User talk:Reg west

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Reg west, good luck, and have fun. – -- dsprc ^[talk] 21:05, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Article moved

Welcome to Wikipedia! I have moved the article you created to a new name to comply with the MOS:LIST entry. Here is the move:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China spokesperson has been moved to List of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China spokespersons.

If you have any questions, you can reach me at my talk page. Thanks. — Music1201 ^talk 18:36, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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advice

for your articles on NZ diplomats, I'd suggest you rewrite them as paragraphs, not lists. That's the way that people here expect to see articles. Many articles on ambassadors have been deleted on the grounds that the office does not imply notability --I've been very active at AfD over the years, and I disagreed with this, but the consensus is now clearly against me. I will try to defend these, but it would be much easier if they were in the usual form for biographies. DGG ( talk ) 03:26, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with DGG. I hope you don't mind that I've taken the liberty of copy editing Peter Adams (diplomat) as an example, not to say it can't be improved upon. Best wishes. Station1 (talk) 19:25, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I do new article patrols for WikiProject New Zealand and have come here wanting to give exactly the same advice that others have already given. Schwede 66 19:33, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Manafort Brothers

Hello Reg west,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Manafort Brothers for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. ubiquity (talk) 15:53, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bertrand Mark Patenaude Copy and pasting

We run "copy and paste" detection software on new edits. One of your edits appear to be infringing on someone else's copyright. See also Wikipedia:Copy-paste. We at Wikipedia usually require paraphrasing. If you own the copyright to this material please follow the directions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials to grant license. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:09, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Ways to improve Andoran permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City

Hi, I'm Robvanvee. Reg west, thanks for creating Andoran permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. "The article is an orphan. Otherwise, good job!"

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Rob van vee 18:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Andorran ambassador to France

Hi, I'm Robvanvee. Reg west, thanks for creating Andorran ambassador to France!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. The article is still an orphan and has no lead.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Rob van vee 09:45, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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// Timothy :: talk 02:14, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of List of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China spokespersons

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