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I rolled back the stuff you removed from the Talk page of RadioShack. Talk page material (unlike article material) should be left in perpetuity as a permanent record of what was done and why - otherwise we tend to go around in circles, repeating ourselves! - DavidWBrooks 12:16, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
Dakese appears to have made an edit to your userpage. I beleive that it is best that you are informed of this and may decide to revert his edit if you so wish. You may remove this message at any time. The Neokid Talk 19:11, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ian! The article as it stood as I was on New Pages patrol last night was lacking in content (CSD-A3: "Any article whose contents consist only of links elsewhere (including hyperlinks, category tags and "see also" sections), a rephrasing of the title, and/or attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title.") and also lacking in context (CSD-A1: "Very short articles providing little or no context (e.g., "He is a funny man that has created Factory and the Hacienda. And, by the way, his wife is great.").").
More than that, it was verging on the nonsensical - the first sentence read: "There was a National Sleep Alert and America in a 1993 from the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research." And American in a 1993 from? What?
In amongst the several hundred articles created last night, this was one of 50 or so of a similar pattern that I deleted within a few seconds of it going up.
The article has since been recreated as Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert. Whilst I still don't think this is very notable a subject for an encyclopedia, the article itself is of much higher quality. It is now has content, context and makes sense - the three things generally essential to any article.
You ask: How am I supposed to contribute information if I have to contend with that?. There are a few tips I can offer, if I may. The first thing I would suggest is to select your stub tag before you start writing. An article created with a stub tag already in place flags to the New Pages patroller that more is to be done and that the writer knows what s/he's doing. Second, I'd suggest wikilinks in the body of the article - again, it suggests to the patroller that something is going on and the article is "real" - a deadend article, or one with just a "See also" link, looks like the type of rambling the patroller will have deleted 49 times already that evening even if it isn't!
If those two options don't appeal, you can place an {{underconstruction}} tag at that top of the article. Then the patroller is likely to Watchlist the article and give the writer a few days to do something with it - it doesn't make the article immune from speedy deletion, but it does slow the process down.
I'm really sorry if I caused you wikistress. I assure you that was not my intention at all and I truly apologise for doing so. I hope you will accept the attached cup of tea (I'm British) as a peace offering. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 09:34, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Are dolphins endangered?--Are they stable? This needs to be in the little box of summary information like other animals Nastajus 15:05, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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What you can do is instead of linking to [[192.168.1.1]]
, you can link to [[Special:Contributions/192.168.1.1]]
(which displays Special:Contributions/192.168.1.1). To have it display without the "Special:Contributions" part, type [[Special:Contributions/192.168.1.1|192.168.1.1]]
, which displays 192.168.1.1. This is called a pipe trick, and works for all links. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 02:41, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the most recent note. The article looks good, I really don't think someone would want to delete it. You're right that it needs referencing though. My first suggestion would be to find references for it, but if you really don't want to, I like your idea of partnering with someone who's willng to. More references will address any notability concerns and more firmly protect against deletion. Also, since anyone could put untrue statements in, it's important that statements be referenced so the encyclopedia is more reliable. But it doesn't have to be you who does that if it's really not your thing. I think you're right about not splitting into two pages, that would be a mistake. But I also think we shouldn't shy away from including any negative info about the product. If it's sourced and relevant, I think it belongs in the article, and I think if it's balanced with other info it will help make the article more neutral, which is very important. It won't hurt the article at all. I think if a person feels so strongly about a product that they don't want any negative info in its article, they probably shouldn't be editing the article because it will be hard for them to remain neutral. Anyway, thanks for the note, on the whole I think the article is fine. Maybe I'll try to dig up some references myself. Let me know what happens. Peace, delldot talk 12:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
List of Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that List of Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Toohool 18:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok, when I have a bit of time I'll add the legend. Please feel free to make any changes you like to it, if you feel so inclined. I used inkscape for the picture, it's pretty easy to use. TastyCakes (talk) 14:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
The article Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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I have nominated Dragon NaturallySpeaking, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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