That, ideally, is the purpose of the law - it just doesn't always pan out that way. BD2412 T 22:57, 28 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

The law edit

Would that it always did!

Michael McDonnell edit

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Proposed deletion of Banks & Shane edit

 

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AfD nomination of Michael McDonnell edit

 

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AfD Nomination: Fillabelly edit

 

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An article you created maybe deleted soon: Tools which can help you edit

 

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There is an ongoing debate about whether your article should be deleted here:

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Finding sources which mention the topic of your article is the very best way to avoid an article being deleted {{Findsources3}}:

 
 
 
 
Find sources for Fillabelly : google news recent, google news old, google books, google scholar, NYT recent, NYT old, a9, msbooks, msacademic ...You can then cite these results in the Article for deletion discussion.

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  3. When trying to delete a page, veteran editors love to use a lot of rule acronyms. Don't let these acronyms intimidate you.
    Here is a list acronyms you can use yourself: WP:Deletion debate acronyms which may support the page you created being kept.
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If your page is deleted, you still have many options available. Good luck! travb (talk) 03:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Mike and Nina Pic.JPG edit

 
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Unreferenced BLPs edit

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Proposed deletion of File:McDonnell.jpg edit

 

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