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Speedy deletion nomination of Edane (band)

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A tag has been placed on Edane (band) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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January 2015

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to change genres without discussion or sources, as you did at Overkill (Motörhead song), you may be blocked from editing. Binksternet (talk) 15:49, 6 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

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February 2015

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February 2015

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Nomination of Locke highschool race riot for deletion

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Nomination of Victorville riot for deletion

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March 2017

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  This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at 2016 Portland, Oregon riots, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. L3X1 My Complaint Desk 14:23, 2 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Saginaw, Michigan

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Saginaw is a disambiguation listing several items, we don't link disambiguations.Xx236 (talk) 11:55, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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March 2017

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Proposed deletion of Ford City Mall Riot

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Referencing

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Lilahdog568 thanks for creating new WP pages, but please give serious consideration to improving your referencing. It is easier if you do it at the start (you already know what the sources are), rather than leaving it for other editors to eventually do as Bare URLs are really a pain in the long run due to Link rot.
A utility called Reflinks automates some of the drudge work for you. See this edit for example. Regards, 220 of Borg 02:40, 1 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Speedy deletion nomination of Antifascist Action (United States)

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A tag has been placed on Antifascist Action (United States), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Hello, Lilahdog568. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia.
I'm sorry, but this has been deleted as meeting one or more of the Categories for Speedy Deletion.
Generally, articles are speedily deleted when there is no assertion of significance or they fall into things to avoid or what Wikipedia is not.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia-- subjects must meet notability guidelines with reliable sources providing verifiable information. That generally means someone unconnected with the subject needs to have written a great deal about the subject.
Sometimes articles are deleted because they contain content copyrighted elsewhere. Such content can be used as a source of information, but the content here must be completely rewritten from scratch.
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If you have verifiable information from reliable sources that show subject does meet notability requirements Let me know.
CONTENT IN ARTICLES NEEDS TO BE RELIABLY SOURCED.

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Nomination of 2016 Albuquerque riot for deletion

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