User talk:Washingtonian1976
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List of Americans in the Venona papers[edit]
Hey. I understand if Wikipedia seems a bit complicated for new users, so if you have any question do feel free to ask me. In the case of the List of Americans in the Venona papers, because it was proviously nominated for deletion at WP:AFD, it cannot be prodded. I have nominate it for deletion at AfD on your behalf. You can find the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Americans in the Venona papers (2nd nomination). -- KTC (talk) 21:08, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! Washingtonian1976 (talk) 17:57, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia is much bigger than the average publisher and so needs to have more organisation and rules. I see you are trying to get a page deleted, so you have stepped right into the behind the scenes administration. You should compare that to trying to get an author to retract publication of their article. You may find it more rewarding and less technical to start by improving articles you want to keep. I am sure there are more fun places to work than controversial deletions!
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:30, 29 May 2012 (UTC)