User talk:Chrisjames247

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August 2015

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Manchurian Black Water Snake has been reverted.
Your edit here to Manchurian Black Water Snake was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://www.facebook.com/groups/manchurian/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
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Corn snake/Red rat snake

Hi @Chrisjames247: there seems to be an issue with the naming of the corn snake/red rat snake article. You claim that the latter is the more common name and that it should thus be the name of the article. I don't have an opinion on that, and either would be fine with me. However, the way to go about that is NOT to kill the article you think has the wrong name, then turn it into a redirect to very much shorter and less well-developed article you newly wrote. I suppose there can not really be any discussion about which of the two articles is better developed at the moment. At the same time, we can not have two different articles on synonyms of the same thing. Hence, IF your argument about which name is more common was accepted, the standard way to go about this would be to MOVE (i.e. rename) the cornsnake article to "Red rat snake" and make a new redirect for "Corn snake". Whatever additional material is now in Red rat snake should then be added into the former Corn snake.

However, I strongly suggest you discuss such an action beforehand. Seeing as no one has brought up this name matter before, I doubt it's as clear-cut as you think, and some discussion should happen. I suggest you open a topic on Talk:Corn_snake, get consensus on the renaming, THEN go ahead with it. Please don't try to axe the current Corn snake again; that's just pointless removal of a lot of good material.-- Elmidae 14:52, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Well I am not wasting my time writing articles up if you are just going to remove them. Feel free to divert Red Rat Snake back to Corn Snake I have other projects I can work on. Chrisjames247 (talk) 01:07, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Chrisjames247: Wouldn't you say you are wasting your time duplicating information that is already present in another article on the same subject? How about you just add any new material to Corn snake? I am going to implement that redirect now, but feel free to start a discussion on renaming/moving to "Red rat snake". If that usage is as universal as you claim, you should be able to get consensus.-- Elmidae 07:28, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2016

Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Natrix Natrix Helvetica, but we cannot accept original research. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. The page as been redirected to the page at Grass snake. --Non-Dropframe _talk 00:59, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'd appreciate it if you took a moment to read WP:NOTESSAY. The article in its current form doesn't meet this guideline. Feel free to respond to me here or on my talk page regarding your intentions. --Non-Dropframe _talk 01:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved your page to save it from deletion as it's obvious that you're making a good-faith effort to contribute to Wikipedia, which is very much appreciated. You can now edit the page here User:Chrisjames247/Natrix Natrix Helvetica and take as much time as you need to get it just right. I'd highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Your first article and going through the Articles for Creation process after you're finished writing. Just remember that Wikipedia is a place for encyclopedic articles, not how-tos or essays. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know! --Non-Dropframe _talk 01:51, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Chrisjames247/Natrix Natrix Helvetica

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