Dave Favis-Mortlock

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Link spamming

I reverted your contribution of an external link to multiple articles and redirect pages. I hope this doesn't come as too much of a shock, but, as informative as your web site is, your method of linking to it is considered link spamming and it is highly discouraged. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia and reference your site when fitting. See the welcome page to learn more. I have reverted these initial contributions but hope you can stick around and get to know the place. -- Paleorthid 01:12, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll take back part of what I just wrote. Even with that weasle-y qualifier, it was misleading at best. Best to keep it simple. Apologies. -- Paleorthid 01:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Your bio

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Dave_Favis-Mortlock, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Dave_Favis-Mortlock. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Invitatious (talk • contribs) 15:27, 24 May 2006.

I'll chime in here in support of Invitatious's advice. Notability is needed to retain the article. Evidence in support of notability (tally of google search results, etc.) is needed on the talk page. See WP:BIO for how this is handled. Hope this helps. -- Paleorthid 00:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

AfD Nomination: Dave Favis-Mortlock

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• The article has now been deleted per closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Favis-Mortlock. Please do not re-create the article. I've userfied the contents of the article onto your userpage. --Durin 18:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Soil

I am pretty sure this project will interest you. You are needed. Cheers! -- Paleorthid 06:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Graeme Hobbs

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Unsourced, fails WP:BIO

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