Garland R. Hunt
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before the question. Again, welcome! Randykitty (talk) 16:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Garland R. Hunt
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A tag has been placed on Garland R. Hunt, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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Autobiography
editPlease do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Garland R. Hunt. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Do not share accounts
editBased on the content of Talk:Garland R. Hunt (specifically this version), wherein Nicole Brown Johnson (talk · contribs) states that the Garland R. Hunt pages "is intended to describe myself on my user page", I have to presume that you mistakenly edited the talk page using Ms. Johnson's account. Please do not share user accounts on Wikipedia. Doing so is a violation of policies, and can get one or both accounts blocked. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Improper use of user page
editWikipedia is not a social site, and you user page is not to be used as a promotional device. Please consider rewriting your user page to describe your activities here on Wikipedia, not to promote yourself. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 22:27, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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