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why did you revert my reply?

why did you delete the reply i made on the SPI for someone? Qxvaa (talk) 20:21, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your participation seems to be purely intended to be disruptive. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

it wasn't intended to be. Qxvaa (talk) 21:53, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Qxvaa, you do not have enough experience to be helpful at SPI at this time. Please find another area of the project to contribute to. And please stop trying to log in to other users' accounts. Best, Spicy (talk) 22:18, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your unwavering efforts within WikiProject Mammals (with particular note for your vigilance in the subject of lagomorphs)! Recon rabbit 17:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aw thanks! :) - UtherSRG (talk) 17:26, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ari Engel

I know the page survived an AFD. Is the only reason the article is removed now is that it was made by a sock of a banned user? The article was well-referenced and had good information. Most four-time bracelets winners have an article and those who do not other than Engel just have not been made yet. If I decide to attempt to rewrite the article someday, would it get sent to AFD? Not trying to be a problem here, just curious. I understand most of the other deletions of that user as they were very minor poker players in terms of what they had done. Red Director (talk) 02:22, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't send it to AFD. I actually anticipated you'd ping me at some point in this process. Some admins will even do a full restore of G5 at WP:RFU, though I won't. I won't sand in your way, though I would prefer if you do want it restored, that you rewrite it from scratch, though having the references returned to you via RFU would be good. Give the vast quanitities this user created, it's easier to throw out the baby with the bath water, destroy the bath tub, the go rescue the bay later. - UtherSRG (talk) 02:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate the response and information. Red Director (talk) 02:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great cleanup by the way. Red Director (talk) 02:52, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aw thanks! :) - UtherSRG (talk) 02:53, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Red Director: BTW - Please be on the look out for their possible return with another sock, and let me know when you have any suspicions, or file a WP:SPI and let me know you've done so. Thanks! - UtherSRG (talk) 12:46, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. I saw below you approved a regeneration of Anson Tsang. Could you do the same for Ari Engel just to save the time and energy of having to rewrite it and reference it from scratch? If not, I understand. Red Director (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:12, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anson Tsang

Hi UtherSRG. You deleted Anson Tsang under Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G5. Creations by banned or blocked users, or in violation of general sanctions. The policy says pages are eligible for G5 deletion only when there are "no substantial edits by others". I made substantial edits to expand, source, and clean up the article. Would you restore the article and its talk page, Talk:Anson Tsang? Would you also review the other articles you deleted that were written by PsychoticIncall (talk · contribs) to determine whether they have "substantial edits by others"? Thank you. Cunard (talk) 10:23, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:01, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So you delete my draft article for no good reason.

User:UtherSRG So you just delete my draft article simply because you can. Edward Myer (talk) 02:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not deleted. It is back in Draft:Bruse Wane, and I've submitted it for review for you. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aquilegia truncata / Aquilegia formosa var. truncata

Hi UtherSRG, hope you're well! I've been working on various Aquilegia species and noticed we have an article for A. truncata, where most of the recent edits are yours.

As A. truncata is currently treated as a variety of A. formosa by most authorities (Kew, WFO, Tropicos), I propose moving this to a new page Aquilegia formosa var. truncata, and changing the existing page to a redirect. What do you think?

NB. Generally all the Aquilegia articles (including for the genus itself) have followed Kew's opinion, so this would be the treatment most consistent with previous work. There's already the occasional page for individual varieties e.g. Aquilegia micrantha var. grahamii. But I'm not a botanist, and happy to hear counterarguments.

Jacketpocket (talk) 13:58, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I may have the most edits on it, but if you look they are all just cleanup-type edits, not content edits. Yes, if the move is in alignment with the rest of the the articles for that genus, then yes, I would support the move. @Plantdrew: is whom I usually defer botany decisions to, so you may want to check with them as well. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:01, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I've made the move (my first!). @Plantdrew:, happy to be overruled by you if you see fit.

PS. @UtherSRG the anti-Trump banner made me laugh :) Jacketpocket (talk) 00:12, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why??

Why did you delete the information I wrote about the Boiga Dendrophila snake? My edit had more information about the snake? ExZero666 (talk) 10:34, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You supplied no references in your edit. Your formatting was also not in alignment to the rest of the article, nor to other similar articles. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]