User talk:Radford64

Welcome[edit]

Hello, welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for your contributions on non-League football. You may be interested in joining the football WikiProject or the non-League taskforce. I noticed you seem to be preparing to create an article on New Villa so thought I should warn you that the club does not appear to meet the notability requirements for English clubs, i.e. having played in the FA Cup, FA Trophy or FA Vase, and that if you create the article, it will almost certainly be deleted. Just don't want you to waste your time, so you can perhaps spend it on doing something that won't be deleted. Happy to answer any questions you might have. Cheers, Number 5 7 13:54, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributed article, Carriage & Wagon F.C.(Reckitts)[edit]

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Carriage & Wagon F.C.(Reckitts). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Carriage & Wagon F.C.. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Carriage & Wagon F.C.. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "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 deleted 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, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Melcous (talk) 14:34, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributed article, Derby Carriage & Wagon (Reckitts)[edit]

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Derby Carriage & Wagon (Reckitts). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Carriage & Wagon F.C.. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Carriage & Wagon F.C.. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "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 deleted 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, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Melcous (talk) 14:35, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not create unreferenced articles[edit]

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, as doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Wikipedia:Your first article; you might also consider using the Article Wizard. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 14:36, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of football clubs[edit]

Hello. I see you've recently created some articles on clubs from the Central Midlands League. Unfortunately these fail our agreed notability standard. Only clubs that have played in the FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase, or in a league that is currently at step 6 are deemed to be notable enough for an article. As a result, these articles are now going to be deleted. Cheers, Number 5 7 16:24, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting[edit]

Thanks for your recent contributions to new articles. Just to let you know, there are several things you need to do to articles to make them compliant with Wikipedia guidelines. For instance:

All articles must be categorised. If you're creating articles on English football clubs, they should be added to the categories Category:Football clubs in England or Category:Defunct football clubs in England, as well as the relevant county category (e.g. Category:Football clubs in West Yorkshire). There are also categories for year of establishment etc.
Seasons are written 1995–96 not 1995/96
Football clubs usually have an infobox in their articles.

You can copy all these features from other articles.

Regarding Folk House, there was already an articles on Blidworth Welfare F.C., so you should have added to that rather than creating an article at "Folk House" (I have redirected the article to the existing one).

With regards to Ripley Town F.C., why is there text in there about Retford Town? Cheers, Number 5 7 22:42, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, the 1894 foundation date does not appear to be true. Ripley Town were playing in the Derbyshire League from 1890 onwards (see league tables). Where did you get this from? Number 5 7 22:49, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also, clubs need to follow the naming format "Randall Sports F.C./Randall Sports A.F.C." not simply "Randall Sports". Number 5 7 23:13, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New articles[edit]

Please stop creating articles on football clubs that do not meet the notability criteria. Unfortunately this is wasting your time and other editors' time. If you ignore this message and continue to create such articles, then it's likely that your account will be blocked. Thanks, Number 5 7 23:27, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Warning[edit]

The text in your most recent article on Holbrook St. Michael's was copied and pasted from this website. This is a copyright violation and the article has been deleted as a result. You cannot copy and past from other websites – you have to write the text in your own words.

Considering this, and the fact that you have ignored the advice above regarding creating new articles and formatting, please consider this a final warning. If you continue to create articles on clubs that do not meet the criteria (which you were originally informed of in the first message on your talk page in February) and that are unformatted and copyright violations, I'm afraid you will be blocked from editing. Please take this on board. Number 5 7 10:56, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked[edit]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for repeatedly ignoring the advice to stop creating unferenced and unformatted articles on non-notable football clubs, or bothering to respond to any of the multiple messages.. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Number 5 7 11:27, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]