User talk:ColinBear/Archive 1

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Brunswick elementary school (January 26)

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Thanks, I was going to add a citation but my edits got removed before I could add it. ColinBear (talk) 23:38, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

January 2020

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Sources needed for Days of the Year pages

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Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 03:46, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

OK ColinBear (talk) 14:06, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

MLS mascots

Hi, I saw you added citation needed tags to a few MLS mascots. However, all MLS mascots are cited by the citation at the top of the section (after "Major League Soccer") so there is no need to add separate cites for each mascot. I kept existing ones in place once I added that, but there's no need to add new ones. Smartyllama (talk) 19:41, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

I have a source but the thing is, I don’t know how to cite something that is not a visual edit. (Which I can’t do on templates) ColinBear (talk) 00:10, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Never mind, they just released that the death was misreported and that the person didn’t actually die. ColinBear (talk) 00:11, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Recent edits about possible WV COVID-19 death

Your recent edits in several WP articles about there being a COVID-19 death in West Virginia are unsupported by any reliable refs. Please provide a ref frokm a reliable source or sources for this asserted death. Shearonink (talk) 00:07, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I've done some research and it appears your claim is in error - please see WVVA story, CORRECTION (WVNS story), and WVNS article so I am reverting your changes. Shearonink (talk) 00:14, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Ditto for Delroy Washington. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:07, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Ethan Greenidge

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February 2021

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Thanks

Hey man, thanks for your help back there on James Haworth, that got a little crazy, didn't it!!! Anyways cheers again! Tommi1986 ^{let's talk!} 19:23, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

You’re welcome man, happy to help. ColinBear (talk) 19:31, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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deletion

hey yo i just wanted to add walle a singer to the page walle. but he said add it in disambiguation but there was no walle disambiguation so i made one. i didnt hurt anyone if you want citation you could add his song eba eba by google searching why delete my page? Atheistbisexual (talk) 13:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

I added a CSD tag because the page disambiguates to 1 existing Wikipedia article (Walle), which meets G14 of the Criteria for Speedy Deletion. I'd suggest you create a page for Walle the singer if you want to add him to the list. ColinBear (talk - contribs) 14:00, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

2021 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team

I just spent five weeks (yes, 35 days) in the hospital.

I was unable to work on 2021 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team (or anything else) during that time.

I went to the page to update and discovered that User:GauchoDude had replaced the entire article of nearly 18,700 characters with a redirect, apparently without making any effort to discover why the page was idle.

I have been unable to revert his work, and you have now returned it to a redirect.... If you can return the original article, I would appreciate it, since my brain seems to currently be working at far less than optimum performance... I requested that User:GauchoDude do this, but he has not replied. GWFrog (talk) 14:14, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

I'm sorry for any trouble I may have caused you, I wasn't aware that you were trying to return the original article. I will revert the redirect. ColinBear (talk - contributions) 14:21, 15 September 2021 (UTC)