Joshua Dratel Hi I ve been working on an article on Joshua Dratel and had gotten it to be a decent little stub But then when I went to create it I discovered that it had been previously AFD d and deleted from both versions of his name Once I saw that I decided my stub needed to be a little better than decent so I ve been working on it Somebody just pointed out to me that you re working on an article on Joshua Dratel also so I figured I should contact you Obviously I think the guy is notable and don t agree with the Delete arguments set out at the AFD Still I m going to take those arguments seriously so I want any new Joshua Dratel article to refute those arguments beyond a shadow of a doubt I don t think the draft you ve written quite does that as clearly as I like I m not saying you haven t put a ton of work into it you clearly have It s just that the flavor of the AFD made me expect any new article to encounter some good faith but strongly felt opposition Could you please hold off just a little bit on putting it in article main space to give me alittle more time to follow some leads Right now I m following up on some research ideas Or at least let me know when it goes live so I m ready to help out Or if you are comfortable with it could I collaborate on it while it s in your use space to help get it ready for rough seas ahead