User talk:Dellington1
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Speedy deletion nomination of Raman O. Mestre
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A tag has been placed on Raman O. Mestre 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 real person or group of people that does not credibly 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
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The article Raman O. Mestre has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Welcome, again!
[edit]Hello Dellington1,
Welcome back to Wikipedia! It's interesting that you're not entirely new here, but please accept my warm welcome nonetheless. I have a few tips that I believe will assist you during your time here.
I've noticed your potential as a contributor, particularly in enhancing the representation of Nigeria on Wikipedia. I'd like to extend an invitation for you to join the WikiProject Nigeria, if you haven't already become a member. This is a fantastic community where you can discover articles in need of editing or even contribute by creating articles that are sought after.
It's equally important to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's guidelines, especially those related to Reliable sources. You can find a selection of reliable sources for Nigerian topics on this dedicated page.
Make sure to review guidelines such as Notability (applicable to academics/academicians, music/musicians, companies/organisations, and even individuals), as well as Plagiarism.
For content creation, you'll find policies such as Neutral point of view, Verifiability, What Wikipedia is not, and Biography of living persons to be quite insightful.
I assure you that investing a bit of time in understanding these guidelines will pay off later. Your dedication will yield commendable results.
I'm eager to witness your contributions that will undoubtedly enhance Wikipedia's content. If you ever have questions, feel free to reach out to me via my talk page.
Take care. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:43, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
Bare URLs
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Hello, and thank you for your efforts to improve Wikipedia, and in particular for adding references, as you did to Raavi Ravindranath! However, you should know that adding a bare URL is not ideal, and exposes the reference to linkrot. It is preferable to use proper citation templates when citing sources. A bare URL is a URL cited as a reference for some information in an article without any accompanying information about the linked page. In other words, it is just URL copied and pasted into the Wiki text, inserted between <ref>...</ref> tags, without title, author, date, or any of the usual information necessary for a bibliographic citation. Here's an example of a full citation using the {{cite web}} template to cite a web page:
Lorem ipsum<ref>{{cite web |title=Download the Scanning Software - Windows and Mac |publisher=Canon Inc |work=Ask a Question |date=2022 |url=https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART174839 |access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref> dolor sit amet.
which displays inline in the running text of the article as:
- Lorem ipsum[1] dolor sit amet.
and displays under References as:
- 1. ^ Download the Scanning Software - Windows and Mac". Ask a Question. Canon Inc. 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
If you've already entered one or more bare urls to an article, there are tools available to expand them into full citations; try the reFill tool, which can resolve some bare references semi-automatically. Once again, thanks for adding references to articles, and to avoid future link rot, please consider supplementing your bare URLsâcreating full, inline citations with title, author, date, publisher, etc. More information can be found at Wikipedia:Inline citations. Thank you. Edward-Woodrow :) [talk] 13:02, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Blocked as a sockpuppet
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