User talk:Christopher McMahon
April 2010
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Thanks for alerting me to this. The material that I entered was a summary of material on a public domain web site of an academic society and charity. I would welcome advice as to whether the material I have entered is unacceptable because coming from me (because of my involvement with the society) or more generally unacceptable because of lack of sources, and whether referencing the on-line source behind each paragraph would improve matters.Christopher McMahon (talk) 17:33, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
- It definitely needs sources. See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for what exactly is required. - MrOllie (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of The Design Society for deletion
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