Rebekahalnablack

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Proposed deletion of Case no. 16CV300

The article Case no. 16CV300 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Wikipedia is not a newspaper. The court proceedings of a small court do not merit there own articles unless they have greater significance.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. noq (talk) 18:36, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Case no. 16CV300 for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Case no. 16CV300 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/Case no. 16CV300 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. noq (talk) 16:32, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

December 2016

Hello, I'm CAPTAIN RAJU. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Case no. 16CV300— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(✉) 23:25, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

cpt i cant understnd pls restate

Speedy deletion nomination of Educational Service Workers

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Copyright

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Okay, so I say it in my own words and point to the news sources? Rebekahalnablack (talk) 17:06, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello and welcome

Hello. I came across your talk page after following some links from the Articles for Deletion pages. Looking at the notices above, I can see that you are trying to create an article concerning a subject you care about deeply. It is always frustrating for new users to read "Anyone can edit" as a promise from the site, and then be told over and over again that their edits are not wanted. That's not exactly what's happening, but I know that's what it feels like.

The basic issue is this: Wikipedia has, over the course of many discussions, reached two decisions that affect you personally: 1) People directly connected to an article's subject should not be the ones to make the biggest contributions to that article and 2) There need to be significant, independent, verifiable sources to each claim an article makes. There are good reasons for this site to have made those decisions, but they can easily feel discriminatory to those caught against them.

I suggest you might want to request another editor to create the article for you.

1. Click This Link
2. Hold down the Shift and Alt keys and hit the "E" key (this brings up the edit window)
3. Scroll down (way down) until you see the "Education" section.
4. Find a blank space under the "General" heading.
5. Start a new request with a blank line.
6. Type * {{req|MISSING_ARTICLE_NAME}} and replace "MISSING_ARTICLE_NAME" with the article name you think needs to be added. I suggest that you don't use the case number but rather the case name. See, for example, Brown v. Board of Education or In the Matter of S---
7. Add more information about what the the case is about, what the issue is, why it matters, how it relates to education, and whatever links about the case you can.
8. Finish your posting by typing four tilde characters in a row to sign your post. Like this: ~~~~
9. Below the main text box is a smaller one that has the label "Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)". Type something like: "requesting new article about ..."
10. Click "Show Preview" to make sure it looks good.
11. Scroll all the way back down to the bottom where you will see the edit window again.
12. Make any changes necessary
13. Click "Save Changes"

I can't guarantee that this will get your article created, but it may be your best shot.

Happy New Year Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Ok! I did it! Thanks again! :) Rebekahalnablack (talk) 23:23, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Oh wow ! This is super helpful! I was thinking about this.. can you please check it out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GA_Code_%C2%A7_34-8-196 oops forgot to sign, thx! Rebekahalnablack (talk) 17:27, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

That article at least has references, but it resembles what we call a coat rack article. That is the title is about one thing (a provision in Georgia state law) but all the text is about something else (compensation for education workers). Sorry to say, it may very well also be deleted. Best of luck Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:32, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

hmmm, I see... It is weird how that provision in state law is all about compensation for educational service workers.. maybe I should just call the article something less formal like "Compensation for education service workers in Georgia" ? I never knew how much history and news coverage a state law could get! :) Rebekahalnablack (talk) 17:36, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

That might be a good place to start. I might also suggest that you try checking out the Teahouse, a place on the project specifically dedicated to helping new users get on their feet. I'll add a message below with a link about it. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:45, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Ok, well, I couldn't get that to work, but try This link anyway. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Awesome! I will definitely be checking these things out! I like your ideas a lot and thx for sharing! Happy new year! Rebekahalnablack (talk) 17:56, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

GA Code § 34-8-196

Hi. I see that you created GA Code § 34-8-196, which is essentially the same article as Case no. 16CV300. I have deleted it. You seem to be quite determined to create a wikipedia article on this topic. As I mentioned earlier, WP:COI states our policy regarding conflict of interest. You stated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Case no. 16CV300 that you are the plaintiff in this case, which is clearly a conflict of interest. Please do not create any more articles on this topic, or any related topic. You are welcome to continue to edit Wikipedia on other topics, but you should not recreate this article again, or any article on a closely related topic. If you continue to do so, you will be prevented from making any further edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoySmith (talk • contribs) 22:53, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

I do apologize but there is no case involved in this article. This article is about the provisions of law in Georgia. It is not conflict of interest! Please reinstate it and actually read the new article, the other was of course totally premature! Rebekahalnablack (talk) 22:56, 30 December 2016 (UTC)