User talk:Dlmcdonald
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before the question. Again, welcome! Vanjagenije (talk) 22:08, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
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[edit]We're very glad to see you adding articles on geographic features, but they must have a references. You presumably got the information from somewhere, and yoiu need to say where. If not, how can anyone tell if your information is accurate or not? A coordinate on a map is essential information, but not really sufficient. DGG ( talk ) 00:45, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I've noticed that many of the island articles you've created recently have been tagged as orphans. In almost all cases, I've found similar article titles over at List of islands of Alaska, and have redirected those articles to the ones you've written, in order to de-orphan them. You may find the list useful, as plenty of Alaskan island articles are already redlinked, and using those article titles to create new articles saves having to create redirects and avoids your articles getting hit with an orphan tag. Cheers. PaintedCarpet (talk) 16:43, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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Ways to improve Gun Cay
[edit]Hi, I'm Boleyn. Dlmcdonald, thanks for creating Gun Cay!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This has been tagged for 3 issues/
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Boleyn (talk) 15:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Mahanay Island
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Mahanay Island requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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. 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. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 17:32, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of I like tatertots
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A tag has been placed on I like tatertots, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.
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