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Speedy deletion nomination of William Patrick Monahan

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as William Patrick Monahan, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:44, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I am highly offended that an administrator/contributer here decided to instantly remove my article regarding William Patrick Monahan claiming it was a "blatant hoax." The user who removed it, RHaworth, did not offer any other information other than the "Blatant Hoax" comment.

The article I wrote is fully sourced. I do not understand why this would be considered a hoax unless someone didn't bother to take the time to research the actual person in question. Considering how quickly it was deleted, I know for a fact that there was no research done in regard to William Patrick Monahan.

Please put my article back up. It is most certainly not a hoax, and quite frankly it's against the spirit of wikipedia to delete something that has no offensive/libelous material and can be verified with sources just because a person simply doesn't believe it. Thank you. Frederick. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biodole (talk • contribs) [originally posted at Talk:William Patrick Monahan]

Possibly I was too hasty. Certainly leaving the {{Train}} template in place did not help the article's credibility. The main problem for me was the total absence of links to other websites - a link to rockhall.com was pointless - if he is mentioned within that site, you should link to the specific page. I appreciate that William Patrick Monahan was active long before the Internet age but if he is notable, there should still be some trace - YouTube, for example, has music by performers long since inactive - like dead. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 10:23, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]