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Proposed deletion of Bashir Copti edit

 

The article Bashir Copti has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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  Please do not remove Biographies of Living Persons prods from an article unless it contains at least one reliable source or was created before 18 March 2010. If you oppose the deletion of an article under this process, please consider sourcing the article or commenting at the respective talk page. Thank you. Total-MAdMaN (talk) 15:44, 3 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

May 2012 edit

  Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Bashir Copti, makes articles harder to read. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Total-MAdMaN (talk) 11:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

  Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Bashir Copti. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Total-MAdMaN (talk) 11:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Bashir Copti, 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. Total-MAdMaN (talk) 10:14, 5 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Re: Article Bashir Copti edit

Re your message: I believe that you intended to leave your message for Total-MAdMaN, but I can address some of them for you. I removed the wikify tag as the article has been formatted enough that I think that is no longer an issue. I also did a lot of copyeditting, but a little more work needs to be done. Besides those two issues, I cleaned up a lot of other things. I removed all of the unsourced opinions regarding the themes of his writing and the reviews of his published works. Per Wikipedia's policy of biographies of living people, you will need to provide sources that substantiate the claims on his views and themes of his published works. You also need to provide additional sources for his biography, particularly his family. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:53, 7 May 2012 (UTC)Reply