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April 2008[edit]

Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages, as you did with Gallery of country coats of arms. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you. (diff) Sandstein (talk) 06:29, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my error. Skalskal (talk) 20:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Taiwan isn't a country[edit]

Not Taiwan but the so-called ROC is recognized as a state by 23 countries. There isn't a national flag of Taiwan all along. Apollo Augustus Koo (talk) 14:07, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So I have moved it to "Republic of China". Now there is no more reason for you to delete the entry from the gallery. If you have a dispute with having ROC on the list, take it to the appropriate page (List of sovereign states), not the flag gallery, which is slaved to that list. Skalskal (talk) 14:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've told you that Taiwan isn't a country so many times, but why couldn't you understand?Apollo Augustus Koo (talk) 15:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits were only deletions of Taiwan and Kosovo. If you had instead merely moved Taiwan to ROC, and left Kosovo alone, myself and others would likely have let the edits stand. Skalskal (talk) 15:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Mark Titus[edit]

I've copied an old version of the article to User talk:Skalskal/Mark Titus. Please add the new references before you move it to mainspace. Tim Vickers (talk) 18:08, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According the article history, this user account has never edited the Mark Titus article. The current version looks quite serious to me, so I don't know why you see it as "tongue in cheek". However, I know nothing about ~~baseball~~ basketball, so any in-jokes might go over my head. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:04, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Mark Titus[edit]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Titus (4th nomination)‎[edit]

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Titus (4th nomination)‎.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:06, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Gallery of sovereign-state flags[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Barry Serafin (golf course architect)[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Barry Serafin (golf course architect) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, 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. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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--Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 20:44, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need a "hangon" tag, another editor has removed the speedy-deletion template. What you need to do now is add independent references to establish notability, a requirement to have a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases. More detail at WP:Notability (people), and good advice on how to write a Wikipedia article at WP:Your first article. JohnCD (talk) 21:43, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:Companies based in New Albany, Ohio[edit]

Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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Vlade Janakievski - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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File:BalancedRegions.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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File:Jewish distrib country.PNG listed for deletion[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Dangerman (band)[edit]

The article Dangerman (band) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:BAND and WP:GNG. Had one song rank on a genre-specific chart (Alternative Songs). All other songs and albums failed to chart, and the band did not muster up significant coverage to assert notability.

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File:BalancedRegions.jpg listed for discussion[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Commercial Vehicle Group[edit]

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Unsourced article. I can't find coverage of this business that passes WP:CORPDEPTH, so I'm proposing this for deletion.

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Nomination of Commercial Vehicle Group for deletion[edit]

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always forever (talk) 06:32, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]