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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2015)
![]() Ice hockey is an example of a team sport. Pictured is an 1893 ice hockey match at Victoria Rink, Montreal.
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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2015)
![]() Models promoting Zombieland at San Diego Comic-con. A zombie comedy is a horror comedy subgenre that involves zombies.
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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2015)
Hello, Smileguy91.
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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2015)
![]() Marie Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.
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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2015)
![]() A continuum of goods and services
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Comment from BurOak496
Hi Smileguy91, Thanks for your comments. I'm just getting started so please be patient as I make mistakes and then correct them with help from you and others who are experienced with wiki pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BurOak496 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Hello, I apologize if the PROD notice was offensive. I do realize that new editors do work hard on creating new articles for the world's better knowledge. However, as a matter of policy BLP PROD must be enforced. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me! smileguy91talk - contribs 01:08, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2015)
Hello, Smileguy91.
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Appears to be a waste of good tags, every line I have Goggled is either directly from, or a close paraphrase, of a webpage. 220 of Borg 01:37, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- The article creator just deleted the template - time for some warnings... Thanks for telling me. smileguy91talk - contribs 02:03, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Message from Thetortorian
Hello,
Thank you for the kind message, I am not used to Wikipedia so am sorry if I did not manage to get something right, Best wishes,
Thetortorian (talk) 06:10, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Hello Thetortorian, I apologize for the deletion message. I do realize that new editors are crucial to Wikipedia's running, and are the foundation of much of our new material. However, new pages must conform to Wikipedia's guidelines. WP:NRV was the issue in your article, I believe, that caused it to be deleted by an administrator's confirmation that the article met Wikipedia: Criteria for speedy deletion criteria. If you have any further questions, please contact me and I will be more than willing to assist. smileguy91talk - contribs 02:35, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Message from Ishaangrewal2001702
Ishaangrewal2001702 (talk) 12:11, 23 November 2015 (UTC)ishaangrewal2001702Ishaangrewal2001702 (talk) 12:11, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am ishaan grewal I am extremely sorry for adding unreasonable content on some articles as I had done so unknowingly and was just trying to help Wikipedia. I will now only put good and useful content on articles. I am very sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ishaangrewal2001702 (talk • contribs) 11:31, 23 November 2015
- Please, don't be sorry! The content on your page, I believe, was not unreasonable. It just simply did not expand on content already covered in Wikipedia's page on Table (database). Please see WP:A10 for more information on Wikipedia's guidelines on the creation articles that already have material coverage. If you have any more queries, please feel free to contact me. smileguy91talk - contribs 02:35, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Tell me that one person is not you! Drmies (talk) 04:56, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- No, that person is not me, I'm from the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, which is quite the opposite of deserted at this point in time ;) smileguy91talk - contribs 05:00, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I was kind of hoping it'd be your grandfather, with some cool stories. Drmies (talk) 05:01, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't have any stories as a first or second-hand teller, but these pictures do stir up the imagination! [1] smileguy91talk - contribs 05:04, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- That's pretty exciting. I've seen places like that in the north of Spain, where a couple of thousand bucks buys you a village in some beautiful setting. Of course you'd need water and power and people and a store and roads and whatnot. Don't we have a category for ghost towns? Is it a ghost town if there's still one person in there? And what if that one person was Johnny Manziel? Seriously, you gotta find out who the one person is and what their story is. Road trip! Take pictures! Drmies (talk) 14:35, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't have any stories as a first or second-hand teller, but these pictures do stir up the imagination! [1] smileguy91talk - contribs 05:04, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I was kind of hoping it'd be your grandfather, with some cool stories. Drmies (talk) 05:01, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Vandalism
Yes, I'll use that tag next time. Sorry, I just read it now and yes it seems to be harsh. I guess I was just frustrated because there have been a slew of IP editors and users who have been removing content from some of these pages and I've always been adding it back in but people just continue to remove them. However I will use that tag next time, thanks for letting me know. (137.147.55.166 (talk) 04:33, 28 November 2015 (UTC))[reply]