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Just a heads up: I reverted your edits to United Airlines Flight 232 because they were WP:OVERLINKing to either well-known words (First officer) or were incorrect links (Captain) in that they did not link to a helpful article.

I understand that at first it is very unclear what should be linked and what should not be linked, so don't feel bad about it. The best resource to clarify the distinction (that I know of) is WP:OVERLINK. Bests, —EncMstr (talk) 23:38, 17 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Japan Airlines Flight 123 (talk) 22:24, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Japan Airlines Flight 123, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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Hi Japan Airlines Flight 123! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia.
Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like ChamithN (talk).

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Thanks Japan Airlines Flight 123 (talk) 22:31, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your username

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Japan Airlines Flight 123", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it probably is not very wise to pick the name of flight which crashed resulting in the deaths of 520 people as your username per Wikipedia:Username policy#Disruptive or offensive usernames. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:27, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Ok so I think I might create a new account so, how do I delete this account? Japan Airlines Flight 123 (talk) 22:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Accounts cannot be deleted as explained in WP:UN#Deleting and merging accounts. You can, however, simply stop using the account altogether as explained in Wikipedia:Clean start. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:11, 21 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your user page

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From reading your user page, it seems like you want to add theories you have made to articles - please do not do this. You may wish to read one of my favourite wikipedia essays User:Suigetsu/Wikipedia does not make shit up, or the more formal equivalent No original research and Verifiability. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 17:18, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your thread has been archived

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Proposed deletion of JAL123 cvr transcript

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Hello, Japan Airlines Flight 123,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Meatsgains and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I’ve proposed an article that you started, JAL123 cvr transcript, for deletion because it meets one of the relevant criterion. The particular issue can be located in the notice, that is now-visible at the top of the article.

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Meatsgains(talk) 19:56, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of JAL123 cvr transcript

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A tag has been placed on JAL123 cvr transcript requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about something invented/coined/discovered by the article's creator or someone they know personally, and it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Praxidicae (talk) 17:19, 29 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

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How to write articles that won't be deleted

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If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything that is not you or something you are connected to, here are the steps you should follow:

1) Choose a topic whose notability is attested by discussions of it in several reliable independent sources.
2) Gather as many professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources you can find. Google Books is a good resource for this. Also, while search engine results are not sources, they are where you can find sources. Just remember that they need to be professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources.
3) Focus on just the ones that are not dependent upon or affiliated with the subject, but still specifically about the subject and providing in-depth coverage (not passing mentions). If you do not have at least three such sources, the subject is not yet notable and trying to write an article at this point will only fail.
4) Summarize those sources left after step 3, adding citations at the end of them. You'll want to do this in a program with little/no formatting, like Microsoft Notepad or Notepad++, and not in something like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer. Make sure this summary is just bare statement of facts, phrased in a way that even someone who hates the subject can agree with.
5) Combine overlapping summaries (without arriving at new statements that no individual source supports) where possible, repeating citations as needed.
6) Paraphrase the whole thing just to be extra sure you've avoided any copyright violations or plagiarism.
7) Use the Article wizard to post this draft and wait for approval.
8) Expand the article using sources you put aside in step 3 (but make sure they don't make up more than half the sources for the article, and make sure that affiliated sources don't make up more than half of that).

Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion.

If you are writing about yourself, or someone or something you are connected with (such as a friend, family member, or your business), the following steps are different:

1) If the subject really was notable, you wouldn't need to write the article. Remember that articles are owned by the Wikipedia community as a whole, not the article subject or the article author. If you do not want other people to write about you, then starting an article about yourself is a bad idea.
8a) If the article is accepted, never edit it again. Instead, make edit requests on the article's talk page.
8b) If the article is rejected, there will be a reason given. Read it carefully and closely. If there are links in the reason, open them and read those pages.

Ian.thomson (talk) 21:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Okay, I’ll try Japan Airlines Flight 123 (talk) 22:12, 2 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your contributed article, B-17 bomber plane crash

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, B-17 bomber plane crash. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – October 2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at October 2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 22:27, 2 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

October 2019

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Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Japan Airlines Flight 123, does not meet our username policy.
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. 331dot (talk) 23:41, 2 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Glitch on edit summary every time

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The wrong table of contents? I think you mean the wrong Wikipedia:Heading. I don't have an answer, but I know who to ask: Wikipedia:Help desk, not Talk:Main Page. Art LaPella (talk) 00:30, 3 October 2019 (UTC)Reply