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Hello, notice how every other entry in that article has a blue link? Try creating an article on the subject before inserting it into the page. Thank You --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 01:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

August 2009

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  You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sportspeople. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If that proves unsuccessful you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Please discuss the changes on either my talk page or the article talk page before adding the content again. What you should do is create the article on the subject before adding it to the list Omarcheeseboro (talk) 13:07, 21 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

September 2009

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  If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sportspeople, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. Omarcheeseboro (talk) 11:17, 20 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Notability

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As I said earlier, it would be wise to create a specific article on the subject before inserting a link about it in another article. However, judging by what you said, and going by google searches, the subject does not come close to meeting notability, either by what you said the subject is "known for", and the lack of significant coverage in reliable sources --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 11:21, 20 September 2009 (UTC)Reply