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Marquees Perckale

Welcome to Wikipedia! We could really use your help to create new content, but your recent additions (such as Marquees Perckale) are considered nonsense. Please refrain from creating nonsense articles. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Mytildebang 06:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to ECW One Night Stand

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. TJ Spyke 01:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

January 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Tony Romo, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Kamek (talk) 07:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

March 2008

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Vector graphics, without explaining the valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Versageek 01:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Erica Lubell

A tag has been placed on Erica Lubell requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Truthanado (talk) 03:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

2008 NBA Draft

The O'Neal-Ford trade is still unofficial, and cannot be finalized until July 9th, so we can't make those changes to the draft. We can't speculate that the deal has been finalized, per WP:CRYSTAL. Thanks. --Madchester (talk) 18:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Ball in a cup

• Ball in a cup and Beer pong are not the same thing by a longshot. Your redirect has been reverted. JuJube (talk) 18:42, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

November 2008

Thank you for your contribution to Alpha Epsilon Pi, but we are trying to write an encyclopedia here, so please keep your edits factual and neutral. Our readers are looking for serious articles and will not find joke edits amusing. Remember, millions of people read Wikipedia, so we have to take what we do here seriously. If you'd like to experiment with editing, use the sandbox to get started. Thank you. ----Ðysepsion † ^{Speak your mind} 07:28, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Marcus Perkale

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Marcus Perkale, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.

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), 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 admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Cxz111 (talk) 17:29, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Why I undid your redirect on the Maryland Nighthawks.

The best way to have handled the name change of the Nighthawks was to have moved the page to Maryland GreenHawks, rather than make a new page under that name. (I know this because I committed that error myself a long time back). I restored the page and put in a request to move the page to where your GreenHawks page presently is. LightningMan (talk) 19:38, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

March 2011

Your addition to File:Brucepearl.jpg has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. CutOffTies (talk) 03:43, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Hurripong

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Hurripong. 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 - Beer pong. 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 Beer pong - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. 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. Syrthiss (talk) 17:54, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of National Basketball Association players with HIV

The article List of National Basketball Association players with HIV has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:NLIST; does not meet general criteria for a list: too specific, limited number of members.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. —Theopolisme (talk) 22:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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