Deletion debates operate by
consensus, not
voting. In this case, the only arguments to keep were "a defining characteristic", and there were many more and more valid arguments to delete. This deletion was appropriate. SalaSkan(
Review me) 23:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)reply
O.K. the
WP:DRV was successful. Now, do you know how to repopulate the categories. I imagine a bot depopulated them and might have produced a log which might make repopulation easier. Please advise. --
TonyTheTiger (
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tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 22:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)reply
(copied from
User talk) Oh sorry, I hadn't noticed that one of the paragraphs higher on at my talk page had gotten a new response (it's usually easier if you add your query to the bottom). Anyway, yes, the bot has a log (to wit, its contribution history) that can be used to repopulate the cat by using the 'undo' option on those edits. HTH!
>Radiant< 08:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)reply
(copied from
User talk) As usual on Wikipedia, someone will eventually get around to it, for some value of eventually.
>Radiant< 12:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)reply
I'd ask the operator of the bot who delinked the category. --
ST47Talk·
Desk 00:14, 7 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Yeah, you could contact the one who ran the bot to remove it (or check its logs) or ask for assistance anywhere, e.g. VPA.
>Radiant< 08:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)reply
(reply copied from
Help Desk now archived at [Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007_August_23#Help_repopulating_categories_from_WP:DRV_of_WP:CFD|Help Desk Aug 23 archives]]