User talk:Michaeljohnblack

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Good luck, and have fun. --♦Tangerines♦·Talk 04:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Football hooliganism, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Thank you. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 02:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. There are other issues other than simply adding sources. For instance, lighting flares, throwing toilet paper and chanting toward other fans at football matches is not football hooliganism as fans light flares, throw toilet paper and chant at other fans in most countries, they aren't hooligans though just enthusiastic fans. Also a reliable source needs to be a third party source and the source added in the correct format. I would suggest that you perhaps have a look at the Welcome page and how to edit articles with sources. I have also added the "Welcome" message at the top, which contains a lot of useful information about how to use wikipedia. Please also note that when you add comments on talk pages (either a users talk page or an article talk page) the comment should be added at the bottom of the page, after the final comment and not at the top of the page. Also you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 04:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have again removed your edit to the above article. I previously mentioned that lighting flares and throwing toilet rolls is not football hooliganism, and the rest of the edit contained nothing that constituted any evidence of football hooliganism. Unfortunately you have only added exactly the same content as you did before. Also the source you gave was of no relevance and made no mention whatsoever of any football hooliganism. If you wish to add content you need to provide a source that actually backs up what you are adding. If you need advice you only need to ask, which I would strongly encourage you do. Thank you. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 17:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Farshan Simmons

The article Farshan Simmons has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence that he ever played for Man U or Norwich City at any level, and the Perth clubs are not even close to being professional clubs, so fails WP:ATHLETE. Fails WP:GNG as well - nothing but wikimirrors on the ghits.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. The-Pope (talk) 14:50, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]