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Annie Mae Leonard Mitcham

A tag has been placed on Annie Mae Leonard Mitcham, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

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A tag has been placed on Annie mae leonard-mitcham, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. SpLo T _{(*T* C+u+g+v)} 14:06, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of non-notable things on Wikipedia. It's a shame. Hopefully we'll spot them all eventually. But their existence is not an excuse for keeping other non-notable things - "two rights don't make a wrong".

If there are many independent non-trivial sources that discuss Mrs Mitcham, could you provide the details of some? --Robdurbar 20:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I saw one article there, which is a start. I'm not sure who it is or what sort of article it is. But that is only a start. If you must recreate an article about her:

Don't include the content about how many great-children she has and their bachelor degrees. Its not interesting to anyone and is unencylopedic
Use any sources you have to back up any statements that explain what she has done or what makes her interesting
Bare in mind that all this may still not guarentee that others will decide she is notable. I'm still not convinced that she is.
Don't keep reposting articles on her if one gets rejected again. This will only make people less likely to accept an article on her
Any superlatives or opinions - justify them!

Hope that helps. I don't see how she is notable, in all honesty. I think that the large number of deletions of articles should show this to you. She is a good person, I'm sure, but that's not enough. Robdurbar 10:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The link to an extract you provided on my talkpage effectively says no more than "she was a very good person who had a lot of children and worked very hard", none of which is in dispute, but none of which in itself is notable; very many people are good people, have many children and work very hard, sometimes iin complete obscurity. Any more that the article says has to be purchased, according to the website. So, as Robdurbar says above, can you provide non-trivial sources that the subject of this article is notable? Tonywalton | Talk 12:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll put it to you simply: You need to prove that Annie has done/did something that was notable - maked her unusual - that can be proven with verifiable sources. More specifically, if she falls under one of the categories at Wikipedia:Notability (people), she'll definately get in.

But here's a tip for you. There is no secret way of writing an article or presenting people that makes someone appear more notable. If they are, then it will probably appear fairly obvious as to what it is they have done. I can't help you any more than I already have. --Robdurbar 23:44, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well that's a source that proves many of the claims made in the article. But I still don't see how any of this makes her patiuclarly notable. --Robdurbar 13:09, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Please stop reposting the above three-times deleted page without addressing the concerns of why it was deleted. If you persist your ability to edit Wikipedia may be removed. Thank you. Akihabara 14:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You state that the subject of the article is "Annie Mae Mitcham is very well known Throughout Central GA as an educator for the under privileged".(Presumably by "GA" you mean Georgia (U.S. state). If you can cite reliable sources that say this it might be appropriate to reinstate the article, however please see these guidelines on notability and, given the similarity between the last name of the subject and your username, also see this regarding articles about family members. Regards, Tonywalton | Talk 10:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Samaria (Mitcham) Bailey

I'm not sure this project needs an article on the subject, but I think there is notability asserted (thus no speedy deletion) and that the subject is such that a wider group of editors need to weigh in (thus no prod). I imagine that this will be taken to the articles for deletion process, so now is time for sources and any additional notability claims to be added to the article. Erechtheus (talk) 15:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Joseph M. Hendricks

Hi Mitchamz. I see you removed a copyedit tag I added to the above article. I've reinstated it, because the prose in the article needs a little attention to bring it in line with Wikipedia's manual of style: for example, some of the current sentences are fragments, and the lead doesn't correspond to convention. The tag's not intended as criticism of the article, just to help other editors interested in copyediting to find it and give it the attention it needs. It's a good idea too to use edit summaries to explain what changes you're making and why. They help other editors understand your actions. Thanks, Gonzonoir (talk) 09:28, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, mate. I have come across Barney B. Rasor at AfD, an article you have been working on. I have left some comments on the article's talk page on how I feel you might be able to improve the article so that it will satisfy the notability criteria. I'm not an expert, though, and am more of an inclusionist than a deletionist, so I tend to have an easier standard, but I feel that if you were to attempt to address these issues, you might be able to rescue the article. Also, have you voted at the AfD? If not, you may wish to have your say. You can do that by following this link Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barney B. Rasor. Please take a look at my comments if you get a chance. Hopefully they will help. — AustralianRupert (talk) 02:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm not at all sure what you were trying to do in creating this page, but it has been deleted. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:10, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? I made a post on a notable individual. I suggest that you send this matter to arbitration. I will be resubmitting it for inclusion

You created a talk page in project space for a project space page that does not and should not exist. This is a seperate issue from the article you also created.

