Welcome and introduction edit

Hi, Sally Summers. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person by golly! And this real person (that would be me), wants to say welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've made an account! Thanks for joining; you're on your way to making some great contributions.

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  • Anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. Besides that, you shouldn't feel nervous or anything about a good-willed contribution. If you're concerned, talk to us.
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Writing about fiction edit

Hello. Welcome to Wikipedia. There is a lot of material on Wikipedia that should not be there. This is because there are more editors adding things than there are experiences ones to either remove it or clean it up. This can be very confusing to newcomers, as they wonder why their new article is not acceptable when there are so many similar ones. We have a page: WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. Basically, articles about fiction (character articles, for instance), must have real-world context. Simply, if all that can be said about a character is just about the plot of the show, it's unacceptable. The JPStalk to me 18:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

Welcome edit

Hello, Sally Summers, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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Jack Hollins edit

Please don't remove cleanup tags that apply to articles, such as you did with Jack Hollins. Thanks, ThemFromSpace 18:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

December 2009 edit

  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add content (particularly if you change facts and figures), as you have to the article Imogen Hollins, please cite a reliable source for the content you're adding or changing. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. PDCook (talk) 19:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Unreferenced BLPs edit

  Hello Sally Summers! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 941 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

  1. Giles Latcham - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  2. Patrick Burns (BBC) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:36, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply


Proposed deletion of Giles Latcham edit

 

The article Giles Latcham has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Minor journalist with no third party independent sources to verify notability (No primary sources, for that matter.)

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Proposed deletion of Patrick Burns (BBC) edit

 

The article Patrick Burns (BBC) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Minor journalist with no third party independent sources to verify notability (No primary sources, for that matter.)

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Proposed deletion of Norgrove Court edit

 

The article Norgrove Court has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Single sentence about a private home, with no references or any indication of notability

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Status and Advice edit

I did not delete it. It's a grade I listed building and as such notable. But when you write articles, try to give some more information than you did, and always, always, a reference. see our guide to writing Wikipedia articles. DGG ( talk ) 22:06, 26 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

Character articles edit

Hi. Character articles should not just be in the form of a biography, but should have real world content, like the development of the character(which includes the casting, the thought process behind creating the character, which can be sourced from interviews), and reception of the character like sources saying things like "x is so awesome, because they do this". If a character doesn't have Development or Reception sourced by third party reliable sources, then don't bother creating articles for them, because they are not notable. See here for a list of high quality character articles. Thanks, Blake (Talk·Edits) 01:56, 4 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Comma usage edit

Please read Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Commas on the proper use of commas. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 19:35, 19 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Marian McLoughlin edit

 

The article Marian McLoughlin has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Sparthorse (talk) 20:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

November 2011 edit

  Hello and welcome! I edit Wikipedia too, under the username Excirial. Wikipedia is written by people like you and me, so thank you for taking the time to participate. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made to List of minor Doctors characters with this edit, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions about editing, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:37, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Marian McLoughlin with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 21:06, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did with this edit to Redditch. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 21:08, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Deletion discussion about Marina Bonnaire edit

Hello, Sally Summers, and thanks for contributing to Wikipedia!

I wanted to let you know that some editors are discussing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Bonnaire whether the article Marina Bonnaire should be in Wikipedia. I encourage you to comment there if you think the article should be kept in the encyclopedia.

The deletion discussion doesn't mean you did something wrong. In fact, other editors may have useful suggestions on how you can continue editing and improving Marina Bonnaire, which I encourage you to do. If you have any questions, feel free to ask at the Help Desk.

Thanks again for your contributions! Night of the Big Wind talk 18:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

What did you think about the deletion notice you received? edit

Hi Sally Summers,

In December you received a message about either "Nomination for deletion" or "Proposed deletion" of an article you created. I'd like to ask you a few quick questions:

  1. Was the message helpful? Were the instructions clear and easy to follow?
  2. If not, how do you think the message could be improved?
  3. What do you think about the deletion process in general? Do you understand how to contest a deletion?

You can feel free to answer on my talk page or send me your response by email (mpinchuk wikimedia.org). (I won't quote you or link your answers to your username if you don't feel comfortable with that.) Your feedback is incredibly useful for improving the content of deletion notifications, so please take a minute to think about and answer these questions. Thank you! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:41, 17 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Lorna Laidlaw edit

 

The article Lorna Laidlaw has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. The nominator also raised the following concern:

All biographies of living people created after March 18, 2010, must have references.

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October 2013 edit

  Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Redditch may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:
  • , which skirts it to the east. The main route of access is the [[A441 road|A441]](known locally as [[Evesham Road (A441)|Evesham Road), a trunk road from Birmingham to Cookhill, via junction 2 of the [
  • Museum]] and the ruins of [[Bordesley Abbey]] are located in the Abbey Ward district of Redditch), and the remains of a medieval moated settlement called Moons Moat is situated within the Church

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Ways to improve Evesham Road (A441) edit

Hi, I'm Sulfurboy. Sally Summers, thanks for creating Evesham Road (A441)!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. 2

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Redditch edit

Big, big thank you for the work on Redditch 2014.

doktorb wordsdeeds 04:32, 26 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Evesham Road (A441) edit

 

The article Evesham Road (A441) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

I couldn't establish WP:NOTABILITY

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ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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Proposed deletion of Joe Fenton (Doctors) edit

 

The article Joe Fenton (Doctors) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails NFICTION/GNG.

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