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Proposed deletion of Dropships (Battletech)

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A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Dropships (Battletech), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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The guideline which should sort it out (WP:FICTION) is being argued over, so I asked for advice at Wikipedia:Fiction/Noticeboard#More_fictional_notability. Hopefully someone will explain wether it should stay or be merged upwards or whatever. Thanx, Ben.--Bsnowball (talk) 14:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
no, it's still there. just may be deleted if no-one challenges it (i mean Dropships (Battletech))--Bsnowball (talk) 14:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Potential deletion of North Woods Camp

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Just giving you a heads-up that I am considering putting the North Woods Camp article, which you created, up for deletion. My reason for this is that I believe there are no 'reliablie, published sources' (see Wikipedia:Reliable Sources for more details on this concept) independant of the camp or the operating organisation (YMCA Greater Boston) to demonstrate that the subject of the article meets the Wikipedia:Notability inclusion guideline, or the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy. I also believe that there is nothing significant, unique, or 'notable' about the camp or its history to justify an article about it.

I am going to stay my hand for a day or two, and do some source-finding of my own, but if I do not find anything, I will list the article at Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion. If you have any sources of information for the camp, please provide them. Your help is appreciated, and if you have any questions or comments, drop me a message at my talk page: User talk:Saberwyn. -- saberwyn 07:13, 14 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your reply. I understand where you are coming from: I worked there as a foreign counselor a few years ago. Unfortunately, if there are no sources independant of the article's subject, it is considered inappropriate for such an article to be on Wikipedia. The problem is with not independant sources, the only sources for information are the subject itself (which often leads to bias and a lack of neutrality) or peoples personal experiences and opinion (which is forbidden under the Wikipedia:No original research policy)
I've had a look in a few places, but have had no luck myself. I am going to list the article at Articles for Deletion, where it will have approximately five days for consideration: maybe someone else can find what we have been unable to.
If you have any further questions, or need any help here or elsewhere on Wikipedia, please feel free to contact me. -- saberwyn 07:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

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If your page is deleted, you still have many options available. Good luck! travb (talk) 12:10, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Shadowrun error

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It's not a problem, could happen to anyone. For reference all I did was click on the history tab at the top. Choose the version of the article immediately before your accidental edit, click edit, scrolled down and copied the entire Novel section. Then I went to the current version and pasted it in on a normal edit. No real harm done, pretty much everything can be fixed on Wikipedia, and it was obviously not meant as vandalism. Take care. Canterbury Tail talk 13:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

AfD nomination of List of fictional spacecraft

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Deutsche Bahn

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Mars-class_combat_stores_ship

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Hello - I was on AFS-7 (FTG3 and plank owner) in 3rd Division and was wondering about your contribution "The vessels ...coast, were known to have shot down Vietnamese aircraft defending themselves." Do you have anything to back that up? I cannot find any record of any AFS shooting down anything except a towed target we were not supposed to hit. Please contact me at user:tubaman123 —Preceding undated comment added 05:36, 10 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

I served on-board the USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) during the Gulf War, manned 3inch guns turrets periodically. Aside being told by gunner mates about it. The ship's history included that the ship during the Vietnam war had shot down an aircraft during the conflict. It was listed in the old DANFS Online listing for the ship, which covered Vietnam war. However, that website listing for the ship is now missing. Newer site, has on fragment what history has. That section will needs to be removed from the Mars Class history. Sorry. -- Colt9033 (talk) 01:45, 14 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for getting back to me on this - interestingly, the only reference to USS Niagara Falls and shooting down aircraft I can find is that one of the captains of the ship in 1972 was Eugene McDaniel who was shot down over North Viet Nam and captured around 1970.

No, Problem. I've never been entirely happy how fragmented the Mars Class ship's history seems to be. I wish there there was more solid information on them and other older ships from the Cold War era. -- Colt9033 (talk) 18:27, 9 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

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