User talk:Chrismg956

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Speedy deletion nomination of BARRY SMITHERMAN

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A tag has been placed on BARRY SMITHERMAN requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. 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.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 03:41, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adding non-notable names

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:15, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Texas Railroad Commission members

You may want to stop creating these articles. I will be nominating all of them for deletion under our WP:AFD process today. I don't know what the outcome will be, but I think there is a reasonable chance that they will be deleted; as such, you may not want to devote additional energy to creating more similar articles until the outcome. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:10, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Update (I shouldn't be editing this early maybe) I've retracting my notability doubts on all three articles. It initially appeared as serving on the TRC was the primary notability claim, which would probably not meet WP:BIO; however, two of the individuals served in Texas state politics, and the third was chancellor of a large university system, all of which meet WP:BIO criteria in one way or another. BTW, the articles were well-written and formatted. Cheers, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:35, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Barry Smitherman for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Barry Smitherman 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/Barry Smitherman 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. DGG ( talk ) 07:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]