CodaThePortalMaster

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Speedy deletion nomination of Iceman Bike Race

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Iceman Bike Race, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:21, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

The need for sources

Hello CodaThePortalMaster. I ran across your edits via the Recent changes page. Unfortunately, your edit to Remington Model 870 didn't meet Wikipedia's policies, so I have reverted it. Specifically, you need to cite a source for the claim you added to the article. All information on Wikipedia should be verifiable, so you should support the material you add with reliable, independent sources, such as books, newspaper or magazine articles, or reputable websites with editorial oversight. Take a look at this page for info about how to cite sources in Wikipedia's format. Hope this helps, and happy editing! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:19, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Franz Pfannl

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Franz Pfannl 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Ochib (talk) 14:56, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Sources again

As Howicus pointed out above, you should read WP:RS. (I don't hide the policy links behind other words because I want people to see that they are policy links...) Wikipedia is not a reliable independent source, but can be used for wikilinking things in articles - like pistol which is typed in as [[pistol]] - but those are links not references. Peridon (talk) 20:51, 9 March 2017 (UTC)