User talk:Mister Ernest Thayer

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Please don't create unsourced articles

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all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. I assume there was a reason why they said "attributable" rather than "attributed"? Mister Ernest Thayer (talk) 15:52, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. You should add references to any material that you add to an article, otherwise any editor can remove it. It's also important to add context that explains to readers why the subject is important. Articles should not consist of only almanac type information.- Mr X 16:52, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Cliff Hayes, Jr.

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Your contributed article, Post-2016 anti-Trump movement

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Post-2016 anti-Trump movement. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Protests against Donald Trump. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Protests against Donald Trump. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 23:10, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

For your information -- I did not target the article for deletion, speedy or otherwise, although I happen to concur. The editor (immediately above) who went to great pains to explain why the article is deficient made that decision, with which, again, I concur. I recommend you read the following sections to understand better how to create articles that improve Wikipedia and which enlighten: Contributing to Wikipedia, The five pillars of Wikipedia, How to edit a page, and Simplified Manual of Style. Yours, Quis separabit? 01:54, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Rms125a@hotmail.com: A deletion template with a boilerplate rationale is "great pains"? Those two articles are nothing alike. There's very little overlap in what they cover. Do What U Want, though; far be it from me to challenge Wikipedia's consensus that all anti-Trump content should be subsumed under the protest article! Mister Ernest Thayer (talk) 02:03, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just a side comment since I really don't have a stake in all this. I would recommend you move your article to a draft, work on making it in-depth, well-sourced, impartial, and notable. Get other editors to take a look, agree to its value, and then move to publish. Classicwiki (talk) (ping me) 06:25, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Mister Ernest Thayer (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Blocks keep getting imposed for "abusing multiple accounts". Why don't you just unblock the original User:St. claires fire account, and then there won't be an abuse of multiple accounts? It seems like that would solve the problem. Otherwise, we end up stuck in this cycle of blocking, block evasion, blocking, block evasion, etc.

What happened with St. claires fire was, I was one of many users who made a complaint against JzG, and they said, "Oh, you violated WP:SCRUTINY because you got involved in something controversial without disclosing all alternate accounts you had." But if there was some violation of WP:SCRUTINY, it was technical and immaterial, rather than actually important or harmful, because I wasn't using the other account(s) to be involved in anything JzG-related, or that had any bearing on the situation with JzG. And JzG ended up quitting the project anyway, because the complaints people like me were making were actually valid. Ask User:NeilN; he's familiar with the situation. Mister Ernest Thayer (talk) 11:52, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

If you want to end the cycle by having User:St. claires fire unblocked, then log in to that account and make an unblock request at User talk:St. claires fire, being sure to address the reasons for your block. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:10, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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