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editHello, Gardnej369, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Marshall McDonald (Pianist), may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Marshall McDonald (Pianist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. JustBerry (talk) 22:54, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
- Welcome to Wikipedia! Are you planning to draft this article? If so, feel free to create an article draft at Draft:Marshall McDonald (Pianist). Feel free to leave any questions you may have below! --JustBerry (talk) 22:55, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
- Actually, never mind the speedy deletion tag! Since it looks to me as though you are trying to create a new article, I have moved the article to the draftspace at Draft:Marshall McDonald (Pianist). Feel free to edit there instead. If you need help, you may want to reference WP:FIRSTARTICLE. --JustBerry (talk) 22:59, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Draft:Marshall McDonald (Pianist). You are welcome to import appropriate public domain content to articles, but in order to meet the Wikipedia guideline on plagiarism, such content must be fully attributed. This requires not only acknowledging the source, but acknowledging that the source is copied. There are several methods to do this described at Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Public-domain sources, including the usage of an attribution template. Please make sure that any public domain content you have already imported is fully attributed. Please do not plagiarize! Please see WP:PLAGIARISM. JustBerry (talk) 23:01, 26 January 2017 (UTC)