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22 Aug 2025 – Barbara Wilk (artist) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

28 Aug 2025 – Yang Liu (immunologist) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
26 Aug 2025 – Middletown Adult Education (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Asteramellus (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
23 Aug 2025 – Rob Palmer (commentator) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Joeykai (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
23 Aug 2025 – Scott Bennett (librarian) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by BD2412 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
20 Aug 2025 – Grant Ellis (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by George Ho (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
20 Aug 2025 – Sports Mogul (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Servite et contribuere (t · c) was closed as redirect by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 27 Aug 2025; see discussion (10 participants)
11 Aug 2025 – Mobile Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by LibStar (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 24 Aug 2025; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
24 Jul 2025 – Broncos–Patriots rivalry (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Servite et contribuere (t · c) was closed as redirect by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 22 Aug 2025; see discussion (14 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

26 Aug 2025 – General Electric EdgeLab (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): Could not find significant coverage in google news/books/scholar. 2 of the 4 sources are primary. Fails WP:ORG.
24 Aug 2025 – Envipco (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by TruenoCity (t · c): Fails WP:GNG
21 Aug 2025 – Olimpia (soccer) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c) was redirected to American Soccer League (1933–1983)#Complete team list (talk · edit · hist)

Redirects for discussion

29 Jul 2025 – WWF European Rampage (talk · edit · hist) →WWE was RfDed by FMecha (t · c); see discussion
29 Jul 2025 – UK Rampage (talk · edit · hist) →WWE was RfDed by FMecha (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

26 Jan 2025 – 2024 United States drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Anne drew (t · c); start discussion

Articles to be split

23 Aug 2025 – Narragansett people (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by SnowieLuna1212 (t · c); see discussion
16 Feb 2025 – Thomas Ian Griffith (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Bricks&Wood (t · c); see discussion

Assessment log

Recently assessed or reevaluated WikiProject Connecticut pages.

August 29, 2025

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Cliffe Knechtle (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

August 28, 2025

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Civic Center Mall (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Samuel Church (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)

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Minotte E. Chatfield (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

August 27, 2025

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Margot Austin (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Noah Phelps (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Peak Mountain (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

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1954 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Joey C's Roadhouse (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Pomperaug (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

August 26, 2025

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Pequot (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

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Cox Sports (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Richard Arthur Hayward (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

August 25, 2025

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Groton Iron Works (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Narragansett people (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to Mid-Class. (rev · t)
Nonnewaug (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)

August 24, 2025

Renamed

Wamogo Regional High School renamed to Lakeview High School (Connecticut).

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Anthony Gregorc (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
James Greenway (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Louise Smith (state trooper) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

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Dan Gaiewski (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Lakeview High School (Connecticut) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Nonnewaug (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

Removed

Draft:John F. Walsh (talk) removed.

August 23, 2025

Renamed

William Hamersley renamed to William Hamersley.

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Lake Mauweehoo (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Olimpia (soccer) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
Rachel Taylor Milton (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)

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Ian Seymour (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Josh Simpson (baseball) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Yukitaka Osaki (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

Deletion discussions

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Yang Liu (immunologist)

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Page with a very large number of sources that fail verification, or are irrelevant. Of the five references on his career [1-5] only [2] is valid, the rest not. If I remove all the unverified material not much is left. I also cannot find enough via GS or Google to verify independently as his name is too common. As a failure of WP:V I think it needs a delete. Ldm1954 (talk) 16:47, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Medicine. Ldm1954 (talk) 16:47, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: China and United States of America. jolielover♥talk 17:05, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:25, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Does this person meet the named chair professorship criteria of NPROF#5? See [1]. There's also a fellowship of AAAS which I understand is highly selective (NPROF#3).
Also can you clarify what you mean by references being "valid"? I checked the first citation which no longer lists the person as they left U of Maryland, but the archive link[2] is clearly this individual. I haven't looked further, but I don't see verifiability concerns.
I will say that the article is written in a highly promotional style but we're not here to discuss cleaning up articles. Oblivy (talk) 22:33, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I do not agree with you
1. I think it is standard that AAAS does not qualify for #3; NAE, NAS do, as do being a selective fellow of a major society such as APS. Note that there is no source for any of his awards.
2. Only distinguished chairs at the highest level qualify for NPROF#5. When someone gives money they typically want their names associated with them. In strong R1 University Depts in the sciences 1/3-2/3 of the full Professors have a named Chair. Of these only a small fraction are at the level for #3.
3. The Scopus link is not encouraging. An h-factor of 48 is borderline for a high citation field. Most troubling it stops in 2015.
The page has too many problems. Ldm1954 (talk) 23:21, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing (aside from the issue of failed links where you are clearly not looking at the archive). I asked for your views. Would be interested to hear from others.
I do think you are misreading NPROF5 - distinguished professorship and named chair (equivalent to...) are in the disjunctive, but I'm not sure if you are saying you considered this chair rather than a statement about "small fraction" at generic universities. Oblivy (talk) 23:28, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please see this archived notability discussion on C5, there are more in the archives at WT:NPROF. Ldm1954 (talk) 02:37, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That discussion (which features your then-1/3 figure, now up-to-2/3) just explains how we ended up with the current language. So we're back to what made you conclude, on the basis of that language, and before bringing this AfD, that this specific/non-generic named professorial chair should be disregarded. You certainly didn't acknowledge it in your nomination rationale. Oblivy (talk) 04:43, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Middletown Adult Education

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Article with no sources - seems with only local interest - fails WP:NCORP - has tag for notability since 2014. Asteramellus (talk) 23:07, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Rob Palmer (commentator)

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fails WP:GNG; entire article is unsourced Joeykai (talk) 18:11, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:25, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) *Delete per nom. Fails SIGCOV. Herinalian (talk) 18:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Radio, Television, and Connecticut. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 01:25, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 09:09, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:10, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep like wow, he passes WP:NAUTHOR easy, published for BBC has done commentary work for them like [3], published works on different websites, [4], article written on his family which adds some notability by association Hull Live, articles like Sky Sports: Cristiano Ronaldo must reinvent himself to prolong his Real Madrid career, says Rob Palmer, (NAUTHOR) interviewed for radio [5]. Easily notable personality. There is so much online, Terrible nomination. Govvy (talk) 10:22, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Bennett (librarian)

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This article has an interesting history. It was started in 2006 as a mass of unsourced fluff, and was whittled down over time to one still mostly unsourced line. In that nearly two-decade span, either no one has either had the interest to expand and source this, or there are not sources to do it with. BD2412 T 16:24, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Connecticut. BD2412 T 16:24, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails GNG and WP:NACADEMIC, and there are likely no other sources available to expand the article. Ckfasdf (talk) 16:34, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Same reasons as above, and agree the article is unlikely to ever expand/improve. Leonstojka (talk) 20:30, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. Librarians are often not notable and generally need to go through WP:GNG, but we have no in-depth independent sourcing. There is some depth at [6] but not independent. However he was a humanities professor before he was a librarian so there is still some hope of WP:AUTHOR notability through reviews of his books; the books are listed among his publications at [7]. I could not find any reviews of The Family Library, 1825-1835: the uses of literacy in a revolutionary age (his dissertation, ProQuest 302236605, later republished). I did find a small number of reviews of two edited volumes: Art and Error: Modern Textual Editing: JSTOR 3722991, JSTOR 513289; The Altrurian Romances: JSTOR 2923930. Because these are edited volumes they don't count for as much with me as if they were authored books and I don't think this is enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:29, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete as per David Eppstein. I note that as a BLP, the burden is on those who want to keep. Bearian (talk) 08:40, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]