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Wimbledon32, good luck, and have fun. Declangi (talk) 10:18, 29 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 30)

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Your submission at Articles for creation

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Wimbledon32 (talk) 20:43, 30 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Is this because my Sandbox contains several articles, not just one? I have read the book Lying for the Admiralty by Margaret Cameron-Ash which reads like a detective story, only it is true. I will fill them with the appropriate Sandbox text. Wimbledon32 (talk) 20:43, 30 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Pages moved to draft space

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Hi there! Your articles, Draft:Lying for the Admiralty and Draft: Margaret Cameron-Ash don't seem ready for mainspace yet. A wikipedia article about a book or a person has to cite sources that are not related to the author or the book themselves, like book reviews or newspaper and journal articles. Please move the article back to main space once you have added independent, reliable sources. Thank you! Mcampany (talk) 23:14, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Diamond Crossing 2

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Diamond Crossing 2 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. 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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    • Havve uploaded a later version, so that this version can be deleted.
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Scissors Crossovers

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Speeds and Redundacy

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No redundancy at dual bridge collapse

Turnout speeds and redundacy

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See: Railroad_switch#Turnout_speeds

See: bridges in both direction destroyed by single run-away barge

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Nomination of Occupation crossing for deletion

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  • Hello, my apologies for not leaving this note sooner. I was the editor that nominated the article for deletion. I genuinely hope you don't find this discouraging, although I know from experience this is hard to do. Please contribute to the discussion on the nomination page. It's certainly possible it will not be deleted if you make a good case and others agree with you; I'm completely open to changing my mind if you convince me. Writing an article can be very difficult if you're new to Wikipedia and it often takes some time and experience before success. Although I don't believe the article is on a notable topic, I do think it was well written and hope you continue to contribute. If you believe you can find more sources to provide evidence of WP:N notability, I'd be happy to request the article be moved to your draft space so you can continue to work on it; alternatively, you can post the sources on the nomination page or add them to the article for others to consider. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know and I genuinely do hope you're not discouraged. Best wishes,   // Timothy :: talk  02:29, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Lying for the Admiralty

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Hello, Wimbledon32. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Lying for the Admiralty".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 05:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Margaret Cameron-Ash

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 13:29, 5 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, User:Wimbledon32/sandbox

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Celestina007 (talk) 06:22, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Your draft article, Draft:Rail chairs and baseplates

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Your draft article, Draft:Diamond crossing

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 13:15, 5 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Plastic Sleepers

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 01:12, 29 March 2021 (UTC)Reply