Lilath

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Re: Thanks

Thank you Litath. I hope that you stick around and continue editing here. I sometimes wish I didn't have to make a blanket message for everyone, but it allows me to reach a lot of newcomers. I look forward to your future contributions. -JJLeahy 01:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi! Suggestion: You really need to add more to your articles beyond one or two incomplete sentences. I used to edit here quite often and believe me, most articles the length of the ones you're adding will likely be deleted. Take a look at the Wikipedia:Manual of style to learn more. Good luck...this site needs all the fresh blood it can get.  :)

Im kind of busy, I hope people have the sense to improve articles... instead of deleting them -- I wouldn't want to waste time working hard on an article, only to have it deleted anyways. Lilath

Hope so too. I'm confident you'll expand these as necessary. Have fun! 71.102.75.196 02:08, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

How come yer name is all numbers? Lilath

Litath, some users don't make an account on Wikipedia (or forget to log in), so then they are tracked by their IP address. -JJLeahy 03:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Because that was signed by someone not logged in (and probably not registered), aka an "IP" or an "anon". FWIW, extremely short articles (like "John Chambers (governor)") are often deleted, as they tax Wikipedia resources more than they contribute, but it doesn't take that much more to avoid having a contribution deleted:

"Former governer of Ohio." isn't probably going to make it, but

"John Johnson was the governor of the U.S. state of Ohio from 1846 to 1855." probably will survive, even tho' even that is still shorter than many people would like to see as the minimum accepted stub. Carl Bell is a recently created article I found that I think give the minimum sort of context to introduce a subject that many, if not most, Wikipedians would expect. Anyways, welcome aboard. Niteowlneils 04:01, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually, it was me, Lucky 6.9 probing around. I'm playing with the idea of coming back after being gone for about a month and a half. I'd asked Raul654 to block me. Too much BS in my life at present. Lilath, if you'd like to e-mail with any questions, the link to my address should still be active. I'd be glad to help. Best, Lucky 6.9 via 71.102.69.54 04:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wahren Inspirations-Geminde

You state in your Inspirationists article that the founder was Christian Metz (d. 1867). I believe further research will show the founders and first Werkzeuge were Grueber and Rock, back in Germany. Christian Metz led the group from Buffalo, NY and Canada to the new location in Iowa. He may also have led it as it crossed the Atlantic, but I'm not sure about that.

--StanZegel 01:24, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

David Macias

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article David Macias, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 19:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Lilath! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created are Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to these articles, it would greatly help us with the current 866 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. David Shaff - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
2. Robert D. Ray - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
3. Thomas Sinclair (businessman) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 18:40, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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