User talk:Archivist1174

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Proposed deletion of Alfred C. Graf

The article Alfred C. Graf has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. GILO ^{ACCIDENT &}_EMERGENCY 18:12, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Daniel Losquadro

The article Daniel Losquadro has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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Proposed deletion of Daniel Losquadro

The article Daniel Losquadro has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Mhiji 15:12, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Christopher Friend

The article Christopher Friend has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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Biographies of living persons

I note that you are creating biography articles for American politicians. Wikipedia articles must be referenced, especially biographical articles. Please read Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Thanks. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 07:32, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Steven McLaughlin

The article Steven McLaughlin has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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Sam Roberts (politician)

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February 2011

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Thomas Roach (disambiguation) a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

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Steve Katz

I have reverted your moves. If you wish to move Steve Katz (politician) please use the WP:RM process. Please do not cut and paste. I have spent a lot of time reverting your earlier edits that overwrote the article on the musician. Tassedethe (talk) 19:28, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Using previously published materials

Hi. I am an administrator investigating the copyright concerns raised with the article Sam Roberts (politician). I see that you removed the "close paraphrasing" tag with a note saying "Close paraphrase of public domain, see http://assembly.state.ny.us. Thank you for your concern." This raises several issues.

First, not all states release their web material into public domain. See Wikipedia:Public domain: " State and local governments usually do retain a copyright on their works" (formatting in original). Some states, including California and Florida, do release their public records into public domain (Wikipedia:PD#Public records) but we cannot presume that any other state does without something to verify this. In this case, we know that New York State does not have a blanket release on its content. For instance, the New York State Senate releases its websites under the incompatible CC-By-NC ([1]), while the New York State Unified Court System reserves all rights ([2]). Because of US copyright law, an explicit notice of copyright is not required, so we cannot read into an absence. We need to locate or obtain a specific release.

If it can be verified that the content is public domain, we still cannot copy or closely paraphrase from it without acknowledging that the content has been copied or closely paraphrased. In accordance with Wikipedia:Plagiarism, citing a source is insufficient acknowledgment. Our readers need to be able to determine that the material was not authored here.

I have removed the remaining close paraphrase from the article. You are more than welcome to reintroduce that information but unless public domain status is first verified please use different structure and language. Thank you. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Peter DeLucia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Peter DeLucia 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/Peter DeLucia 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 template from the top of the article. JFHJr (㊟) 23:05, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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November 2013

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Category:John B. Pickett fellows has been nominated for listification

Category:John B. Pickett fellows has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:09, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]