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Notability of Max goonetillake

The article Max goonetillake has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for this specific type of article, you may want to check out our criterion for biographies. JohnCD (talk) 22:01, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

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June 2013

Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Cheese. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you are given a good deal of freedom in what you write. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 21:18, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

July 2013

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. You have vandalized multiple articles, including Wikipedia, In-joke, and Camp (style). Bbb23 (talk) 15:49, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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March 2018

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Person of color. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. -- irn (talk) 15:22, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

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Philip Hoare

Hi, I have reverted your changes to the article as you had removed references and added information without references. Please do feel free to add the info again with references. The guidance about this is it citing sources. The teahouse is also a great resource if you want advice. Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 13:10, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Tacyarg, totally appreciate that I haven't put references in just yet - about to do those within the hour, if you're happy to let me put my changes back in Phoarefan (talk) 13:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, apologies, I reverted your changes again as I hadn't seen your message here. I have put them back. You have tagged the image as "own work"; do you have a conflict of interest relating to this article? It would be great to improve it but it does need to be written neutrally and supported by citations - so "approaches the mystical", "helped change the global debate", this all needs to be referenced. Thanks, Tacyarg (talk) 13:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Noted, will address those two. No COI Phoarefan (talk) 14:04, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Addressed, please do let me know if there are any other areas where neutrality is lacking, appreciate your help Phoarefan (talk) 14:12, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I see that the text has been rolled back for copyright issues. You have confirmed that you don't have a conflict of interest - so did you incorrectly tag the image as "own work"? Tacyarg (talk) 20:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

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