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Speedy deletion nomination of Syed Ali (spree shooter)

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Ending an RfC

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I noticed you have twice removed the request for comment from the article 2014 Spring, Texas shooting. Please take a moment to read Wikipedia:Requests for comment#Ending RfCs. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 03:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of 2014 Spring, Texas shooting for deletion

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July 2014

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  Please do not attack other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014 Spring, Texas shooting. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 07:16, 18 July 2014 (UTC) I wasn't aware Wikipedia suddenly cared about standards.Reply


  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to remove Articles for deletion notices or comments from articles and Articles for deletion pages, as you did at WP:Articles for deletion/2014 Spring, Texas shooting, you may be blocked from editing. 75.177.156.78 (talk) 15:39, 21 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Montgomery County shootings

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This article should merge with 2014 Pennsylvania shootings. I contacted The Rambling Man about this. --George Ho (talk) 22:02, 15 December 2014 (UTC)'Reply

  • I'm fine with that. I just looked at that one and it needs to be updated however Benbuff91 17:06, 15 December 2014 (EST)
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Nomination of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings for deletion

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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings has been nominated for Did You Know

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2014 NYPD officer killings has been nominated for Did You Know

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DYK for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings

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DYK for 2014 NYPD officer killings

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Uherský Brod shooting

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Proposed merger.

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Merger discussion for Curtis Culwell Center attack

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Curtis Culwell Center attack has been nominated for Did You Know

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DYK for Curtis Culwell Center attack

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