User talk:Margotleeshetterly

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Proposed deletion of Dorothy Vaughan

The article Dorothy Vaughan has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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Hi! Just added a new entry, Dorothy Vaughan. I've added two references, including one to an obituary. This person was incorrectly flagged as a living person. I'm going to edit out the flag tag but was curious as to why it was categorized as a living person. Thanks!

Margotleeshetterly (talk) 04:41, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Margot. Those tags are added manually, so it looks like someone just made a mistake (you can see their edit here). Anyway, I've removed the tag for you. Thanks for your contributions; it looks like a good start to the article. — Earwig ^talk 05:08, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mea culpa - I was the one who added that tag, Margotleeshetterly. I failed to notice the death date at the start of the article. Instead, I looked for anything about her death at the end, after retirement, and when I did not find it I jumped to the wrong conclusion that she was still alive. Thanks for sorting out my mistake, The Earwig. I have since updated the article to add that information at the end. Good luck with this article, and with whatever comes next.--Gronk Oz (talk) 11:27, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for participating

Thank you for your participation in the Women in Science Virtual Edit-a-thon, 8 to 29 November 2015, hosted by Women in Red together with Women scientists. It was held in parallel with a meet up at the New York Academy of Sciences on 22 November. In addition to improvements, we created well over 300 new articles. Your contributions are appreciated!

Hope you will also join us for the WiR Women in Religion Virtual Edit-a-thon from 5 to 15 December.--Ipigott (talk) 11:32, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]