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Speedy deletion nomination of Ben Blankenship edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Ben Blankenship requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Moved to Draft:Ben Blankenship where you can work on it edit

Welcome to Wikipedia. I deleted the article because, as explained above, it didn't say why he should be in an encyclopedia, or was any more than just a club runner. Wikipedia is quite selective about subjects for article: the general standard is described at WP:Notability, and for athletes at WP:NSPORTS#Athletics/track & field and long-distance running.

On checking some more, I find that Blankenship probably is notable, so I have restored the article to Draft:Ben Blankenship where you can work on it. You need to say what he has achieved that makes him notable, and add some references to reliable sources like press reports or athletics websites to verify it - the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy is that "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source."

Read WP:Your first article for advice, and click the green "Submit" button when it is ready. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:52, 15 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Draft:Ben Blankenship concern edit

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Ben Blankenship edit

 

Hello, Mickschwing. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Ben Blankenship".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Cahk (talk) 07:34, 16 December 2015 (UTC)Reply