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Speedy deletion of The First Greenlandic Coconut Disaster

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Speedy deletion nomination of Fatima Sultan

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A tag has been placed on Fatima Sultan, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. My76Strat 04:03, 10 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

References

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It's good to see useful references being added, but please note the following points which are intended to be helpful for future edits.

  • The |month= and |day= parameters are deprecated (as are |coauthor= and |coauthors= too).
  • Where a reference repeats there is a very simple way to re-use a parameter without repeating all of the information within.
  • There's no need to mangle authors like |last=Corp.|first=Acme when |author=Acme Corp. will do the job.
  • Where a resource is non-English, note the language using the |language= parameter and add an English translation of the title using the |trans_title= parameter.

Hope that helps! -- 79.67.241.227 (talk) 07:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC)Reply