Marinahammond
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I have removed two references from the article on Kazimir Karpuszko which you added. Neither of the references mentioned Kazimir Karpuszko, and the link to your own website (I presume it is yours, you share the name of the owner) is an advertisement. If Marina Hammond is notable enough to have her own article then that would be the place to add a reference to her website. Please note that this leaves the article on Kazimir Karpuszko without any sources to show that Kazimir Karpuszko was in any way notable. I will take a look to see if I can find any, but if no-one adds any sources about Kazimir Karpuszko (not about his family in general) then the article will likely face deletion at some point in the future. Regards. Weakopedia (talk) 16:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Kazimir Karpuszko
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