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March 2016

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Ambre Michele Anderson, from its old location at User:Marylandstater/sandbox8. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Anarchyte (work | talk) 09:01, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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Help with article for former Maryland lawmaker

Hi there, Marylandstater. As an active member of WikiProject Maryland, I wanted to see if you'd be interested in helping review an edit request for Stewart W. Bainum Jr. Mr. Bainum is a former state lawmaker in the Maryland House of Delegates and Maryland Senate, and has held leadership positions with Choice Hotels and HCR Manor Care, among other businesses. Via the edit request, I'm proposing a new draft to improve the structure of the article, fix inaccuracies, and include more details about Mr. Bainum's business and political careers. From news clippings provided by Mr. Bainum and from research on Lexis Nexis and HighBeam, I've been able to find a lot of older sources that provide information about his political career and development of the company that became Choice Hotels. In full disclosure, I have a financial COI, so I won't make any edits to the live article, and I'm reaching out to get feedback and help taking live appropriate changes from uninvolved editors such as yourself. It would be great if you're able to take a look, as any feedback is appreciated. Thanks in advance, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 18:07, 12 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Following up here to let you know that another editor was able to review this draft and this is

Done. Thanks! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:36, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I took care of the page for you. IF you need the text back at anytime let me know. (Though as a Poly grad, I had a bit of glee in deleting it. Losing six years in a row does that to you) RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:02, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you by any chance remember the exact date this image was taken? Asking because I have transferred it to Commons and am trying to figure out which DNC day category (1, 2, 3, or 4) to put it in. MB298 (talk) 22:39, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I see you nominated Lamar Jackson for GA status, and I would review it myself but I've contributed to the article significantly. Looking at it the only issue is that the personal life section needs expansion but otherwise meets GA criteria. Can you find a reviewer to start it? CatcherStorm ^talk 04:56, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@CatcherStorm ^talk At least one editor has raised the same question as you on Talk:Lamar Jackson page, I am not sure if any of those editors are doing the review.«Marylandstater» ^«^reply^» 15:21, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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