User talk:MJDietrich

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

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January 2010[edit]

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you have been adding your signature to some of your article contributions. This is a simple mistake to make and is easy to correct. For future reference, the need to associate edits with users is taken care of by an article's edit history. Therefore, you should use your signature only when contributing to talk pages, the Village Pump, or other such discussion pages. For a better understanding of what distinguishes articles from these type of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thank you for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. MuffledThud (talk) 13:14, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Xavier March[edit]

All the information a reader needs is already in Fatherland (novel). There's no need for a separate article on this one character. Fences&Windows 15:47, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. A small point: new comments go at the bottom of talk pages. Is Xavier March really independently notable? Is there enough to say about this fictional character such that including all the salient facts about him found in reliable sources would imbalance the main article? (paying attention to WP:UNDUE)

See WP:AVOIDSPLIT:

Editors are cautioned to not immediately split articles if the new article would meet neither the general notability criterion nor the specific notability criteria for their topic. Instead, editors are encouraged to work on further developing the main article first, locating sources of real-world coverage that apply both to the main topic and the subtopic. Through this process, it may become evident that subtopics or groups of subtopics can demonstrate their own notability and help justifying splitting off into their own article.

Fences&Windows 18:25, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Karl-Adolf Hollidt[edit]

Hi MJDietrich, please explain the reason why you recently removed most the content from the article Karl-Adolf Hollidt (link to the edit you made). Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 17:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, okay, no problem, I'll merge some of the stuff that I have written with your stuff. Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 18:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've replaced the text you accidentally removed. (If you want a hand with uploading pictures the best place to ask is the WP:Help desk). Kindest regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 18:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Giverism[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Island of Angry Ghosts[edit]

The article Island of Angry Ghosts has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable book

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Stifle (talk) 14:21, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Einsteinium, you may be blocked from editing. Materialscientist (talk) 06:21, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]