Legallion11

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Blanche Gaston

Hello, Legallion11, and thank you for your contributions!

I wanted to let you know it seems an article you worked on, Blanche Gaston, is copied from another Wikipedia page, BlancheGaston. It's fine to do this as long as you provide the following information in the edit summary:

1. a link to the article you copied from
2. the date you copied it

You can do this now by editing the page, making any minor edit to the article, and adding the above information into the edit summary.

If you're still not sure how to fix the problem, please leave a message at the help desk. It's possible that I made a mistake, so feel free to remove the tag I placed on the article.

Thanks again for helping build the free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 17:13, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of BlancheGaston

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on BlancheGaston requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Blanche Gaston

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A tag has been placed on Blanche Gaston 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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 "Click here to 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 removed 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, you can place a request here. reddogsix (talk) 17:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Blanche Gaston for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Blanche Gaston 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/Blanche Gaston 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 notice from the top of the article. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 12:12, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Tortured tenses

I am longing for some American to explain to me about what I call "tortured tenses". It is something that appears frequently in poor quality American writing. Please explain to me why "the book would go on to become one of the forerunners" is considered better than the simple, narrative past tense: "the book became one of the forerunners". — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 12:17, 11 November 2013 (UTC)