Mr.Badlands

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Hows It Going?

Hi there, did you teach at AY Jackson SS recently(within the past few years)? Chriskid321 12:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Reverting Vandalism

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TfD nomination of Template:OCDSB Schools

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WelcomeShout template

Thanks for the info!! I was wondering how it worked. GreenJoe 16:06, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Alta Vista Public School

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September 2008

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Speedy deletion nomination of Heritage Brewing

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my comment to User:Nyttend re deletion of the Heritage Brewing page

"If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag;" What is the point of the hang on tag is you delete the page before anyone gets to comment.

The [:Heritage Brewing]] page you deleted can not be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person because the company no longer exists. The article was written to start documenting the history of a local company that existed in a community that was at the forefront of the resurgence of people paying attention to local food and breweries and at the same time rejecting the control and influence of big corporations and other large centralized organization who spout the old ways. This article is no more an article about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject than any article in categories Category:Canadian brewing companies, Category:Beer and breweries in Canada, etc. Quit freaking out and pissing off editors by proposing everything be deleted.

Speedy deletion nomination of Heritage Brewing

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A tag has been placed on Heritage Brewing 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, 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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Please take a look at WP:NOTE and WP:CORP for the general notability guidelines for companies. You will need to show significant coverage in major media of more than local standing. The subject should focus on the company, rather than a list of their beers and their attributes, which did in fact come off as promotional, given the absence of any indication that the company no longer exists. Acroterion (talk) 03:23, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Kindly refrain from attacking me with comments such as "Quit freaking out and pissing off editors". Nyttend (talk) 04:16, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Your latest article wasn't on the brewery but you had recreated it with you rationale of why it should be included. There was no information on the brewery in the article. That is why it was deleted under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you believe it is notable under WP:CORP, try recreating it and using a neutral tone. If you need help, let me know.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:45, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

You can request on User talk:Nyttend that he send you the original text of the article. I never saw the original article and am not an administrator, so I cannot restore deleted articles. Nyttend will most likely place the article in your user space where you can work on it.--NortyNort (Holla) 02:43, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination of Canadian Who's Who for deletion

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Your draft article, Draft:Kichesippi Beer Co.

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Your draft article, Draft:Kichesippi Beer Co.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:05, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Goulbourn Middle School for deletion

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Nomination of Alta Vista Public School for deletion

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