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Proposed deletion of NEW SINCLAIR GENEALOGY RESEARCH INDICATES ROBERT DE SAINT CLAIR & ELEANOR DE DREUX MAY BE THE FOUNDERS OF THE SINCLAIRS OF SCOTLAND
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The article NEW SINCLAIR GENEALOGY RESEARCH INDICATES ROBERT DE SAINT CLAIR & ELEANOR DE DREUX MAY BE THE FOUNDERS OF THE SINCLAIRS OF SCOTLAND has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Wikipedia is not a genealogy website
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
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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. Nyttend (talk) 14:26, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
- Just an hint: when you post this to an appropriate forum DO NOT SHOUT. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 13:42, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]Because there was overwhelming consensus that your article does not belong in the encyclopedia, I went ahead and deleted it without waiting the full 7 days (per the snowball clause). Before you continue your article work, please read some of the core Wikipedia policies and help pages, particularly:
Thank you, rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 22:02, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of NEW SINCLAIR GENEALOGY RESEARCH INDICATES ROBERT DE SAINT CLAIR & ELEANOR DE DREUX MAY BE THE FOUNDERS OF THE SINCLAIRS OF SCOTLAND
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A tag has been placed on NEW SINCLAIR GENEALOGY RESEARCH INDICATES ROBERT DE SAINT CLAIR & ELEANOR DE DREUX MAY BE THE FOUNDERS OF THE SINCLAIRS OF SCOTLAND requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
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[edit]I suggest you take a look at the Welcome message and links that Rjanag suggested. It might help you understand why your article was deleted. ttonyb (talk) 04:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
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