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Speedy deletions

First, other editors decide whether an article is a candidate for speedy deletion, I must decide whether they were right. In MinnesotaLindy case, with 25,000 Google-hits, and with sentences like

• "Minnesota is also home to several regular great dancing joints. "
• "While this is primarily a restaurant, they have a small floor and allow us to dance to great bands"

, I was convinced that it is not notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. In the case of SwingMonkey, with 938 Google-hits, it is not notable enough. Please read Wikipedia:Notability.

The system works fine, if you don't agree with me, you can request the undeletion of the articles here. Or if you want to, I can restore the whole page for you to be able to work on it. Thank you for your appreciation. NCurse _work 20:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

PS: I don't have to be an expert of Lindy Hop, I must know our policies. That's why I've made these deletions. NCurse _work 20:25, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The intention I had for the stub was to move it from the website to the minnesota dance scene in general -- which you won't find in google. Unfortunatly, you probably won't find books on it either, just other forums like minnesotalindy with discussions about minnesota just as we have them about other scenes. But there's still nothing to satisfy the verifiability requirement aside from other websites. My point about knowledge of the content is that Minnesota hosts 2 of the most influential lindy hop events in the nation, and one of those, a competition, literally changed the face of competitions world-wide in 2 years. This is where I think Wikipedia would benefit the most, having this history available. The restrictions, however, will never let me publish that.

Look, I'm not against you, I was appointed to defend the rules of the wiki, but we don't want to lose or discourage good editors. I can restore the MinnesotaLindy article and help to make it properly written. If it's a good solution for you. NCurse _work 20:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

yea, I'd not mind it being merged with my second effort, Minnesota Lindy, but someone might have already. I'm sorry to be fiesty, but I would like to put more into it before it gets deleted.

Ok, I restored it: MinnesotaLindy and removed one section. Please work on it to meet WP:WEB. NCurse _work 20:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll set to work on it as quickly as I can. ~ Shawn 21:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

External links

Hi!

• RNC 2008 Welcoming Committee link should be removed due to "Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace), or discussion forums." (Links normally to be avoided)
• http://protest2008rnc.org/ should be removed as it doesn't consist of any kind of information.
• http://protestrnc2008.org/ is the same case as above.

So remove them, if anyone complains again, link him here, or ask him to contact me. Cheers, NCurse _work 17:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Do they not fall under NPOV then?

In case of these links, it is not the NPOV problem that is the most important one. NCurse _work 07:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Meetup in Minneapolis

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Minnesota Meetup

Sunday, 2007-10-07, 1:00 p.m. (13:00)
Pracna on Main
117 Main SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Map

Please pass this on! RSVP here.

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Spam delivered by -Susanlesch 16:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Minnesota Lindy

An article that you have been involved in editing, Minnesota Lindy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota Lindy. Thank you. —Christian Campbell 09:24, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the late reply. I was curious to see how many search results there were regarding the two entries you mentioned. Take a look. NCurse _work 07:57, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

That's primarily because Yehoodi is about 10x bigger than MNLindy. They are conceptually similar but Yehoodi is the larger forum. MNLindy does more for its community than Yehoodi, such as real-world events, so... it's all a toss up. ~ Shawn (talk) 17:22, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Rail stuff

I don't know how active you are anymore but the rail and light rail articles could use your help, especially Southwest Corridor (Minnesota) and Northstar Corridor. .:DavuMaya:. 16:33, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Minnesota Meetup

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2009

Proposed date: Saturday, October 10.
Details under discussion.

Please share this with anyone who may be interested.

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Delivered by Jonathunder (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Meetup

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: 31 October 2010
	Time: noon
	Place: Midtown Exchange Global Market, East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 44.9493°N 93.2612°W / 44.9493; -93.2612

New meetup

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: 20 November 2010
	Time: 1:00-3:30 (click here for full agenda) R.S.V.P. by Nov. 17 for free lunch + parking
	Place: Minnesota History Center 345 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, Minnesota 44.95°N 93.1055°W / 44.95; -93.1055

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Azeroth! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 02:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:40, 8 November 2016 (UTC)