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This page was nominated for deletion on 27 October 2007. The result of the discussion was Nomination withdrawn.

This page was nominated for deletion on 2 February 2009. The result of the discussion was Keep.

Note this page was also once erroneously nominated at AFD and speedily kept on procedural grounds.

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User:Goertz[edit]

On :de we became aware only today, that User:Goertz has died already in 2011.[1] For his disclosed data see his entry in de:Wikipedia:Gedenkseite_für_verstorbene_Wikipedianer#2011. Eventually an admin here could block his :en-userpage etc. --Túrelio (talk) 17:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting us know, @Túrelio.

Vermont, I don't see a request for the Stewards to glock the account yet. Do you think Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines should link to m:Steward requests/Global? WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:45, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the lock. I don't think there's a need to explicitly point people to SRG. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 18:29, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vermont and WhatamIdoing: This user was somewhat active on enwiki back in 2007. Should we add them to the 2011 obituaries? QuicoleJR (talk) 15:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't recommend it. We add {{Deceased Wikipedian}} for nearly every identified death, but for this page, we usually include only people whom we remember as being "part of the community". During the six months he edited here, he edited 23 articles and made about five short comments on talk pages. These were mostly helpful contributions, but he does not seem to have made any wiki-friends, joined any groups, collaborated on any programs, or otherwise became "part of the community".

Perhaps a reasonable rule of thumb would be: We should add people whom at least one editor remembers and would like to have memorialized (and probably that editor should be the one to propose or start the entry). WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:12, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi protection?[edit]

Noticing the recent tasteless vandalism, I'm wondering if this is the sort of page that should be indefinitely semi-protected. Jclemens (talk) 20:07, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yuri Lushchai[edit]

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yuri Lushchai. The Wikipedia page Yuri Lushchai is likely to be deleted. Is there a way this recently deceased Wikipedian can be added to this English language deaths? He was one of us. Please don't let his death go unmentioned. Thanks. — Maile (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What was his user account name? Jay 💬 05:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Юрий Владимирович Л. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Ymblanter (talk) 07:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedian yes, but it was 7 minor edits over 8 years. Jay 💬 07:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

His main activity was in the Russian Wikipedia. Ymblanter (talk) 08:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:CentralAuth/Юрий Владимирович Л. says 85K edits at ruwiki. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also a former arb there. Ymblanter (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suitable only for the ru Wikipedia, and the entry exists - ru:Википедия:Умершие участники#2024. Jay 💬 04:07, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guidelines[edit]

Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati's death is tragic, but I'm curious why he's included here? It looks like his only edits were to create multiple accounts to write about himself. That doesn't strike me as being a "Wikipedian". Is there a typical threshold? If a notable person makes one promotional edit, do we include them? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines says Criteria for placement on the Deceased Wikipedian page has not been discussed, although by common sense listed users should have been active enough to be considered part of the community. This is from the original creation of the page in 2009. More specific guidance is unlikely to be forthcoming.

I suspect that some editors find it distasteful to remove an entry, even if they think it shouldn't have been created in the first place, so once an entry has been created, there may be resistance to removing it. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:12, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Rhododendrites. I went ahead and removed Bhati's entry. I read the to be considered part of the community as being part of the community in a constructive, not disruptive way. -- Deeday-UK (talk) 13:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]