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Speedy deletion of Nick Sanderson (musician) edit

 

A tag has been placed on Nick Sanderson (musician) 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 band, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. - Jameson L. Tai talkcontribs 14:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the Nick Sanderson (musician) article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.

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May 2009 edit

 

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Kyle McVey, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Kyle McVey was changed by Scales67 (u) (t) blanking the page on 2009-05-05T13:45:35+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 13:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

September 2009 edit

 

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Eid ul-Fitr, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Eid ul-Fitr was changed by Scales67 (u) (t) blanking the page on 2009-09-19T12:31:50+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 12:31, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

October 2009 edit

 

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Kyle McVey, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Kyle McVey was changed by Scales67 (u) (t) replacing entire content with something else on 2009-10-22T14:04:56+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 14:04, 22 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

November 2009 edit

  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Treaty of Lisbon, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Meaghan guess who :) 12:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

December 2009 edit

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Kyle McVey. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Barret (talk) 13:53, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Kyle McVey, you will be blocked from editing. Barret (talk) 13:56, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

  This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Kyle McVey.  arun  talk  13:57, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Blocked indefinitely edit

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for repeated abuse of editing privileges. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. PhilKnight (talk) 14:04, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Reply