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Proposed deletion of Formica/sandbox

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Formica/sandbox, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Appears to be an exact copy of Formica.

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.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Unscented (talk) 21:17, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Your project

Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia. I've noticed some of your students adding tags to articles stating that they are in the process of being edited by them; this is not the correct way to go about things. I suggest you read Wikipedia:School and university projects, it's very helpful and explains what projects are acceptable, some general editing guidelines, and other basic principles. For instance, the banners your students are placing in the article namespace are not permitted. Please see this subsection for an acceptable way to notify that there are students working on a university project, it would be a good idea to list your current project along with the others there in that subsection as well Added it for you. It would be helpful to have a list of your student's usernames that way more experienced editors can keep an extra eye on them to make sure they don't stray too far away from all of our policies and guidelines. I have identified two students as Bealelor356 (talk · contribs) and Rodri101 (talk · contribs), but haven't yet come across any others. A list of articles would be equally helpful. I've also added the standard Welcome template to the top of this page; it provides many useful links which all editors should read. If you have any questions feel free to leave them here and add {{tb}} in a new section on my User talk: page. Please be sure to read over the links I've given you, especially the first section of Wikipedia:School and university projects as it will make this editing period much easier for everybody. Thanks for your interest and promotion of Wikipedia, it's always nice to see new editors and I hope you decide to edit around and stay with us, §hep • ^Talk 04:18, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

On tags

We have a template specifically for this purpose. {{EducationalAssignment|date=YYYY-MM-DD|link=Wikipedia:School and university projects#University of Toronto (Winter 2009) (Ongoing)}} (the date is optional, you'll probably want to keep the link though). This is intended to go on the article talk page, not the main page of the article itself. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 01:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

All articles I've been able to identify have been tagged as such, I just modified the links to the WP space, they originally lniked here. §hep • ^Talk 01:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

OWNing articles

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please know that editors do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors. If you create or edit an article, know that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. §hep • ^Talk 04:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Help available

Let me know if you need help. I am an admin and I go to UTSC (University of Toronto Scarborough) so we can communicate in other means rather than just on wiki. Of course, your project is ending soon so there isn't a lot of help that I can offer to you. What I suggest you to do right now is just spend about 5 minutes of your time and create the list of your students' Wikipedia username which are taking part in this project and post it here (or your main userpage). This way it's easier for us to spot and give them assistances when needed. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 14:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)