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May 2009

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Pacific Highway (Australia), is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Please note, your edit to this article also removed a reference that was re-used elsewhere in the article. When (validly) removing references, please ensure that references are not re-used and if they are, please ensure that the reference is moved appropriately. AussieLegend (talk) 08:32, 6 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

June 2009

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  Welcome and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test on the page Eragon (film) worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox instead. ♥NiciVampireHeart♥ 04:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

August 2009

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Pacific Highway (Australia), is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Bidgee (talk) 06:27, 9 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did to Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Bidgee (talk) 06:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Love Is Reason (a-ha song)

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The article Love Is Reason (a-ha song) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Doesn't appear to pass WP:NSONG

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Nomination of Bodypop for deletion

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Nomination of Zerstorer (And One song) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Zerstorer (And One song) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Also up for discussion are Flop! (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flop!) and Anguish (album) (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anguish (album)). duffbeerforme (talk) 04:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

April 2011

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to More (Usher song), but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Adabow (talk · contribs) 08:19, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

May 2011

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  Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Darren Hayes. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 01:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Using page history

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Hi, I don't know whether you knew that it is possible to see previous versions of Wikipedia articles, and to go back to a selected version. Please see WP:REVERT for information on this.

I mention this because you helpfully improved the page We All Go Back to Where We Belong. In future, if you see a page that is plainly wrong about something that you would expect to have a decent article, it's worth checking the page history. In that case, something had gone badly wrong on the preceding edit, and you could have saved yourself some effort by reverting to a previous version. Hope this helps! – Fayenatic (talk) 12:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC) Thanks for that help, I did know about the history page and through that, reverting. Its just I did not think to do so because I believed this page had just been created like that.Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Electric (Pet Shop Boys album)

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A tag has been placed on Electric (Pet Shop Boys album), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

This page qualifies for speedy deletion because Wikipedia is not a Crystal Ball

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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 "Click here to 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, you can place a request here. Eduemoni↑talk↓ 02:32, 30 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

July 2013

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  • "Axis" was written during the writing process for the duo's previous album ''[[Elysium (Pet Shop Boys album|Elysium]]''<ref>[http://idolator.com/7465525/pet-shop-boys-electric-interview]

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Proposed deletion of There's Never a Forever Thing

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The article There's Never a Forever Thing has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not a notable song. Fails WP:MUSIC.

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Nomination of There's Never a Forever Thing for deletion

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January 2015

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Proposed deletion of That Smiling Face

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The article That Smiling Face has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No non-primary references, no claim of notability, fails WP:NSONG and WP:GNG.

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