And while we're on the subject of said article, you once again introduced copyright violations by using content from [1] word-for-word in that article. As you have been blocked for this before, consider this your only warning not to do it again. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:32, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So, I just reverted your addition of a source to the article. The reason is simple, you added it to the statement "Particularly known for having single-handedly transformed what was once a crime riddled and drug invested 4th Ward neighborhood into a vital and thriving family oriented community". The source you added seems to be saying that an entirely different person is responsible for redevelopment of a neighborhood. It doesn't even mention the name of the article subject. That being the case, I am once again at a loss to understand what you thought you were doing. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:53, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are having a real problem getting how to use sources appropriately. I've just removed the statement entirely as your latest attempt to source it once again did no such thing. One reference once again did not mention the article subject at all, and the other mentioned her in passing in an article about someone else taking the situation into their own hands. In fact, your own edits have disproven the premise that she revived thie neightborhood "singlehandedly" so that clearly should not be in the article. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:05, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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About all these nominations

I just wanted to clarify that I'm not trying to pick on you or anything, but Wikipedia and Commons both take copyright issues fairly seriously and it is clear that you have uploaded many images that you did not have the right to release the rights to. I do think you do have something of value to contribute here, some of the people you hav written about may not have been otherwise covered here, but that does not excuse repeatedly violating copyright. Some of the images may be salvageable iff you can provide information on where you got them. That way we can remove the apparently incorrect releases and add an appropriate fair-use rationale which is what you should do when uploading things to Wikipedia you did not create and do not own the rights to. (you should not upload such images at all to Wikipedia Commons as they do not allow fair use) I realize that may be difficult as this latest batch over here are older uploads, but if not they will probably be deleted, so your participation on the above discussions could be helpful. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:18, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Dr. AKINLEYE is the Chancellor of a major university within the US which makes him notable. This article is no less important as the one published on Dr Debra Saunders-White the university's 11 th Chancellor. Mitchamz (talk) 17:59, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank You. She is so worthy of inclusion. She is a phenomenal coach and woman. Mitchamz (talk) 14:29, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Northeast High School (Macon, Georgia)

Please stop adding these names. Ancestry.com is not a reliable source, and you cannot add external links to the body of an article. Please read WP:EL and WP:RSP. I told you this in my edit summary when I reverted you the first time. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:38, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Northeast High School (Macon, Georgia), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. To add alumni who do not have a Wikipedia article to the list of notable alumni, you must include a source that supports notability, not just that they attended that school. Schazjmd (talk) 14:47, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

the references to the HS that Bill Berry and Mike Mills attended are found within the citings of their respective pages that have already been verified, vetted and approved by Wikipedia. Mitchamz (talk) 01:46, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Northeast High School (Macon, Georgia), you may be blocked from editing. You re-inserted non-notable names, and added notable names with sources that did not support the edit. Please stop your disruptive editing. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

the people that I placed in this section are notable alumni of NEHS. Your rationale for deleting them is without merit. We simply copied and pasted wiki code from already approved content. You left AL Lucas and deleted Corey Williams when they are exactly the same kind of listing. I will appeal. Mitchamz (talk) 18:14, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Northeast High School (Macon, Georgia). Magnolia677 (talk) 13:43, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

these are references that are within wikipedia and sourced as such. What are you talking about? I used the exact same references for Mike Mills and Bill Berry that were on their Wikipedia page. I will request that you be blocked if you continue removing the content that I put up based on wikipedia standards. Mitchamz (talk) 14:52, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia articles cannot be used as citations to Wikipedia articles. Please read WP:CIRCULAR. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am not using them as references. These are people that attended northeast hs or Lassiter that have already been vetted as notable. I simply placing them on the NEHS under the notable alumni section. This is not new content. It is content that is already on Wikipedia. Lydia Meredith states clearly that she attended Lassiter. What is going on here? Mitchamz (talk) 15:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What's the relation between "Northeast High School" and "Lasseter High School" (it's spelt with an "e" on her article)? M.Bitton (talk) 15:24, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Smith and Lassiter merge to create NEHS in 1971 due to federally mandated integration. They are the same place. Mitchamz (talk) 15:28, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Its obviously a misspelling Mitchamz (talk) 15:29, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

