User talk:Aklowry

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Notability of Christopher Elkington

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Professor Michael J. Kennedy

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Speedy deletion of Professor Michael J. Kennedy

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November 2007

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Speedy deletion of Dr Peter Ball

A tag has been placed on Dr Peter Ball requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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advice and warning about COI -- November 2007

I came here to request that you add sufficient information to the article on Christopher Elkington to keep it from deletion--a list of publications, for example, and some works about him. But it appears that you have been creating many of the entries of probably notable people connected with Lancing College by directly copying their brief bios from from various places on the web--and this is altogether unacceptable.

The articles are undoubtedly going to be deleted rapidly unless you provide sufficient information, and suitable sources, and unless you write them yourself. For an idea of what is necessary, see WP:BFAQ, and also WP:COI. In general there has to be sufficient information to demonstrate that they are notable according to WP:N and its sub-rules, as shown by their accomplishments, and demonstrated by third party reliable sources talking about them in a substantial way. Newspaper articles, book reviews, and so on. But you must write the material yourself, not copy it from elsewhere.

The many articles you are doing will cause us substantial difficulty here in rewriting them, expanding them or removing them--one or these will be necessary for all of them. If you continue doing this , I warn you that you will quite possibly soon be blocked to prevent the addition of copyright violations and non-notable content to the encyclopedia. - I will be happy to explain further in detail. DGG (talk) 02:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Sinclair Beecham

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Speedy deletion of Desmond Wyndham Otho FitzGerald

A tag has been placed on Desmond Wyndham Otho FitzGerald 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Call me Bubba (talk) 23:34, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

February 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to the page Lancing College has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Frehley^Space ^Ace 12:42, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Non-notable officer; redirect to Earl of Effingham#Earls of Effingham (Second Creation, 1837)

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Orange Mike | Talk 01:53, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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