User talk:Karbokation

Welcome![edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Russell P. Hughes[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Russell P. Hughes requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://chemistry.dartmouth.edu/news-events/fluorine-chemistry-symposium/russell-p-hughes. 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. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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The biographical section of this was in my opinion a direct copyvio, and the efforts to rewrite it were trivial--see WP:Close paraphrase. Because of his importance, I rewrote it to a minimal degree. Please do not repeat this: use the facts, but not the sentence structure. I also added the basic links to other articles. DGG ( talk ) 00:40, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of David M. Lemal[edit]

Hello, Karbokation. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, David M. Lemal, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want David M. Lemal to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.

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Thanks, Joe Roe (talk) 23:49, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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