the bottom line is that NEHS produced some very Notable alumni and are being blocked from being added due to technicalities. Mike Mills and Bill Berry both attended NEHS and it is stated in their respective pages references. Mitchamz (talk) 15:51, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It states on both Bill Berry and Mike Mills pages that they attended the same HS and if you check the reference for the High School it States NEHS. Mitchamz (talk) 15:33, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It could be a spelling mistake, but I'm struggling to find a source that supports the following statement: Meredith was one of the first Black students to integrate the all-white Lasseter High School in Macon, Georgia. M.Bitton (talk) 15:36, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In her autobiography, Meredith discusses being part of the first group of Black students to attend Lasseter.^[1] Schazjmd (talk) 15:46, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

thank you Mitchamz (talk) 15:48, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. While I don't know anything about the subject, I can't help but wonder why she spelt "Lasseter" (with an "e") twice. Is there a possibility (however remote) that she is referring to another school? M.Bitton (talk) 15:50, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all. There was no other School in Macon by that name. You can also read up on the merger in history reference on the page. Mitchamz (talk) 15:55, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@M.Bitton, unlikely. I can't see the prev. page on googlebooks, but on the visible page (that I linked), it also mentions Mark Smith High School, one of the other schools consolidated into Northeast High. Schazjmd (talk) 15:58, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://faculty.mercer.edu/davis_da/fys102/Central.html this is a reference relative to the issue that is on the NEHS Wikipedia page. Mitchamz (talk) 16:00, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitchamz and Schazjmd: I'll leave it up to you. You might also find these yearbooks interesting. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 17:48, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://faculty.mercer.edu/davis_da/fys102/Central.html this is a reference relative to the issue that is on the NEHS Wikipedia page Mitchamz (talk) 16:01, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

it's a priori. She had to have been if both Mark Smith and Lassiter merged into NEHS in 1971 and she attended at that time. Logical deduction. Mitchamz (talk) 15:46, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Too funny! I used the reference that you recommended and they took it down stating that it wasn't a reliable source. This is crazy! Mitchamz (talk) 21:12, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

the references to the HS that Bill Berry and Mike Mills attended are found within the citings of their respective pages that have already been verified, vetted and approved by Wikipedia. Mitchamz (talk) 01:48, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Meredith, L. (2016). The Gay Preacher's Wife: How My Gay Husband Deconstructed My Life and Reconstructed My Faith. Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-4767-8893-7. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

Other Mitchams

Major Mitcham,

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I'm currently noticing that you've edited a number of articles about people with the (former) surname Mitcham, including Wilbur Mitcham, Lydia Meredith, and Samaria (Mitcham) Bailey. I also noticed that you recently uploaded a photograph of Wilbur Mitcham on Commons as your own work, with a note that the photo was taken at his daughter's wedding in 1990.

Do you happen to have any sort of relationship with these other Mitchams that you believe might rise to a level of a conflict-of-interest? If so, I understand that you may (rightfully) wish to write about notable people from Macon on Wikipedia, though we generally ask that editors disclose any relevant conflict-of-interests for articles that they are editing. If not, I apologize for incorrectly connecting the dots.

— Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 03:15, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am related to the subject. I provided photos however I can remove if they are considered a COI Mitchamz (talk) 03:22, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

April 2023 (continued)

With this edit at Samaria (Mitcham) Bailey you wrote, "Bailey began desegregation at A. L. Miller Senior High School". To support the edit, you cited this source. Perhaps I missed it, but where does it say this in the source cited? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I made the correction to the citing. Mitchamz (talk) 13:12, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Alvin J. Copeland

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This is a notable subject that needs more time for me to work on. Mitchamz (talk) 04:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Or, you can bring any questions you have to the Teahouse. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:03, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a notable and well known coach. Mitchamz (talk) 17:55, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Mostly unsourced and full of puff

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Please learn how to reference correctly by following the tutorial at WP:INTREFVE. Every statement must have an in-line citation. You currently have three in-line citations and a few references at the bottom with no associated in-line citation. Every single statement must have an in-line citation. This will automatically generate a reference list for you.

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Zachery S. Mitcham

Please stop spamming "Zachery S. Mitcham" to so many notable people lists. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:40, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] Meredith, L. (2016). The Gay Preacher's Wife: How My Gay Husband Deconstructed My Life and Reconstructed My Faith. Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-4767-8893-7. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

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