User talk:8r0k3n

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In response to your feedback

You don't have to.

Ariconte (talk) 02:40, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

 

I ran 'reflinks' (see User:DumZiBoT/refLinks) on a couple of your articles and I must say it does a poor job of converting whatever web data was at your sources. If these people are really notable better references should be available. See WP:42 for a hard headed explanation of desired source quality. Regards, Ariconte (talk) 02:49, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

A Ref Tool

There is a "Cite" toolbar at the top of the edit window which allows you to automatically generate the required wiki code.

You click one of the templates, e.g. "book", and fill in the details.

More information can be found in Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or the citations tutorial (the below video will play best in Firefox or Chrome):

Hope this helps,. Regards, Ariconte (talk) 02:51, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

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AshLin (talk) 16:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Some tips

Since you are into stub-creation for the FLOSS movement, as I see from Alolita Sharma & its talk page, some tips.

Please ensure that your stubs are having:

• At least 2 reliable references, preferably encased in Citation style 1 templates.
• One or more relevant categories, besides those added by stub templates.
• WikiProject Talk templates, see that of Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography as that must be there on biographies.

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Stub template should be at the bottom, just above categories.

Level two heading for references, i.e. ==References==.

AshLin (talk) 17:26, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mike Milinkovich

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A tag has been placed on Mike Milinkovich 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 person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Proposed deletion of Alolita Sharma

The article Alolita Sharma has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

I really hate to do this, but, the Wikipedian in me is going insane about this. I've tried to expand the article and failed to succeed - it doesn't appear that she might meet GNG. Perhaps others will have luck.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SarahStierch (talk) 17:38, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Mike Milinkovich for deletion

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asilvering (talk) 03:34, 30 January 2022 (UTC)