at the AfD was [[Special:Redirect/logid/115618904|blocked]] by the AfD nominator with the reasoning "Using Wikipedia for spam or advertising purposes, likely covert advertising." After I suggested a merge target, there was no consensus to delete since no one explained why a merge did not improve Wikipedia and [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion]] urges editors to consider a merge as an alternative to deletion.<p>I merged [[Squad (app)]] to [[List of mergers and acquisitions by Twitter#Squad]] because I thought it would benefit readers. The list has very little information about each of the Twitter acquisitions. I envision a fully fleshed out list would have a column similar to the "Details of the acquisition" column in [[List of acquisitions by Disney]] that would briefly discuss each company's history and background. I completed the merge because I wanted to improve Wikipedia and considered the material I merged to be [[WP:DUE|due weight]]. I did not conduct a merge "merely to prevent a 'delete' closure of the AfD rather than with an intent to improve the target article". This is a hurtful and very bad faith assertion by Sandstein that has no basis.<p>I added the material in a footnote. In retrospect, it would have been better presented in the table as a new column titled "Background information about the company" or "Details of the acquisition". This is a content matter and is not grounds for deleting the material from the list, which Sandstein [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Twitter&diff=1009230214&oldid=1008252703 has done]. I would prefer not to implement {{user|S Marshall}}'s suggestion to remove the footnote I added since that would lead to less information for readers about what Squad is.<p>I support a relist as recommended by {{user|SmokeyJoe}} and {{user|Andrew Davidson}} so the community can consider the merge. This will give editors the opportunity to explain why they think a merge does not improve Wikipedia.<p>[[User:Cunard|Cunard]] ([[User talk:Cunard|talk]]) 20:21, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

 

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