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1974-75 Kentucky Colonels season

Thank you for creating 1974-75 Kentucky Colonels season. Keep up the good work, Kingturtle (talk) 12:26, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Earl Foreman

Hi! I'm a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject New page. I read your articl on Earl Foreman. There was a obvious omission in the article that I thought would be best to figure out while the article is new and you the creator is still around. Is Earl Foreman alive or dead? And if you know would you mind including that information in the article? Thanks.Ltwin (talk) 20:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know the answer to that offhand . . . but I'd be curious to know myself!

Speedy deletion of John Goodner

A tag has been placed on John Goodner 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 a person or group of people, 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Deletion

Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I nominated three articles that you worked on for deletion. The discussion for Ron Hudson, Mike Major, and John Goodner is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ron Hudson. I also wanted to let you know about Ventrell Jenkins, which was deleted because it was about an athlete, but didn't indicate why he was notable. – wodup – 04:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Page moves

Hi there. For future reference, please don't move pages by copying and pasting, as you did with Bill Garner. Rather, use the move tab at the top of the page, as it preserves the article's edit history. Thanks. SteveO (talk) 19:35, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Great Lakes Bowl

I have nominated Category:Great Lakes Bowl (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 07:34, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

1975–76 Buffalo Braves season

You added a lot of unsourced content to the 1975–76 Buffalo Braves season article about exhibition games. If you are able to add sources to this information, that would be helpful. Otherwise, it may be removed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:13, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

It is sourced.

You are now a Reviewer

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:ABA 2000

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Nomination of Elizabeth Eagleton Weigand for deletion

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Nomination of Stephen Poludniak for deletion

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If you have any questions about the permission, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, happy editing! Acalamari 21:27, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Morgan Newton

The article Morgan Newton has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:BIO as a back-up quarterback

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Felon vs. Ex-Felon

Hi there LanternLight,

I notice you've been systematically replacing "ex-felon" with "felon" on the English Wikipedia here. I can guess at your rationale, but I don't feel it's the best decision. "Ex-felon" is a common usage (example, example), and also provides relevant information (is the person currently incarcerated, or are they now at liberty, having 'served their time'?) Given that "felon" also has connotations of "evil, bad, immoral," I feel that this is sort of a judgmental term. I particularly don't think it's warranted to make all these replacements. Can you tell me a little more about why you're making these changes? Thanks! Groupuscule (talk) 18:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your response. I appreciate that you feel that "felon" is more accurate. I do think it has negative connotations, as seen above, and that 'ex-felon' conveys more information. (Differentiates between someone currently incarcerated and someone now at liberty). Given that "ex-felon" is standard usage (many webcrawler hits), it seems like bad policy to change. I don't want to go through and revert your edits, but I think this is a really important issue, due in large part to the stigma that ex-felons face in society. I would ask if perhaps you could hold off on changing more instances of "ex-felon," and maybe we can ask for some mediation if you still feel strongly about the other changes? Thanks, and thanks for all your edits. groupuscule (talk) 14:11, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Oh My My (Ringo Starr song)

Concerning your contribution, Oh My My (Ringo Starr song), a page move cannot be done by simply copying and pasting the contents of a page into a new location, as such a process does not transfer the page's edit history and therefore violates the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license by denying attribution to editors who worked on Oh My My. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from Oh My My. As a violation of the page move process, Oh My My (Ringo Starr song) needs to be temporarily deleted under the speedy deletion criteria so that Oh My My may be properly moved in a way that will preserve its edit history. Oh My My (Ringo Starr song) has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If not, please refrain from editing either Oh My My or Oh My My (Ringo Starr song) until the latter has been deleted according to Wikipedia's speedy criterion G6 (non-controversial housekeeping).

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That's fine. Sounds like the best way to set it up. Thanks.

Ways to improve Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov

Hi, I'm MrNiceGuy1113. LanternLight, thanks for creating Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Hi there, I have just added a "copyedit" tag to your article. Reason being that the name "Kedrov" is repeated too often--when writing in English always avoid reption. Kedrov this, Kedrov that, Kedrov the other becomes very annoying, fast.Kind Regard

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Postcrossing

Postcrossing changes every day. So it makes no sense to keep it actual every day. Once a month will be ok. And when changed anything, please line it with date in the references...--Starpromi (talk) 00:27, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Why just once a month, instead of more recent and up to date information? How does less recent information better serve anyone?

Nomination of Morgan Newton for deletion

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

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== Merge Proposal of Daniel Silna into Ozzie Silna

Merge discussion for Daniel Silna

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Nomination of Dick Vermillion for deletion

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Category:Washington Generals has been nominated for merging

Category:Washington Generals has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. User:Namiba 14:54, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Rick Smith (American football, born 1948)

The article Rick Smith (American football, born 1948) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:44, 21 July 2023 (UTC)