User talk:Woodybuickgmc
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February 2024
[edit]Hello, Woodybuickgmc. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. I'm sorry, but a page you created User:Woodybuickgmc has been deleted as meeting one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion.
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Contested deletion
[edit]This page should not be speedily deleted because we are trying to create a page about our business and family history behind it --Woodybuickgmc (talk) 00:37, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not a webhost for you to tell the world about and promote your family business. Please read the deletion notice I left. Please read the block notice I left. Thanks, -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 00:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)