User talk:Preston47

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[edit] Vicariously

A tag has been placed on Vicariously, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. If you plan to add more material to the article, I advise you to do so immediately. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources which verify their content. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Cyrus Andiron 02:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Verizon Communications

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Verizon Communications. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. BigDT 17:14, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. BigDT 17:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

This is your last warning.
The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Allen3 talk 17:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The problem with your addition is that it is based on a parody news article from a humor site.[1] As the information is a parody, it clearly fails to meet the verifiability requirement for information in Wikipedia articles. --Allen3 talk 18:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About deletion of articles

I saw your question regarding the article about the store chain in Canada, asking if all the other articles that are equally "boring" should be deleted too. You may wish to read up on the deletion criteria for articles. Among other things, articles can be deleted if they are not about "notable" subjects, although there is often plenty of room for dispute about what is notable or not. You can find links to the policies at the top of the articles for deletion page (see especially: Wikipedia:Deletion policy and Wikipedia:Notability). Being "boring" is not a basis for deletion, which is partly because this is an encyclopedia, and not everyone can be interested in every subject. I hope this information is helpful; if you have any question, ask on my talkpage or at the help desk. Regards, Newyorkbrad 02:28, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

(cross-posted from my talk) No problem, I was just making sure, because new editors (I was one a couple of months ago) don't always find these policies easy to find or to follow. As for the notability of those towns, there's pretty much of a consensus that all towns and cities are considered notable. After all, other encyclopedias would have articles about them, and people would have a good use for the information, not least people who live in that particular town. Thanks for writing back. Regards, Newyorkbrad 02:49, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Humble Apologies

Sorry, I made a mistake. Guess I need to check where I am next time before I post! Cyrus Andiron 20:36, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] republican link

I had replaced you "republican" link by "Republican" for the following reasons:

  1. a "republican" is someone who supports having a republic instead of, say, a monarchy. A "Republican" is someone who supports a Republican Party.
  2. if follow the republican link, you'll find that it links to article about republicans as defined in #1. It does not lead to an article about the U.S. Republican Party, which is the more logical link. Be "piping" the link as I've done ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]), the reader is taken to an article baout the U.S. Republican Party while the article still shows the same text -- "Republican".

I was annoyed that you reverted this change for no apparent reason. Apology accepted. Ground Zero | t 15:55, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Karlson & McKenzie - uncategorized

Hi Preston47 - It's not to do with the sections within the article, it's to do with the list of categories that you'll find at the bottom of most articles. For example, you might add [[Category:American radio programs]]. This helps to group articles on similar topics. The {{uncategorized}} template will be noticed by other Wikipedians more expert in categorisation than I am, who hopefully will categorise the article suitably (but feel free to do it yourself). Colonies Chris 18:19, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:The_current_K&M_logo..jpg

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[edit] Youtube

Hi, the reason why I rvv your changes to Medium is that Youtube and other video sharing sites are in many cases illegal for copyrighted works such as TV programmes... Please reply on my talk page.. Illyria05 (Talk • Contributions) 22:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, no problem. I very much appreciate your kindness and understanding :) , I wish there were more users like you :) .. Have a nice day! Illyria05 (Talk • Contributions) 18:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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