Miss10soccer

Hi there. Just letting you know that the article you created has been tagged for speedy deletion, and may soon be deleted. I may be wrong, but it appears to be a school-related project. In the event that the article is deleted, you might consider asking the administrator who takes care of it to userfy it for you, which will allow you to keep the article on your private page. Anyway, the "official" reason it was tagged was because Wikipedia already has an article on the Thirteen Colonies, and does not need two articles about the same thing. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reply here or on my talk page. Below is the standard template message with more info for you. Thanks!

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Your contributed article, Colonization Project

Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Colonization Project. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Thirteen Colonies. 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 to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Thirteen Colonies - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. 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. AlexHOUSE (talk) 22:14, 19 March 2010 (UTC)