KwabenaShabazz

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Lady Paula Merry

Hi. I saw the discussion concerning the notability of Lady Paula Merry. You're right about a few things: most Wikipedia editors share a common background, and they've never heard of a lot of things that are "notable" to many African-Americans. You might want to read Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias; it helps remind me sometimes that I'm not alone in feeling that way.

But the other editors are also right: articles in Wikipedia need to be "attributed" to "reliable sources," and a self-published book (or an author's website or blog) isn't considered a good source. The policy concerning sources is here.

Keep in mind that reliable sources don't have to be on the internet. If Merry has been the subject of a newspaper or magazine article, you can use that as a reference. If her book was reviewed or mentioned somewhere, that might be a reference. Again, these things don't have to be on the web.

Let me know if you have any questions or need any help. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 16:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Quanell X

Thanks for contributing to the Quanell X article, and welcome to Wikipedia. Deatonjr 01:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Betty Brock Bell

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Betty Brock Bell, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. 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. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. 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. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Betty Brock Bell. brewcrewer (yada, yada) 07:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedian Survey

Hello,

My name is Brenton Stewart. I am an African American, doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin- Madison in Library & Information Studies. Currently I am conducting a study on the motivational factors of African American Wikipedians. I am asking for your help by participating in this short online survey which will take take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Please feel free to distribute to other Black Wikipedians. The survey will be available from Tuesday July 1, 2008 until Tuesday August 5, 2008. Thank you so much for your participation.

Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HlzQGQIRUjncj7O09zgy4g_3d_3d e1977 07:09, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello KwabenaShabazz! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 16 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. Jew Don Boney - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
2. Clarence Bradford - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 06:21, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Dorrance Publishing Co.

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A tag has been placed on Dorrance Publishing Co. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but 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. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of Grover C. Thomsen for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Grover C. Thomsen is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grover C. Thomsen until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Toddst1 (talk) 13:43, 13 August 2012 (UTC)