User talk:Wburged

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Curious why someone keeps pulling the link to the original documentary about the williamsburg oil spill. please comment or quit it. this is a relevent link to a news piece that is specific to this topic.

[edit] Copyright status of Williamsburg oil spill

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[edit] Williamsburg Oil Spill

This article has been deleted following the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Williamsburg oil spill. Do not recreate the article. If you continue to repost deleted content you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

If you think this article has a place on Wikipedia, I suggest that you show that the event is of national or international significance. The reason this article was deleted is because it is a local news story of limited importance beyond its locality. If you believe I closed the Articles for deletion discussion incorrectly, you may list it at deletion review. --Akhilleus (talk) 02:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)