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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 07:34, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

A page you started (Helen L. Cannon) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Helen L. Cannon, Geoproject!

Wikipedia editor Animalparty just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

please finish at least a short, complete biography. Avoid WP:PEACOCK phrases like "outstanding woman" that promote a subject without offering concrete facts.

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I've moved the article to Draft:Helen L. Cannon for you to work on. In addition to the points raised by Animalparty I'd like to point out the following areas which need improvement:

• The lede stops mid-sentence, like you'd suddenly lost interest.
• There are empty sections. If there's nothing to say on that point, why point out that there's nothing to say?
• "She past away..." -> "She passed away...", but it's better still to avoid euphemisms.
• "Helen has received numerous awards and honors in her lifetime" - if you can't name any then don't mention it. As an encyclopedia entry we should aim to provide information, not vague unsubstantiated claims.
• "an all men's science group" - which group?
• The sources provided are mostly by Cannon, not about her. If you're going to show notability you need to show that her work has been noted and built upon.
• It's customary to refer to the subject by their surname, not their first name. WP:MOS has guidance.

Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 12:49, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Betty Kellett Nadeau

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Betty Kellett Nadeau 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.

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