User talk:Black Women and The Prison System

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Speedy deletion nomination of Black women and the prison system

Do not create articles about living people that are entirely negative in tone and unsourced. Wikipedia has a policy of verifiability and any negative information we use must be reliably sourced, and our articles must be balanced. Negative, unreferenced biographies of living people are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Under section G10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion. Users who continue to create or repost such pages and images in violation of our biographies of living persons policy may be blocked from editing.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Black women and the prison system

Do not create articles about living people that are entirely negative in tone and unsourced. Wikipedia has a policy of verifiability and any negative information we use must be reliably sourced, and our articles must be balanced. Negative, unreferenced biographies of living people are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Under section G10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion. Users who continue to create or repost such pages and images in violation of our biographies of living persons policy may be blocked from editing.

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 "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. — fortunavelut luna 13:37, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Black women and the prison system

The article Black women and the prison system has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Page reads as an essay/original research. Needs to be written in an encyclopedic tone, may also be better as a section in Race in the United States criminal justice system

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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. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:03, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Please read no original research, this isn't the place to post your thoughts or essays

I considered soft blocking this account, but I'm not sure that it actually infringes our guidelines. Nevertheless, you might want to consider creating an account with a less loaded name

I also considered speedy deleting the article as original research, but I've left it for now since you may want to try to salvage it or use it as a source to add referenced text to Race in the United States criminal justice system. If the article stays, it will have to be renamed anyway, since it appears to be exclusively about the US, not prison systems in general (other countries exist!)

If you have any questions, let me know. Also, if you want to start again from scratch using YFA, let me know and I'll delete what is probably doomed text anyway

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:22, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (August 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by David.moreno72 was:

This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.

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David.moreno72 13:56, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Black Women and The Prison System, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! David.moreno72 13:56, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Black women and the United States prison system for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Black women and the United States prison system is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black women and the United States prison system until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:10, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. —C.Fred (talk) 01:37, 7 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

August 2017

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Class project?

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Your draft article, Draft:Black Women and The Prison System

Hello, Black Women and The Prison System. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Black Women and The Prison System".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Legacypac (talk) 21:03, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]