User talk:Rdbrewster

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Hello, Rdbrewster, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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And per your comments on the Village Pump, I wouldn't put too much stock in the whole "deletionist vs. inclusionist" thing. As with real world politics, the majority of people here are closer to the middle than one of the extreme ends. Wikipedia is not a battleground, and editors who see things in terms of ideologies like "deletionism vs. inclusionism" rather than policy and common sense tend not to last too long here. Again, welcome to Wikipedia from Mr.Z-man 01:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Your speedy deletion tagging of Basicerotini‎

Hi there. Just to let you know that I have declined your speedy deletion request onBasicerotini‎. There are two points which are important here; firstly the speedy deletion criteria are very specific and very narrowly defined, the reason you gave "a topic of limited interest with little research" which I would interpret as WP:IDONTLIKEIT is certainly not in the list and is never likely to be. Secondly the article is and was a perfectly acceptable stub i.e. one of the basic building blocks of this encyclopaedia and there is nothing in any of Wikipedia's deletion policies which could validly be used to propose its removal. CSD tagging is a very important part of Wikipedia and it is great that you are wanting to be involved however I would propose that you read up on the policy before you tag any more articles otherwise you just end up making more work for administrators. If you need any help or advice please don't hesitate to drop by my talk page. The very best of luck, nancy (talk) 08:48, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

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Rdbrewster♪♫♪ 08:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of The Look (band)

A tag has been placed on The Look (band) 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. Plrk (talk) 17:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] June 2008

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently copied the contents of a page and pasted it into another with a different name. Specifically, you copied the contents of Teddy Riley. This is what we call a "cut and paste move", and it is very undesirable because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. The mechanism we use for renaming an article is to move it to a new name which both preserves the page's history and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. In most cases, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself by this process, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves to request the move by another. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 22:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Never try to "move" a page by copy and pasting. This creates multiple problems. It loses article history (who wrote what), an essential part of the Wikipedia GFDL license. If a page needs to be moved, follow proper procedure as explained at Help:Moving a page. Also, please be sure to start discussion on relevent talk pages before making moves except in the most obvious cases (such as a page just created at a typo). Hope this helps, -- Infrogmation (talk) 01:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of The Look (band)

Hello. If you recall, you put a speedy deletion tag on The Look (band) (which I created), under criterion A7. I feel that the article had significant claim to notability, saying that they had a #6 hit in England. In my opinion, the article was plenty significant enough to be on Wikipedia. Rdbrewster♪♫♪ 18:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you are right and I was wrong. My apologies. Plrk (talk) 11:32, 11 June 2008 (UTC)