User talk:Footkick

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Good luck, and have fun. --Studerby 21:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some minor things

A couple of minor things that most people usually do differently:

In headings on Wikipedia, the general guideline is that only the first word is capitalized (unless of course there's a normally capitalized word in the heading, such as a proper name). For example, "College career" (instead of "College Career"). See MOS:HEAD for the guideline.
References are normally added a slightly different way that what you're doing; the difference causes the Wikipedia software to automatically maintain reference numbers in order, rather than having to be manually maintained. An example of what I and many others do differently can be found in this edit difference. In particular, the {{reflist}} template under the "References" heading gathers all the reference information in the <ref>...</ref> tags earlier in the article, adds the numbers and displays it for us. No need to have the reference information in 2 places...

If that's too confusing right now, don't stop what you're doing; it's better to have manually formatted references than no references. Also, feel free to ask me any questions, at my talk page. Sometimes it will take me a day or two respond, but usually not that long. Studerby 21:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Fontel Mines

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Fontel Mines, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Fontel Mines seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Fontel Mines and the other Bears articles

I left you a reply on Talk:Fontel Mines about what it would take to ensure the survival of the article. I personally am not going to try and get it deleted anymore, mostly because I just noticed that you also created a stub article for Michael McCaskey. When I saw that I thought, "he didn't have an article before?!?" The last thing I want is to discourage a newcomer from creating worthwhile articles. Speciate 05:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Footkick! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 430 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

Michael McCaskey - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 04:57, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of John Allaire

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A tag has been placed on John Allaire 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 person or group of people, 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Peridon (talk) 14:33, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Rusty Jones (American football coach)

The article Rusty Jones (American football coach) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable assistant coach for strength and conditioning. No presumption of notability under any specific notability guideline, and subject fails to satisfy the general notability guidelines with significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable, secondary sources.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:20, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Bobby DePaul

The article Bobby DePaul has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable former assistant position coach, scout and personnel manager. No presumption of notability under any specific notability guideline, and subject fails to satisfy the general notability guidelines with significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable, secondary sources.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:30, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Jermaine Allen

The article Jermaine Allen has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable. No significant coverage, fails WP:GNG. Templated since April 2013, 10 years ago!

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 16:22, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]