User talk:Richard.a.russell

April 2010

Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Cat senses. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you can write practically anything you want. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:39, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback, Quiddity. I think I thought it was a good idea at the time. Now, it looks rather silly.

re: Notable Arts Graduates

Welcome to Wikipedia! I agree with you that many BA students could use a little career inspiration. I'm just concerned that a massive list of every notable person who ever received a BA would not be an encyclopedic article. Such a list would also bring up a variety of questions regarding who is included; for example, do we include people who later received advanced degrees, what do we do about people who received honorary BA degrees, and why not have massive lists of grads with a BSc, BFA, associate degrees, etc.? At best, you may be creating a lot of work for yourself. At worst, the article may end up on Articles for Deletion. -Mabeenot (talk) 23:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Notable Bachelor of Arts graduates

The article Notable Bachelor of Arts graduates has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The potential scope of this list is unimaginably large. I'm not sure we even categorize people this way, but this is something that would work much better as a category, not a list.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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. LadyofShalott 21:36, 4 September 2011 (UTC)