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• Don't worry too much [1] — new pages patrol is unpleasant, and people will make mistakes. Wikipedia:Speedy deletion patrol goes through the deletion logs to catch stuff that shouldn't have been speedied, without rancor or excessive red tape. Feel free to be efficient!

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Note: For faster response, please add {{deletebecause|Reason.}} or {{db|Reason.}} as mentioned above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County_Vocational_School MarkCM 04:17, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Ranma navigation - author blanked the page and left a delete request message. - Tutmosis 17:33, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Kut U Up - No content in article space, just nn bio hiding on talk page. Kafziel 02:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects that obfuscate the purpose of a page should be removed. For instance, if there is an article called say Bushism and someone has redirected it to George Bush then that redirection obfuscates the purpose of the original article and the latter should be reinstated.

A second reason to remove a redirect is for instance when this causes a malicious equation between the two topics, eg, Bliar redirecting to Tony Blair.

• T-Nation has just been tagged for WP:SD, with the reason {{db|vanity}}. Not sure how this tag possibly applies, it is a stub about a notable website with an Alexa ranking of 8085, and over 100,000 members. Could an admin please review, thanks in advance - Glen ^T_C (Stollery) 13:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  Someone has reviewed, and it is no longer tagged. -- Francs2000 15:26, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Pike Milger has just been tagged for WP:SD with the reason {{db-bio}}. Pike Milger is the name of a band, as well as a person in the band, and many members of bands have bios on wiki (Pete Willis, Mike Dirnt, Paul Jones, John Deacon, Tim Staffell, etc.). The band is not extraordinarily well-known, but has made music and albums. Not sure why this would need to be deleted, any more info on the reason would be appreciated.

• Articles for deletion
• Speedy redirection - Similar to speedy deletion.
• Speedy deletion patrol - for catching errors in deletion without rancor or excessive red tape