Bigbear590

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Spam

A lot of your additions of the external links are going to be deleted, whether by others or by myself. Many will see those additions as spam, added solely to increase the traffic of the site you are linking to.--Ezeu 17:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Please stop adding commercial or personal-website links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks. Wmahan. 18:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

2006 FIFA World Cup (match reports)

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article 2006 FIFA World Cup (match reports), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Fram 13:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Paul Rance

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Pandfband.jpg

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