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before the question. Again, welcome! Doc Quintana (talk) 03:37, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
January 2010
[edit] You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at David R. Kniffen. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest. I am a volunteer for the campaign, i remained nuetral and direct in the page, it is not self promotion, but a part of our history
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability. There are plenty of third party validating articles and sources to support this topic and their will be more
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:38, 18 January 2010 (UTC) The acheivements as listed are verifiable, and genuinely notable, Michigan has not has a candidate for governor this young since our humble beginnings...and the theory that someone else will probably create the article, yes someone did, and its now in existence
Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to David R. Kniffen, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. ttonyb (talk) 23:21, 18 January 2010 (UTC) apologies I didnt know what it all was about
Speedy deletion nomination of David R. Kniffen
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A tag has been placed on David R. Kniffen 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.
If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}}
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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You may also enjoy WP:AB. By the way, when replying to someone's post, make sure you type four tildes at the end to sign it. AlexHOUSE (talk) 00:52, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Articles for deletion nomination of David R. Kniffen
[edit]I have nominated David R. Kniffen, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David R. Kniffen. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. ttonyb (talk) 21:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of File:David Kniffen 2010.JPG
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A tag has been placed on File:David Kniffen 2010.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}}
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The file File:David Kniffen.JPG has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Orphaned image with no foreseeable encyclopedic use.
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Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Pkbwcgs (talk) 20:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)